Unifi Farm Tour 2024 - Which is your favourite

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  • Опубликовано: 1 янв 2025

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  • @Jase013
    @Jase013 Месяц назад +1

    Great video, thanks Lars.
    Bit the bullet and ordered some Uni Fi for my farm this week. Ordered a UDR and two UAP-AC-M, after watching your video, I think I might have purchased old obsolete gear! On top of that, I ordered 2 x Reolink altas PT cameras earlier in the week (days before I even thought to get some Uni Fi gear!) I do things the hard way, that's for sure!

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  Месяц назад +1

      Woot, another Unifi farm install. Love it! It is a bit of a mix of generations and styles of equipment, but you can make it work. I still use a single UAP-AC-M with no issues, but I would probably have gone for a Wifi 6 device still.
      Let me know how you get on, and thanks for watching.

    • @Jase013
      @Jase013 Месяц назад +1

      @LarsKlintTech thanks for the reply. Should I lean towards U6 Mesh or U6 Pro?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  Месяц назад +1

      @@Jase013 U6 Mesh for outside, U6 Pro for inside.

  • @Stephen-Jones
    @Stephen-Jones 4 месяца назад +17

    Bonus points for showing the Australian wildlife in the pump shed, my daughter's face was classic when she saw how big it was.

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Hahaha, that wasn't even planned! I still have no idea how it got in there 🤷‍♂

    • @Stephen-Jones
      @Stephen-Jones 4 месяца назад +1

      @@LarsKlintTech the bigger question now is, is it still in there?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад +1

      @@Stephen-Jones It's warm and dry. I'd say so.

    • @jonosinton4205
      @jonosinton4205 3 месяца назад

      @@LarsKlintTech question I am in NZ and can’t get UniFi talk I know auzzie is getting it sooner than us what do you do for a phone system cheers

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  3 месяца назад

      @@jonosinton4205 I do have some Unifi Talk devices, but haven't installed them. Currently using a mobile smartphone with Wifi calling.

  • @jamieharrington9677
    @jamieharrington9677 18 дней назад

    Always love seeing your videos and seeing what UniFi device you have added. I have added UniFi network and camera devices around my property and love their products.

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  18 дней назад

      Thanks Jamie. I appreciate the feedback. I am constantly upgrading the gear and installing new things, so I'll probably do a 2025 tour as well 😊

  • @inkironmojo775
    @inkironmojo775 4 месяца назад +1

    Awesome vid… just starting my setup journey at my farm in Northern NSW … this is gold !

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      That is awesome. I keep updating and changing the setup too. There is always the next thing 🤣
      Enjoy the journey mate. It is good fun.

  • @markarca6360
    @markarca6360 2 месяца назад +1

    3:30 - It reminds me of a video from the GeekPub, about the Na-no-beam
    It's the Na-no HD

  • @ITSupport-q1y
    @ITSupport-q1y 4 месяца назад +1

    Another great video, I always enjoy, thanks Terence, Nelson, New Zealand

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Thanks Terence. Appreciate the support from our neighbours.

  • @MatsAkerberg
    @MatsAkerberg 4 месяца назад +2

    Ohhh a whole lot of stuff. Thanks for the tour.

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      You are most welcome. Thanks for supporting the channel Mats 😊

  • @EsotericArctos
    @EsotericArctos 2 месяца назад +1

    If it works it works. Not everything has to be "professional" The main thing is it works and you know where things are. Cabling will work, even if it doesn't always look the neatest. You do you. What works for you is a good install.
    Off topic and more recent than this video, Have you seen the Unifi UDB ( Unifi Device Bridge) yet? This looks like an interesting device.

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  2 месяца назад

      Thanks mate. That's the way. Every install gets a bit better and I learn along the way.

  • @andrewsauter8749
    @andrewsauter8749 4 месяца назад +2

    Thanks, enjoyed the video. I'm currently setting up my farm so it was very helpful. I'll have a look at the Gigabeam duvwacker video as that could come in handy 👍👌

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Thanks for watching Andrew. Welcome to the rabbit hole 😁

  • @KastanDay
    @KastanDay 4 месяца назад +3

    That's a lot of devices! I'm dying to get a U7 outdoor, hopefully they come back in stock. Nice work mate!

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Yes, a lot of area to cover! I want two more U7 Outdoor units too so I can cover the entire farm. 🤓

  • @Gr33nMamba
    @Gr33nMamba 4 месяца назад +1

    Never seen this channel before, but I'm pleased it came into my feed, always interesting to see how people do different deployments for their needs.
    FYI The point of a spectrum analyser is help you understand what might be transmitting in the typical known Wi-Fi frequencies, it's more of an issue on 2.4Ghz channels, be it microwave ovens, Bluetooth devices, PIR Motion Sensors, you name it. It's not going to fix it for you.

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Welcome and thanks for watching. Thanks a lot for that info on the spectrum analyser. I haven't had a chance to really test it out yet.

  • @murrayjamieson9502
    @murrayjamieson9502 4 месяца назад +1

    Great "Cooks" tour Lars! And remember to reach out for that "Help" when you need it. However I am not sure if any of us out here are any better when it comes to our Ubiquiti "Hobby".

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Haha, thanks mate. I am certainly not claiming to be any sort of expert, so maybe two halves make a whole? 🤔

  • @tompointdll
    @tompointdll 4 месяца назад +1

    Awesome setup ! i personaly wouldn't have resisted to try to run some fiber where possible, but ubiquiti's wireless stuff is awsome !

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад +1

      I have considered it long and hard. I just can't justify the time, cost, mess and much more, for a not much greater speed increase.

  • @kaimo123
    @kaimo123 4 месяца назад +4

    What is under the NVR.🤔 Covered with paper

  • @cruch9
    @cruch9 4 месяца назад +3

    looking to install a unifi camera in a remote location around a 1/4 mile from network. Can you do a video on a complete install on this? including how to do the solar power and getting signal?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад +1

      That sounds like an interesting project. Check out my gate controller video: ruclips.net/video/BqzxZBmF6Q8/видео.html and also my full solar setup: ruclips.net/video/mbfh3e-LH_k/видео.html
      They might help you in your project 😊

  • @chadbizeau5997
    @chadbizeau5997 4 месяца назад +1

    I just sent this video to a co-worker because he's getting into the UniFi ecosystem, and he has a smaller yet similar multi-building Farm.
    Of course I've gotten into the ecosystem as well for my own home. Its not nearly as extensive as this, but it's just a ranch in a suburb LOL.
    Just installed the G5 PTZ today and I love it!

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад +1

      That is awesome! It is a bit of a rabbit hole, and there are so many choices. Hopefully you can both get some ideas on what to do (and not) from the video 😊

  • @johnabriggs6044
    @johnabriggs6044 4 месяца назад +1

    Thanks Lars from the farm tour and sharing all your updates and future things you are doing. Will have to look at the Gate controller for my small 30 acres farm in Florida with a gate 1000 Ft away from home. my issues are trees in between not sure if the Gigi will make the path workable for me with a G5 camera and Flex outdoor switch and run all on solar like your gate. but a work inprogress

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      I have a bunch of trees in the way of the NanoStation link to the gate, but doesn't seem to affect it. Solar is great, but you will need more batteries and panels than you think 🤣
      Check out my dedicated gate controller video too, which might help: ruclips.net/video/BqzxZBmF6Q8/видео.html

  • @MortenEghj
    @MortenEghj 4 месяца назад +3

    Great video , we also what to see the rest of the equipment( IT, IOT and farming )

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад +5

      So, you want a 3 hour video 🤣
      I'll consider doing an "IoT Tour" though. Thanks for the idea and feedback.

  • @ReinoutSchotman
    @ReinoutSchotman 4 месяца назад +1

    Question: what made you choose a gigabeam in stead of running fiber cables between buildings and your gate?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      You're not the first to ask. The cost alone of digging 250 meters of trenches, installing attachment points in each building, the cabling, not to mention the mess of digging through established gardens, and the complexity of running into electricity and water lines that aren't documented is enough. All for getting not a whole lot more than what I get with 20min of install and a few hundred $$$. It isn't a hard choice in my situation.

  • @FUSSSEL
    @FUSSSEL 4 месяца назад +1

    As you kindly suggested in the comments ;^)

  • @Ched1787
    @Ched1787 4 месяца назад +2

    What are you using as your uplink? Given it's farmland Australia I'd hazzard a guess of starlink..?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      You are indeed correct. I have used Starlink for about 3 years and it has changed everything we do on the farm. Very happy with it.
      ruclips.net/video/IWXYNFjO6zY/видео.html

  • @kdg44
    @kdg44 3 месяца назад +1

    Lars do you know is the unifi access hub can open and close a liftmaster garage door?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  3 месяца назад

      The Hub just opens and closes circuits based on signal input. So you should be able to trigger anything that works on a normally closed/open circuit logic.

  • @harrisonhreszczuk8825
    @harrisonhreszczuk8825 4 месяца назад +2

    Hey Lars, nice video!
    For the gate, why not just dig a shallow trench and run a ethernet cable (or 2)?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Thanks mate. I didn't go through it all in details. There is already ethernet cable to the goose neck where the G4 Doorbell is installed, and I am going to indeed dig a trench to put down some 12/24v cables for another integration. Because I want several things to work together, I will have to do a fair bit of testing before I know how to install it exactly.

  • @wackerman7259
    @wackerman7259 4 месяца назад +1

    Do you have issues in the house going from room to room and your device not wanting to switch AP’s?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Probably. It doesn't affect my connection though. It is up to the device to switch AP, and there isn't anything I can do about it. The only device I have noticed it with being a problem is my automatic lawn mower, which will hold on for dear life even when the connection is really poor.

  • @LocdBroker
    @LocdBroker 3 месяца назад +1

    Goals!!!!

  • @Stephen-Jones
    @Stephen-Jones 4 месяца назад +2

    Thanks for the vid, I do wonder if you ever decide to sell the house (ignoring the land) will 50% of the value be in the Unifi gear? 😉😜

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад +1

      Hahaha, I appreciate you thinking the other 50% is worth that much 😛

  • @dh-net
    @dh-net 4 месяца назад +1

    Great video as always!
    What drone did you use for the closing shots?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Thanks mate. I use a DJI Mini3 Pro: ruclips.net/video/Vw_mZa-H8Wc/видео.html

  • @vette-4-life
    @vette-4-life 4 месяца назад +1

    Protect Sensors don’t work with much. Anything for the newer equipment coming soon?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Their Achilles heel certainly is the Bluetooth connection. I am now aware of anything new coming.

  • @vette-4-life
    @vette-4-life 4 месяца назад +1

    How did you setup that door lock? Can you use it to open/close residential garage doors?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      You mean the SwitchBot Lock Pro? There is a video on the entire install: ruclips.net/video/bO4yWTsWxqg/видео.html

    • @vette-4-life
      @vette-4-life 4 месяца назад +1

      @@LarsKlintTech that doesn’t look like Unifi 🤔

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Correct. Which is why I say in the video "this isn't UniFi"😉

    • @vette-4-life
      @vette-4-life 4 месяца назад

      @@LarsKlintTech sad

    • @kenpauley9044
      @kenpauley9044 4 месяца назад +1

      @@LarsKlintTech But you do show a G2 Reader on a door that you have, what is that triggering / unlocking? Or do you have that integrated in some way with the SwitchBot?
      Also, good to see you have a gate kit. Been looking at that but I am not a fan of the intercom, it is so huge and a bit of overkill for what I want to do on my property. The camera integration they have is interesting but I'd really love to see them deliver a long range RFID option instead as LPR isn't totally reliable from what I've seen with their kit so far (especially at night).

  • @aaronmontgomery8059
    @aaronmontgomery8059 4 месяца назад +1

    What kind of speeds do you get with this? As someone with access to 5G in an urban setting I really don't understand this setup, but appreciate you going through it all.

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Which part don't you understand? We don't have any mobile connection, so we rely on Starlink and Wifi Calling for calls, so having Wifi on as much of the property as possible is critical. I don't want to be digging cables everywhere as it is difficult, very expensive and very messy. I have dug some cables down, but the wireless connections works extremely well for me.
      Speed? I get about 200-300 Mbit on Starlink, and I can get up to about 900 Mbit on the local network with the right device on 6Ghz.

    • @aaronmontgomery8059
      @aaronmontgomery8059 4 месяца назад +1

      @@LarsKlintTech Nope, that makes perfect sense! Never lived anywhere without cell coverage.

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад +1

      @@aaronmontgomery8059 I can and can't recommend it 🤣
      Thanks for watching.

  • @TheMarine664
    @TheMarine664 4 месяца назад

    Hello there,
    I noticed you have a lot of access points, the house isn’t exactly large and looked to be made of wood. I can only imagine how bad the signal overlap would be. Perhaps less might be more in this case?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Thanks for the feedback. What is the correct amount of access points for a given size house? How many square meters should I allow per access point? How big is a large house in your world? How do you determine "bad signal overlap"? There are a lot of assumptions in your feedback, so some specificity would be really helpful.
      I have access points for inside and outside, and 5Ghz signals typical have an indoor range of 10-15 meters depending on many factors of course. When it comes to 6Ghz signals it is about half that again. When I disable an access point, I get drops in the coverage, and so far haven't had any speed issues (not that they don't exist possibly).
      Happy to take feedback, as always, but please provide some more information I can measure and action.

  • @Adrian-tb9zy
    @Adrian-tb9zy 4 месяца назад +1

    Hello Lars, thanks for your interesting videos as always. What happens to the old access points, is there a possibility to buy them for a non-profit project to promote free networks in my village? Greetings from Germany

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Hi Adrian, thanks for watching. I do that exact thing actually. I just sent two cameras and a Mesh AP to a farm in Tasmania for a project. I also give them to friends, family, and occasionally I sell one.

  • @Polkster13
    @Polkster13 4 месяца назад +2

    The color rings on the Access Points will only last a year, maybe two. You might want turn the LED light rings off and they will only come on when they are provisioning or updating. Then they turn back off automatically.

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад +2

      I have some of them turned off, like in the bedrooms. I have had some of them on for 3-4 years too, and they haven't failed. In fact I haven't had any of them fail 🤷‍♂

  • @thebeuks1
    @thebeuks1 4 месяца назад +1

    Hi Lars, having so many access points inside, do you have any issues with that?

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад +1

      Good question and you aren't the first to ask. I have many people telling me I shouldn't have "so many", but no one can ever give a good suggestion as to how many is good either. I don't have any issues (that I know of) and the connection is super stable and fast. I also have 5/6Ghz most places which is excellent on the local network and makes everything much smoother.
      I have heard many stories of band overlap, signal interference, dropped connections, poor connection and more, but it seems to manage itself here. If I had poor Wifi I would be the first to know and the first to fix!
      Thanks for watching (and asking rather than telling 😊)

  • @SharpGIS
    @SharpGIS 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you! Next time me wife thinks I went overboard I'll show her this.
    Also shame on you for not warning us this was an Arachnophobia sequel

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад

      Haha, the correct number of Unifi devices is n+1.

  • @kaimo123
    @kaimo123 4 месяца назад +1

    Have you considered using an ethernet surge protector? I have an ethernet surge protector for all the cables going out and entering the house.

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад +1

      Excellent point, and yes I have indeed. I have some installed on several exposed areas, and even made a video on it: ruclips.net/video/MhaUbDSHRYY/видео.html
      I didn't include them in the video, as they are all installed in hard to get to places in roof spaces.

  • @bentheguru4986
    @bentheguru4986 4 месяца назад +1

    Oh, here is a few blunt suggestions: Use outdoor rated cabling. Correctly mount gear on poles with correct spacings between transcieving devices. You have way too many WAP's in house (common issue seen with YT'ers flogging stuff without understanding it) creating way more noise than anything else. Industrail switch is way over-priced and lacks several key features that "normal" switches have. The SolarPoint gear is already being silently dropped, very low power and 24V only, yes, we been using ES-8 150's on DC for years but no UBNT solar monitoring. OFFS, please clean up the instalaltions. I am sure you paid a licenssed electrian to wire up the Flex-Utility.... Video run too long and got work to do.

    • @LarsKlintTech
      @LarsKlintTech  4 месяца назад +8

      Thanks for the feedback Ben. I guess this isn't a video for you.
      I am aware of the outdoor cabling (which I mention several times), I am aware of the poles (which I mentioned several times), and I don't seem to have too many WAPs in the house, as they are spaced out a lot. I have turned them off to test and I lose coverage in several places every time.
      I am working on the cabling, but it takes time, I am replacing the SolarPoint (as I mention), and the installations are being cleaned up over time (as I mention). I am glad I could help you get some frustration off your chest as well. It seems you needed it. Have a fantastic day and thanks again for the suggestions.