I’m currently deployed in a similar system in my own home. I have the dream machine with 2 x 48 channel Pro PoE Switch in the main rack and two 24 channel PoE switch in two separate media racks in the living room and master bedroom areas. 3 & 3 of the in-wall and 6 Lite respectively all inside. I’ll add more to the exterior when spring arrives. The system is due to go online late tomorrow and I can’t wait to begin adopting APs to see how they all work.
I have a few use cases where we're only putting one jack in a room (driven by costing). I don't suppose there is a way to indicate that the wall jack is only one, not two? I'm also curious, if your camera is PoE, wouldn't you also account for the jack/cable that the camera would connect to?
Where is your Nas in the rack? Don't forget blanks. Recommend to terminate all the ports for the server room on the wall. Use cat6 keystone female to female to save time, and you can color code for different rooms and make them match.
At my business we use MOBOTIX as camera system T26 really blows the G4 camera doorbell out of the water. And the dual lens M73 cameras really make a huge difference in quality too. For office spaces we just use 1 Q26 in each office in the ceiling. It’s like installing 4 cameras there because it is really good at auto correcting the 180° lens. Almost like looking at normal 120° cameras. But stepless in each direction and always everything is filmed. Even if it is not visible on the screen.
Amazing video. I am 15 and I love networking. Right now I have a edge router x with 1 unifi 8 port switch, 2 usw flex minis, 2 ap ac lites and a cloud key gen 2.
While I like the idea of premieres, 3 days in advance is too long. I would suggest keep it to 12 to 24 hours. Unless i set up a reminder this will be out of my feed within a day.
I am building a house with 1st & 2nd floor. Does the design center have a 3D mode to allow for multi-level buildings? Should I do a ceiling mount AP on both floors? I know the wifi signal is horizontally directed so I didn't know how many levels you get per AP.
Very nice. I actually just moved into a new place down in Eureka MO and working on getting my AP's placed to get the coverage I need. Been putting off actually drawing up a floor plan though.. ha
Great video.. I was trying to do yhis today for a new build to determine number of access points. How do you account for multiple levels. I have basement and two above ground levels approx 4400 soft. Was going to do wifi6 LR access points.
I have a 2000 square foot home (single level) however it is concrete block construction as I live in FL. I am not a network engineer or even close. I have recently deploy a UDM pro with 3 Nano HD APs. Is that overkill? 🤷🏼♂️ My thought process was more APs on lower power settings and non overlapping channels (DFS) as I don’t live near any conflicting radar sites. My hope is that this would result in less dead spots and a smoother transition from AP to AP including covering our back pool deck. Is this the right approach? Is it too much? Is my thought process wrong? Thank you. Love your content.
Sounds about right. I would dedicate one to outdoors. You generally don't need to worry too much about transmission power if you have the correct number of access points or are in a really tricky situation where they have to overlap due to something like chicken wire in the walls.
Any advice for someone that is buying a house that is already built ? I really want to to a ubiquiti set up but I’ve never ran cat 6 cable before and the row home was built in the 1900 so I’m not sure how hard that would be ?
Wish I could give my home some upgrades, but money isn't easy these days with Covid and all. I have recently bought a UDM Pro and I'm quite happy with it, and eventually wanting to replace a Netgear router (used exclusively in AP mode) with a Unifi AP. I also do want to fully wire the home - but we don't have an attic, basement or any kind of crawlspace - so I'm not sure how I'm gonna do this right now. May I ask ... what got you into Unifi and networking?
1. I totally get it the whole COVID and money thing. 2. These plans will almost definitely be scaled down since our floor plan isn’t even done due to budget constraints. 3. ISPs suck and I thought I could do it better so I did the whole spend a night on google and become an overnight expert. Good on ya for doing it yourself. And that net gear router as an ap might be better than something from Ubiquiti.
@@MillerTechnicalServices Netgear better? Why's that? For me, there's a lot of things that I could use that Netgear doesn't have. Like multiple SSIDs and VLANs, which aren't controllable via Netgear.
In that case, go with a Ubiquiti ap. I was more referring to if it was a nice netgear, it might be worth keeping as an ap because there isn’t really a reason to spend more money. But if it’s a low end netgear and you need the features...
@@MillerTechnicalServices Yeah it's definitely an older one, probably one of their first few dual band models haha ... I think the model was WNDR3700v4
You forgot to put the "Cable Routes". With routes the tool will use it to place the cables and will represent the cabling in a much more much organized way.
@@MillerTechnicalServices Ok, reviewing your video now more cautiously I see that you put downstaris and upstairs ports on the same plan. The correct way is to upload a new plan for each floor and use tunnels to link the floors. I have done a very simple sample project just to exercise, if you want to see it let me know your Ubiquiti account that I will share it with you.
@@ThiagoNunesRS Tunnels work and don't work. I found that using the managed 8 port switches (PoE & non-PoE) like in a closet or behind the TV are impossible to wire up in Design Center. Also, you can't add those switches to a rack. They aren't on the drop down list. Auto cabling only works to a rack so I've been SOL trying to do anything that remotely resembles my actual network. Design Center does not take any of the connectivity information of an existing network into account. I think the product only works if you stick to UI's way of doing things. But, I'll be damned if I'll design a network just so it works in their tool.
@@guitarflipper Since I learned how to use tunnels it worked for me. Sometimes harder, sometimes easier, but always worked. The use of a desk switch is possible but not as the end of the network. The network must terminate necessarily on a rack, so on a "rackable" device. Unfortunately you can't put a desk device inside a rack. If you want to see a simple test project that use desk switches and tunnels and all cableling was done automatically please post your ubiquiti account. If you want me to see your project my ubiquiti account is thiagonunesrs@gmail.com.
trying to use the design tool - but I cannot LEFT click -- it just moves my background image... MAC user - and yes my left click is enabled on my magic mouse --- any help?
I am new to home networking with an interest as a hobby only. Questions, why do you require so many AP's, 1) it seems like overkill and 2) won't these require some serious settings tweaks?
Seems like overkill to me..... That's looking like a noisy environment with the potential for banding problems or AP handoff problems. Would love to get more perspective
what is so annoying is that everyone focuses on the basic plan diagram, yet NO ONE is doing the damn cabling using the routing, so it clearly shows how you would get a cable from your switch or router to your RJ45 Socket then to your Mesh device, is NO ONE is ever going to wire the cable straight from the switch to your AP where the chance of breaking the cable is so great. I just wanna see a basic home set-up.
Ahhh yes, rich people showing off their success. And people just eat it up. Your house is really big, your equipment is in the 10s of thousands of dollars price point easily and you have massive 12 foot tall ceilings. Which if you don't realize how tall that is, then....I mean, how the fuck could a person not realize how massive that is? Standard ceilings are 8 feet. Even if you don't know the number, you should recognize it....now I'm not saying people should be out for blood....but why do people eat this stuff up? I mean, most people are sitting here watching this, struggling to pay for rent, food, transportation, or whatever, and they're just like, "wow, here's a positive comment!!! Amazing!! Well time to go work 12 hours a day for 6 days a week and barely be able to afford to live!!!"....just stop it. And more importantly, ESPECIALLY stop acting like that towards REALLY rich people like celebrities. Stop it!!!
You’re mad about a nerd talking about nerd shit for his parents… do you ever stop and think maybe if you weren’t so worried about other people and their lives, maybe you would be less miserable.
John, thats an extraordinary post. You play the victim. Why not concentrate on developing your own knowledge and ability, rather than having a go at a young man who has admirable tech skills? I like the channel and I value his “ pacy” style . Ive learned valuable things that contributed to my own home WiFi.
It's an estimate. A visual representation. Obviously, there are many factors to consider. You would be checking stability and speeds for installation IRL.
I’m currently deployed in a similar system in my own home. I have the dream machine with 2 x 48 channel Pro PoE Switch in the main rack and two 24 channel PoE switch in two separate media racks in the living room and master bedroom areas. 3 & 3 of the in-wall and 6 Lite respectively all inside. I’ll add more to the exterior when spring arrives. The system is due to go online late tomorrow and I can’t wait to begin adopting APs to see how they all work.
you can select meters or feet under basic details when you create a plan..
you forget working on the cabling routing! this was great Miller
I have a few use cases where we're only putting one jack in a room (driven by costing). I don't suppose there is a way to indicate that the wall jack is only one, not two? I'm also curious, if your camera is PoE, wouldn't you also account for the jack/cable that the camera would connect to?
Where is your Nas in the rack? Don't forget blanks. Recommend to terminate all the ports for the server room on the wall. Use cat6 keystone female to female to save time, and you can color code for different rooms and make them match.
At my business we use MOBOTIX as camera system T26 really blows the G4 camera doorbell out of the water. And the dual lens M73 cameras really make a huge difference in quality too. For office spaces we just use 1 Q26 in each office in the ceiling. It’s like installing 4 cameras there because it is really good at auto correcting the 180° lens. Almost like looking at normal 120° cameras. But stepless in each direction and always everything is filmed. Even if it is not visible on the screen.
Amazing video. I am 15 and I love networking. Right now I have a edge router x with 1 unifi 8 port switch, 2 usw flex minis, 2 ap ac lites and a cloud key gen 2.
Very nice!
@@MillerTechnicalServices number phone
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That's a great setup! You should take a look at pfsense and Mikrotik, you will definitely learn a lot
While I like the idea of premieres, 3 days in advance is too long. I would suggest keep it to 12 to 24 hours. Unless i set up a reminder this will be out of my feed within a day.
Thank you for that heads up. I will change that.
I am building a house with 1st & 2nd floor. Does the design center have a 3D mode to allow for multi-level buildings? Should I do a ceiling mount AP on both floors? I know the wifi signal is horizontally directed so I didn't know how many levels you get per AP.
How many square feet per floor?
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Very nice. I actually just moved into a new place down in Eureka MO and working on getting my AP's placed to get the coverage I need. Been putting off actually drawing up a floor plan though.. ha
Well this is weird, I'm also from STL and just watching this video to plan my UB roll out.
lol I’m also in Missouri watching this 😂
I've had good luck with Ubiquiti's cables. They are super cheap and very flexible
“Imperial, because we don’t know how to do things..” LOL 😂👍
Great video.. I was trying to do yhis today for a new build to determine number of access points. How do you account for multiple levels. I have basement and two above ground levels approx 4400 soft. Was going to do wifi6 LR access points.
With design center, you don't. That's why I just put things for the different floors off to the side.
@@MillerTechnicalServices I wonder how good is coverage between floors. Can we get away with APs just in the ceiling of the 1st floor?
Depends on the house. But as a general rule, I put an access point on every floor.
@@MillerTechnicalServices that's sounds like the safest. Thanks and great video.
I have a 2000 square foot home (single level) however it is concrete block construction as I live in FL. I am not a network engineer or even close. I have recently deploy a UDM pro with 3 Nano HD APs. Is that overkill? 🤷🏼♂️ My thought process was more APs on lower power settings and non overlapping channels (DFS) as I don’t live near any conflicting radar sites. My hope is that this would result in less dead spots and a smoother transition from AP to AP including covering our back pool deck. Is this the right approach? Is it too much? Is my thought process wrong? Thank you. Love your content.
Sounds about right. I would dedicate one to outdoors. You generally don't need to worry too much about transmission power if you have the correct number of access points or are in a really tricky situation where they have to overlap due to something like chicken wire in the walls.
@@MillerTechnicalServices thank you
Can you do multiple floors in the design center? For example a bonus room or basement.
Kind of. You use multiple floor plans and build tunnels between the two.
Is the throw on 2.4 and 5Ghz drawings under the assumption the APs are set to high?
Idk. Ubiquiti isn’t exactly forthcoming
Are you going with cat 6 or cat 7?
Cat 6A
Any advice for someone that is buying a house that is already built ? I really want to to a ubiquiti set up but I’ve never ran cat 6 cable before and the row home was built in the 1900 so I’m not sure how hard that would be ?
Do you have a basement with an open ceiling or an attic?
I am curious too. There's an attic in my house but the basement is sealed off.
Wish I could give my home some upgrades, but money isn't easy these days with Covid and all.
I have recently bought a UDM Pro and I'm quite happy with it, and eventually wanting to replace a Netgear router (used exclusively in AP mode) with a Unifi AP.
I also do want to fully wire the home - but we don't have an attic, basement or any kind of crawlspace - so I'm not sure how I'm gonna do this right now.
May I ask ... what got you into Unifi and networking?
1. I totally get it the whole COVID and money thing.
2. These plans will almost definitely be scaled down since our floor plan isn’t even done due to budget constraints.
3. ISPs suck and I thought I could do it better so I did the whole spend a night on google and become an overnight expert.
Good on ya for doing it yourself. And that net gear router as an ap might be better than something from Ubiquiti.
@@MillerTechnicalServices Netgear better? Why's that? For me, there's a lot of things that I could use that Netgear doesn't have. Like multiple SSIDs and VLANs, which aren't controllable via Netgear.
In that case, go with a Ubiquiti ap. I was more referring to if it was a nice netgear, it might be worth keeping as an ap because there isn’t really a reason to spend more money. But if it’s a low end netgear and you need the features...
@@MillerTechnicalServices Yeah it's definitely an older one, probably one of their first few dual band models haha ... I think the model was WNDR3700v4
I just looked it up and yeah...... you should probably get something new 😂
You forgot to put the "Cable Routes". With routes the tool will use it to place the cables and will represent the cabling in a much more much organized way.
Didn't forget. I just didn't know how I was going to do the cable runs (going straight down to the basement, through the studs, straight paths...)
@@MillerTechnicalServices Ok, reviewing your video now more cautiously I see that you put downstaris and upstairs ports on the same plan. The correct way is to upload a new plan for each floor and use tunnels to link the floors. I have done a very simple sample project just to exercise, if you want to see it let me know your Ubiquiti account that I will share it with you.
@@ThiagoNunesRS Tunnels work and don't work. I found that using the managed 8 port switches (PoE & non-PoE) like in a closet or behind the TV are impossible to wire up in Design Center. Also, you can't add those switches to a rack. They aren't on the drop down list. Auto cabling only works to a rack so I've been SOL trying to do anything that remotely resembles my actual network. Design Center does not take any of the connectivity information of an existing network into account. I think the product only works if you stick to UI's way of doing things. But, I'll be damned if I'll design a network just so it works in their tool.
@@guitarflipper Since I learned how to use tunnels it worked for me. Sometimes harder, sometimes easier, but always worked.
The use of a desk switch is possible but not as the end of the network. The network must terminate necessarily on a rack, so on a "rackable" device. Unfortunately you can't put a desk device inside a rack.
If you want to see a simple test project that use desk switches and tunnels and all cableling was done automatically please post your ubiquiti account. If you want me to see your project my ubiquiti account is thiagonunesrs@gmail.com.
That much RF is going to burn your eyes out! lol
trying to use the design tool - but I cannot LEFT click -- it just moves my background image... MAC user - and yes my left click is enabled on my magic mouse --- any help?
You only have one click in design center
I am new to home networking with an interest as a hobby only.
Questions, why do you require so many AP's, 1) it seems like overkill and 2) won't these require some serious settings tweaks?
No & No. Always plan for the future / have a spare. Ubiquiti are great, leave Wifi settings on Auto (bar password & IP range) and you'll be good.
Thanks for the reply. I will let you know how it goes once I get started
Seems like overkill to me..... That's looking like a noisy environment with the potential for banding problems or AP handoff problems. Would love to get more perspective
I saw a video talking about band and channel settings to avoid overlapping ua-cam.com/video/QE-jw1Bu0T8/v-deo.html
the price pro the price 😂😂
what is so annoying is that everyone focuses on the basic plan diagram, yet NO ONE is doing the damn cabling using the routing, so it clearly shows how you would get a cable from your switch or router to your RJ45 Socket then to your Mesh device, is NO ONE is ever going to wire the cable straight from the switch to your AP where the chance of breaking the cable is so great. I just wanna see a basic home set-up.
Holy cow you're local? No way!
Hi Mr
Ahhh yes, rich people showing off their success. And people just eat it up. Your house is really big, your equipment is in the 10s of thousands of dollars price point easily and you have massive 12 foot tall ceilings. Which if you don't realize how tall that is, then....I mean, how the fuck could a person not realize how massive that is? Standard ceilings are 8 feet. Even if you don't know the number, you should recognize it....now I'm not saying people should be out for blood....but why do people eat this stuff up? I mean, most people are sitting here watching this, struggling to pay for rent, food, transportation, or whatever, and they're just like, "wow, here's a positive comment!!! Amazing!! Well time to go work 12 hours a day for 6 days a week and barely be able to afford to live!!!"....just stop it. And more importantly, ESPECIALLY stop acting like that towards REALLY rich people like celebrities. Stop it!!!
You’re mad about a nerd talking about nerd shit for his parents… do you ever stop and think maybe if you weren’t so worried about other people and their lives, maybe you would be less miserable.
John, thats an extraordinary post.
You play the victim.
Why not concentrate on developing your own knowledge and ability, rather than having a go at a young man who has admirable tech skills?
I like the channel and I value his “ pacy” style . Ive learned valuable things that contributed to my own home WiFi.
This is a joke, aps can't spead signal like this, beautiful and perfects circles, so the result of the survey is completly wrong
It's an estimate. A visual representation. Obviously, there are many factors to consider. You would be checking stability and speeds for installation IRL.