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by xp84 706 days ago
In case you know -- is there a way to get into Ubiquiti without having a drop where I need the secondary AP? Today I use an Eero at the cable modem and a second Eero just mounted on the ceiling upstairs with . I'd like to move to something that isn't locked down the way Eero is (and which has a web UI), but I like the whole 'mesh with a dedicated backhaul on a separate channel' thing. My house is constructed in a way that would make running ethernet upstairs not convenient.
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aspenmayer 706 days ago
Yes, Ubiquiti has AP mesh hardware that uses a dedicated backhaul radio, so you can extend the mesh without needing wired backhaul for mesh points.
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banish-m4 706 days ago
It's slow as shit though. I had 5x U6-Mesh after ditching the Google/Nest Wi-Fi garbage. Now, I have U6-Enterprise running on PoE on dedicated copper. There's no substitute for the bandwidth afforded by physical media.

FS: U6-Mesh for cheap! ;)

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xp84 699 days ago
Can you define slow as shit? Was it worse than the Google/Nest Wi-Fi things? I am aware ethernet drops would be faster, but I just don't need 1Gbps in my bedroom -- just for the connection to be reliable and of a reasonable speed. My benchmark to beat would be what my Eero mesh thing gets.
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