Ubiquiti

[HartsockZA]

So what would you recommend for my application then?

Depends on what you'd like to do? If you're still doing ceiling mounts in specific locations then I'd do this.

Reyee Dual Band WiFi 5 1300Mbps Gigabit Ceiling Mount AP | RG-RAP2200(E)

Reyee's RG-RAP2200G is an 802.11ac dual-band ceiling mount access point featuring MU-MIMO Wave 2 technology, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, seamless roaming and speeds up of up to 1267Mbps.

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The Switch is plug & play so if you have a router just plug it in and it will automatically set itself up towards what you need, Join the app to get more functions

Reyee 5 Port Gigabit with 4 PoE 54W Smart Managed Switch | RG-ES205GC-P

Reyee's RG-ES205GP is a 5 port Layer 2 Gigabit smart switch with 4x 802.3af/at PoE ports and a Gigabit Ethernet uplink port. The switch offers a 54W PoE budget and up to 30W per PoE port. It supports Ruijie’s smart networking feature.

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Done, if you want you could go for a Mikrotik router for insane amounts of configuration or you could do an entire Reyee setup (I haven't played with their routers but seems cool I suppose)

Reyee 5 Port Gigabit 2 WAN 100 User Cloud Router | RG-EG105G

Reyee's RG-EG105G is a cloud-managed router with up to x2 WAN ports and built-in network controller to centrally manage Reyee access points and managed switches.

scoop.co.za

Done

 

[smc]

OK, so the question now is how big an area is that ap covering? N
How many rooms are you getting wifi from it?

Whole of a big, old three-bedroomed house

 

[Bruceg]

Depends on what you'd like to do? If you're still doing ceiling mounts in specific locations then I'd do this.

Reyee Dual Band WiFi 5 1300Mbps Gigabit Ceiling Mount AP | RG-RAP2200(E)

Reyee's RG-RAP2200G is an 802.11ac dual-band ceiling mount access point featuring MU-MIMO Wave 2 technology, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, seamless roaming and speeds up of up to 1267Mbps.

scoop.co.za

The Switch is plug & play so if you have a router just plug it in and it will automatically set itself up towards what you need, Join the app to get more functions

Reyee 5 Port Gigabit with 4 PoE 54W Smart Managed Switch | RG-ES205GC-P

Reyee's RG-ES205GP is a 5 port Layer 2 Gigabit smart switch with 4x 802.3af/at PoE ports and a Gigabit Ethernet uplink port. The switch offers a 54W PoE budget and up to 30W per PoE port. It supports Ruijie’s smart networking feature.

scoop.co.za

Done, if you want you could go for a Mikrotik router for insane amounts of configuration or you could do an entire Reyee setup (I haven't played with their routers but seems cool I suppose)

Reyee 5 Port Gigabit 2 WAN 100 User Cloud Router | RG-EG105G

Reyee's RG-EG105G is a cloud-managed router with up to x2 WAN ports and built-in network controller to centrally manage Reyee access points and managed switches.

scoop.co.za

Done

Was thinking of this router

Reyee Dual Band WiFi 6 3200Mbps 6dBi Gigabit Mesh Router | RG-EW3200GX PRO

Reyee's RG-EW3200GX is a WiFi 6, dual-band, 4x4 MU-MIMO Gigabit router featuring speeds up to 3200Mbps. It can be used as a stand-alone router or access point but can also be used in a mesh topology

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[HartsockZA]

Was thinking of this router

Reyee Dual Band WiFi 6 3200Mbps 6dBi Gigabit Mesh Router | RG-EW3200GX PRO

Reyee's RG-EW3200GX is a WiFi 6, dual-band, 4x4 MU-MIMO Gigabit router featuring speeds up to 3200Mbps. It can be used as a stand-alone router or access point but can also be used in a mesh topology

scoop.co.za

Yea sure, but then I'd first start deploying this router and then see for coverage from there.

 

[Bruceg]

There's alot of UBNT talk here, Let me be the first one to try to sway you away. Reyee, I've installed a good portion of them, Works like a charm, is free cloud management software, is plug & play, is super powerful, and is cost-effective.
Ubuntu is expensive and it looks pretty fast forward a few years then chuck the management software out and you're left with a bunch of open-access AP's. Some of Ubnt is cool, but eish tis expensive for something that really isn't all that expensive if you know what the heck you want.

Just bought two of the reyee RG-EW3200 GX PRO routers for my new setup. Bought them from Uniterm Direct in Longmeadow near Edenvale, exceptional service, definitely recommend them for technical knowledge and service

 

[HartsockZA]

Just bought two of the reyee RG-EW3200 GX PRO routers for my new setup. Bought them from Uniterm Direct in Longmeadow near Edenvale, exceptional service, definitely recommend them for technical knowledge and service

Cool, and? How are they performing?
Uniterm is one of my suppliers, them and scoop. Great service

 

[Bruceg]

Wife is in meetings, can only setup tomorrow , will give feedback when done

 

[Bruceg]

Reyee 3200Mbps Wi-Fi 6 Dual-band Gigabit Mesh Router (RG-EW3200GX-PRO)

Replaced by Reyee RG-EW3000GX-PRO.Reyee 3200Mbps Wi-Fi 6 Dual-band Gigabit Mesh Router RG-EW3200GX PRO | Wi-Fi 6, 3200Mbps, Strong Signal, VPN, Beamforming Your browser does not support HTML video. Your browser does not support HTML video. Your browser does not support HTML video.

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So I bought two of these routers, was a bit skeptical about them until I connected the first one and set it up.wow that was an easy setup except I forgot to switch the ont back on.
Did first speed test and it surprised me,so setup the second one, connected the ethernet cable and powered it up.
This unit set itself up, what a pleasure. Ran another speed test, and was getting around 520mbp where previously I was getting about 128mbp.
Setting up an iot network was just as easy.
Where a
I was running a router an 6 airties units I am down to two routers with a major increase in performance.
Picked up wifi sitting across the road from my house.
All in all I reckon it was a worthwhile purchase,

 

[r00igev@@r]

Reyee 3200Mbps Wi-Fi 6 Dual-band Gigabit Mesh Router (RG-EW3200GX-PRO)

Replaced by Reyee RG-EW3000GX-PRO.Reyee 3200Mbps Wi-Fi 6 Dual-band Gigabit Mesh Router RG-EW3200GX PRO | Wi-Fi 6, 3200Mbps, Strong Signal, VPN, Beamforming Your browser does not support HTML video. Your browser does not support HTML video. Your browser does not support HTML video.

shop.dbg.co.za

So I bought two of these routers, was a bit skeptical about them until I connected the first one and set it up.wow that was an easy setup except I forgot to switch the ont back on.
Did first speed test and it surprised me,so setup the second one, connected the ethernet cable and powered it up.
This unit set itself up, what a pleasure. Ran another speed test, and was getting around 520mbp where previously I was getting about 128mbp.
Setting up an iot network was just as easy.
Where a
I was running a router an 6 airties units I am down to two routers with a major increase in performance.
Picked up wifi sitting across the road from my house.
All in all I reckon it was a worthwhile purchase,

We don't want anyone else to know - let them suffer...

 

[Tech_]

Hi All, I’m almost certain this has been asked previously and my apologies in advance but if I have 4 Unifi AC lites all connected via a standard 8port switch and currently all being powered by wall plugs, my router and ONT are powered by a GIZZU unit what can I do to keep the Unifi units on during LoadShedding if I don’t have a generator or inverter?

 

[RonSwanson]

Hi All, I’m almost certain this has been asked previously and my apologies in advance but if I have 4 Unifi AC lites all connected via a standard 8port switch and currently all being powered by wall plugs, my router and ONT are powered by a GIZZU unit what can I do to keep the Unifi units on during LoadShedding if I don’t have a generator or inverter?

Buy a cheap Cudy PoE switch and plug it into the GIZZU.

 

[Tech_]

Buy a cheap Cudy PoE switch and plug it into the GIZZU.

Ok so I get a 5 port Cudy PoE switch and say it’s a 9v and I connect the power to the GIZZU 9v port, the lan cable from my fibre router goes to uplink of the Cudy and the 4 cables from PoE ports go directly to Unifi APs hence leaving out the 24v PoE injectors (power adaptors) is that correct?

 

[tRoN]

Does having a ubiquiti router enhance the use of the Unifi AP in any way or what is the advantages?

 

[Retro1337]

Does having a ubiquiti router enhance the use of the Unifi AP in any way or what is the advantages?

not really no. besides "Central Management" and DPI (monitor data usage per device, application etc) and the other few perks such as failover/load balancing, IPS/IDS etc

 

[RonSwanson]

Ok so I get a 5 port Cudy PoE switch and say it’s a 9v and I connect the power to the GIZZU 9v port, the lan cable from my fibre router goes to uplink of the Cudy and the 4 cables from PoE ports go directly to Unifi APs hence leaving out the 24v PoE injectors (power adaptors) is that correct?

That's correct. You may want to rationalise APs to save the GIZZU's power, are 4 really necessary during loadshedding? Alternatively get another GIZZU / Ratel for the APs.

 

[Tech_]

That's correct. You may want to rationalise APs to save the GIZZU's power, are 4 really necessary during loadshedding? Alternatively get another GIZZU / Ratel for the APs.

Big house with many people who want wifi in every square inch of the house.. so that would be a yes on the use of all 4 units..
Well I have the Mini UPS provided by the ISP however that is currently only able to power fibre and ONT
so I can use the Gizzu specifically to power Cudy 5 port

 

[Tech_]

That's correct. You may want to rationalise APs to save the GIZZU's power, are 4 really necessary during loadshedding? Alternatively get another GIZZU / Ratel for the APs.

I see the Gizzu 100w 46Wh unit has a built in PoE and Lan Port so it could power 1 AP directly?
Would the same principal of connecting apply...
Lan Port = Cable from router
PoE Port = Lan cable direct to 1 Unify AP

 

[RonSwanson]

I see the Gizzu 100w 46Wh unit has a built in PoE and Lan Port so it could power 1 AP directly?
Would the same principal of connecting apply...
Lan Port = Cable from router
PoE Port = Lan cable direct to 1 Unify AP

I don't know what POE spec the GIZZU provides, but if it supports 802.3af/A PoE at 6.5W then yes, it will work.

 

[Mier]

Ok so I get a 5 port Cudy PoE switch and say it’s a 9v and I connect the power to the GIZZU 9v port, the lan cable from my fibre router goes to uplink of the Cudy and the 4 cables from PoE ports go directly to Unifi APs hence leaving out the 24v PoE injectors (power adaptors) is that correct?

Just be aware that if you power the AP from the Gizzu POE port, it will be limited to 100mbps.

 

[Tech_]

Out of curiosity how long would the AP stay on for its being powered by a Gizzu 100w/46Wh unit?