HDB dream internet setup

[sadboy]

may i ask what improve can i expect by using tt instead of the one from starhub... assuming i do not need any other features

I think if your current router has no issue can just stay with it.

 

[hawthorne]

Recently my wife complaint that our wifi in the house unstable. Read on many forums and everyone seems to boast that this is very much better than consumer wifi routers. So hand itchy went to order a complete set of ubiquiti unifi equipment.

My single AP-AC-LR came first and i connected it to my existing Asus RT-AC78U to test it out.

Did a speedtest and somehow the RT-AC78U has a higher throughout compared to the AP-AC-LR. (~300 Mbps vs ~200 Mbps. Tested with a pixel 2 XL about 1m away)

Is this expected behavior?

Now I'm thinking if I made the wrong decision to change to this

 

[dryteletubby]

Recently my wife complaint that our wifi in the house unstable. Read on many forums and everyone seems to boast that this is very much better than consumer wifi routers. So hand itchy went to order a complete set of ubiquiti unifi equipment.

My single AP-AC-LR came first and i connected it to my existing Asus RT-AC78U to test it out.

Did a speedtest and somehow the RT-AC78U has a higher throughout compared to the AP-AC-LR. (~300 Mbps vs ~200 Mbps. Tested with a pixel 2 XL about 1m away)

Is this expected behavior?

Now I'm thinking if I made the wrong decision to change to this

The AP-AC-LR is more suited for open area uses. For WiFi at home you are better off having multiple APs and run them at low power.

Unifi AP aren't made for outright speed. If find that they do very well in scalability and reliability compared to consumer equipments. So not surprising that your Asus outperformed it.

Your wife claimed the WiFi unstable. Can you elaborate on that point?Your problem may be the palcement of the Asus router or you are using a congested WiFi channel etc.

 

[hawthorne]

Your wife claimed the WiFi unstable. Can you elaborate on that point?Your problem may be the palcement of the Asus router or you are using a congested WiFi channel etc.

The chief complaint is that her Samsung phone will periodically show the "wifi with exclamation mark" status when using the phone in the bedroom. In the bedroom, my phone will switch between 5G and 2G. My 87U is in the living room. The bedroom is the 2nd room from the living room, so 2 walls away. Yes, I do acknowledge that the router placement is not ideal, but my patch panel, NASes, HTPC, ONT etc are all there, so placing the router there makes the most sense in terms of cabling . Moving to uniquiti will allow me to place the APs to a more central location.

Initial testing result in some buyer remorse, after seeing that the raw speed is not as good as my old 87U

 

[dryteletubby]

The chief complaint is that her Samsung phone will periodically show the "wifi with exclamation mark" status when using the phone in the bedroom. In the bedroom, my phone will switch between 5G and 2G. My 87U is in the living room. The bedroom is the 2nd room from the living room, so 2 walls away. Yes, I do acknowledge that the router placement is not ideal, but my patch panel, NASes, HTPC, ONT etc are all there, so placing the router there makes the most sense in terms of cabling . Moving to uniquiti will allow me to place the APs to a more central location.

Initial testing result in some buyer remorse, after seeing that the raw speed is not as good as my old 87U

The WiFi exclamation mark issue on android is when a phone is connected to WiFi but can't reach the internet. The most cause in your case is your Asus router can broadcast a strong enough WiFi signal for you wife's phone to connect to the network but her phone does not have enough transmit power to communicate with your router. As you have both a AP-AC-LR and the Asus router, why not use both? Lower the WiFi transmit power on both your APs and you can get full WiFi coverage and the speed from your Asus router when you are closer to it

 

[HMAN]

The WiFi exclamation mark issue on android is when a phone is connected to WiFi but can't reach the internet. The most cause in your case is your Asus router can broadcast a strong enough WiFi signal for you wife's phone to connect to the network but her phone does not have enough transmit power to communicate with your router. As you have both a AP-AC-LR and the Asus router, why not use both? Lower the WiFi transmit power on both your APs and you can get full WiFi coverage and the speed from your Asus router when you are closer to it

Please take note that to establish a Wifi Connection . During negotiation contract phase. Power of Transmit and Receive are both checked before connection established.

Wifi Alliance would not allow this type of lousy Spec to go out of street.

 

[hawthorne]

Do you guys use HT80 or HT40? My AP-AC-LR was set to HT40. I'm not sure if that's the reason for the discrepancy.

I noticed my RT-AC87U was set to 80MHz for 5G. When I lowered to 40MHz, the speed matches what I see on the Unifi AP-AC-LR

 

[dryteletubby]

Do you guys use HT80 or HT40? My AP-AC-LR was set to HT40. I'm not sure if that's the reason for the discrepancy.

I noticed my RT-AC87U was set to 80MHz for 5G. When I lowered to 40MHz, the speed matches what I see on the Unifi AP-AC-LR

Then set your AP-AC-LR to 80Mhz?

Please take note that to establish a Wifi Connection . During negotiation contract phase. Power of Transmit and Receive are both checked before connection established.

Wifi Alliance would not allow this type of lousy Spec to go out of street.

From what I gather from Ubiquiti's forums some mobile devices that are connected to an AP will lose its connection to the AP while the WiFi indicator still shows signal strength. This seems to happen mostly on older android devices

 

[HMAN]

The issue is Router failed to get internet connection but it's DHCP server is working fine to allocate ip address to the clients like phone.

Try unhooking your Router to the ONT. You will see this no internet but network is connected scenario.

The issue is the final router failed to get internet connection due to whatever reason, it is not related to TX or Rx Power per your explanations.

There are many reasons the Router is not getting stable internet connection.

Sent from Google PIXEL C using GAGT

 

[jeffrey_siahsg]

After countless fail on consumer router, i decided to used 7+ yr old mini itx board + tplink gigabytes nic loaded with pfsense as my main router when move in to my new resale flat last year.
Im using UAP-AC-PRO as AP. So far have no issue on old devices. And the speed is consistent too.

 

[dryteletubby]

After countless fail on consumer router, i decided to used 7+ yr old mini itx board + tplink gigabytes nic loaded with pfsense as my main router when move in to my new resale flat last year.
Im using UAP-AC-PRO as AP. So far have no issue on old devices. And the speed is consistent too.

Your CPU in your router supports aes-ni? Coz pfsense will require it from version 2.5 onwards.

 

[jeffrey_siahsg]

Your CPU in your router supports aes-ni? Coz pfsense will require it from version 2.5 onwards.

Nope, i don’t think it supported. Will stayed @ v2.4 as long everything run smoothly.
Im on M1 500 plan, think is sufficient enough for my home network.

 

[hawthorne]

Then set your AP-AC-LR to 80Mhz?




From what I gather from Ubiquiti's forums some mobile devices that are connected to an AP will lose its connection to the AP while the WiFi indicator still shows signal strength. This seems to happen mostly on older android devices

Spent the whole day pull 2x Ethernet cables through my false ceiling. False ceiling is a pain. The gypsum board caused many small cuts all over my arm.

Finally can connect up the AP-AC-LR and did some preliminary test on 80MHZ. Yep. The speed more or less matches my Asus RT-AC78U.

I've noticed that some of the 5G channels are denoted as DFS channels. Did a RF scan and found the DFS channels all empty. Should I be choosing DFS channels?

 

[dryteletubby]

Spent the whole day pull 2x Ethernet cables through my false ceiling. False ceiling is a pain. The gypsum board caused many small cuts all over my arm.

Finally can connect up the AP-AC-LR and did some preliminary test on 80MHZ. Yep. The speed more or less matches my Asus RT-AC78U.

I've noticed that some of the 5G channels are denoted as DFS channels. Did a RF scan and found the DFS channels all empty. Should I be choosing DFS channels?

If your devices support DFS channels then go ahead.

 

[hawthorne]

If your devices support DFS channels then go ahead.

My phone supports DFS channels. What I'm asking is that what will happen if there are devices that dun support DFS ? They will connect on 2G instead?

 

[dryteletubby]

My phone supports DFS channels. What I'm asking is that what will happen if there are devices that dun support DFS ? They will connect on 2G instead?

Yes they won't be able to see the 5ghz channel

 

[moron+genius]

My phone supports DFS channels. What I'm asking is that what will happen if there are devices that dun support DFS ? They will connect on 2G instead?

Wat phone u using?

 

[hawthorne]

Wat phone u using?

Pixel 2 XL.

I went to look ard the specs for several phones available in SG market and could not find any info regarding the support for DFS channels.

Remotely remembered reading somewhere that DFS is already in the wifi specs for 5G and most phones would have already supported it. Not sure if it's true though.

 

[wifiguy]

Pixel 2 XL.

I went to look ard the specs for several phones available in SG market and could not find any info regarding the support for DFS channels.

Remotely remembered reading somewhere that DFS is already in the wifi specs for 5G and most phones would have already supported it. Not sure if it's true though.

Most smart phones in SG support DFS. IOS & windows OS support since very old days, android is picking up fast from 802.11ac. (note, some china brand phones don't support dfs since DFS channels is not allowed by their local authority).