This is probably not going interest many, but Broadbandbuyer are now selling the GEN2 of this AP which now has 802.3af PoE.
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Stoofa to GokeUK
2 Apr 174#14
What complete and utter crap you talk. I've rolled out nearly a hundred of these devices over numerous sites. They are reliable, offer excellent coverage and even though never sold as a "mesh solution" hand over clients from device to device extremely efficiently.
The web based management means that I can easily see all hundred devices through the same interface, I can see if a device has gone offline and I can push firmware updates out through the same interface.
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M0nk3h
20 Mar 17#1
No vote but I did find this, whether it's the same is another kettle of fish...
I don't see any mention of 802.3af on the listing, so probably the older version.
dannysmith43
20 Mar 17#3
Hot. although no reference to this model on the Ubiquiti website? are there any other advantages to this model other than standard PoE? I'm in the market for a couple at the moment, but i don't want to use up my remaining 2 PoE ports without good reason :laughing:
Suztera to dannysmith43
20 Mar 172#4
It's the same internals except now it now can use standard PoE since everyone on their community forums complained to them to add it in.
hukdplan
20 Mar 17#5
Oh well, bit irritating I bought two of these a couple of months ago and a nice little PoE managed switch - but of course ended up using the proprietary Ubiquiti PoE adapters. Still, very happy with my AC-Lites ... :smile:
dannysmith43
20 Mar 17#6
Thanks
HaraldBB
20 Mar 171#7
Does it have PoE injector in box?
Suztera to HaraldBB
20 Mar 17#8
Yes it is included.
rdbradshaw
2 Apr 17#9
Wow that's a mouth full
crazydadz
2 Apr 171#10
What is it?
tempt to crazydadz
2 Apr 172#11
wifi enabled smoke alarm
hitman007
2 Apr 172#12
A Frisbee
GokeUK
2 Apr 17#13
Unifi is such a crock of ****. Cheap and cheerful...
Stoofa to GokeUK
2 Apr 174#14
What complete and utter crap you talk. I've rolled out nearly a hundred of these devices over numerous sites. They are reliable, offer excellent coverage and even though never sold as a "mesh solution" hand over clients from device to device extremely efficiently.
The web based management means that I can easily see all hundred devices through the same interface, I can see if a device has gone offline and I can push firmware updates out through the same interface.
unconfirmed to GokeUK
2 Apr 171#16
You're wrong
Craigius
2 Apr 171#15
Excellent bit of kit I have 3 in my house all networked up wireless coverage is amazing and the handoff is excellent highly recommend heat added
colin10086
2 Apr 17#17
Not a good price for a UAP-AC-LITE but as most other distributors aren't willing to specify a gen 2 product because they are still trying to sell their gen 1 stock then it may be your only option.
soton26
2 Apr 17#18
Unifi stuff is good, we use them for customers all the time.
hukdplan
2 Apr 171#19
Bizarre ... I replied to this almost two weeks ago, suddenly it's made "hot" in the last two hours. Weird.- must be down to some kind of religious cult ...:disappointed:
tin
2 Apr 17#20
(continuing the religious cult)
Niche issue maybe, but the documentation suggests this only supports the A part of 802.3af. Which means technically it's not compliant with 802.3af at all and shouldn't be claiming that it is. However in practice it should work with switches that deliver POE.
No idea why they've done this, but I suspect it has something to do with supporting their own 24v standard at the same time.
Also Unifi stuff IS a bit crap compared with proper enterprise stuff. But it is OK for the money.
hitman007
2 Apr 171#21
Would you say this model is OTT for a home installation. Would one of the lesser models be just as good for a n / ac home network?
Alfresco
2 Apr 17#22
What sort of range can you expect from one of these? How far before needing multiple units? I'm guessing they cover more distance that a standard router/WAP or a range extender?
GokeUK
2 Apr 171#23
You've rolled out hundred, my company has rolled out thousands. We have been using them for about 5 years. The fact of the matter is they are not good enough anymore. There is very little debug the guest policies are intermittent and the unifi software doesn't scale.
hero9989
2 Apr 17#24
Finally. Unifi's random support of 802.11af is baffling. The Unifi G3 cameras, the dome camera supports it, the bullet camera doesn't. The access points (until now) the Pro supported it, the Lite didn't. Seems they're at least slowly sorting it!
SpamJavelin
2 Apr 17#25
Price comparison though? I found these were 3-5x cheaper than Cisco etc.That was a few years ago though and I haven't researched prices recently. Would happily go with Ubiquiti again, especially if they are going to use standard PoE.
BluCola
2 Apr 17#26
Been using unifi ap for home for years. Bought unifi UAP-AC-Pro last year for my home and parents'. Fit the purposes and they've been running well. I can see some people are arguing they are not that good. Well maybe for commercial installation you want to use something more expensive if you have a higher standard of requirement.
xecutioner
2 Apr 17#27
Would this work without controller? Can I upgrade the firmware etc without any subscription (like cisco ap)
colin10086
2 Apr 171#28
Yes you can run your own controller on Windows, Linux, Mac OSX - you don't have to use their cloud. The controller doesn't have to run all the time, you can upgrade/configure the APs and then shut it down. Only stats and guest login pages need the controller to be always available.
sergiup
2 Apr 17#29
...But that doesn't really apply to using a couple at home, or in a small office, where they're most likely going to work absolutely fine, and be at the kind of budget that those places can afford. And I doubt a corporate buyer would be looking on HUKD for these :smile:
speculatrix
2 Apr 17#30
I've got the UAC Pro, and am delighted with it, absolutely solid, it's as reliable as using a cable, just not always as fast of course. I'd happily recommend it to anyone. I'll never go back to cheap domestic wireless modem/router combos now.
xecutioner
2 Apr 17#31
Thanks. Is it dual band 2.4/5 GHz?
Parallax
3 Apr 17#32
Sorry to hijack, but sort of relevant : Are relatively cheap Cisco enterprise WiFi units such as you find on eBay, useable by normal humans at home? Or do they all need some proprietary controller in order to operate? If they can be used reasonably easily, then to me this is the only real competition for Ubiquiti at this price.
(I bought a couple of Cisco 7965s for very cheap off eBay once. Great phones, but really hard work to get operating, running SCCP on PiaF etc. It was fun but I never want to do something like that again, if you know what I mean.)
tomwatts to Parallax
3 Apr 17#34
It depends entirely on what model you're looking at. I don't know why you'd be interested in something like that though unless you have either a huge house or 100 devices!
GokeUK
3 Apr 17#33
Yeah it depends on what you want to do with them. They are ok for the price and for home use but in a corparate/congested area I wouldn't use them. As with anything wireless it depends on the rf environment around them.
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The web based management means that I can easily see all hundred devices through the same interface, I can see if a device has gone offline and I can push firmware updates out through the same interface.
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The web based management means that I can easily see all hundred devices through the same interface, I can see if a device has gone offline and I can push firmware updates out through the same interface.
Niche issue maybe, but the documentation suggests this only supports the A part of 802.3af. Which means technically it's not compliant with 802.3af at all and shouldn't be claiming that it is. However in practice it should work with switches that deliver POE.
No idea why they've done this, but I suspect it has something to do with supporting their own 24v standard at the same time.
Also Unifi stuff IS a bit crap compared with proper enterprise stuff. But it is OK for the money.
(I bought a couple of Cisco 7965s for very cheap off eBay once. Great phones, but really hard work to get operating, running SCCP on PiaF etc. It was fun but I never want to do something like that again, if you know what I mean.)