Recent content by GainfulShrimp

Well so far so good. I've got the UAP-AC set up and it seems to work flawlessly, albeit I realise it's early days. Only hiccup was getting the controller setup, as I had Java 7u55 installed and the controller was flakey - mostly refusing to start at all - until I uninstalled both it and Java...

Ahh... OK, thanks. Maybe the article I read was out of date. Part of the challenge with the ERL seems to be that you find lots of info online saying X, Y or Z are complicated or only possible via CLI... then discover that they're in the GUI of more-recent firmware versions. :)

I've gone the Ubiquiti route: ordering an Edgerouter Lite and a Unifi UAP-AC. Now I have quite a lot of reading to do. I have pretty good experience with setting up the basics of home networking - NAT, DHCP reservations, DNS, PPPoE, WPA2 etc - but there's a whole world of other stuff that...

Thanks for responding L&LD. I earlier (before I saw your post actually) pulled the trigger on the UAP-AC. It appears to have a QA date on the box from only a couple of months ago, so hopefully it'll be the more frugal/cool-running v2 model. In the end, I was attracted to the fact that it...

It seems that Unifi doesn't support band steering? I'm not sure if my Googling has turned up outdated info, or if that's still the case. It wouldn't be *huge* problem not to have band steering - and I'd have greater visibility of which band I'm connected to - but I just reckon having four...

I'm looking for a 3x3 11ac access point which can be powered by PoE (I'm not bothered if it's 802.3af or 802.3at as I'll be getting an injector to use for it (I don't have a PoE/PoE+ switch)). I'd like only two SSIDs: one for my stuff and one for guests. This implies being able to use a single...

This thread is extremely interesting to me, as I'm considering a similar setup (thanks!)... I've been looking at combining the Ubiquiti Edgerouter Lite with a DAP-2695 or similar - I'm looking for AC 3x3, not ceiling mounting mine and I think external antennas do help with range a bit. ;)...

Thanks for the responses chaps! :) The more I look into the Mikrotik vs Ubiquiti offerings, I'm erring on the side of Ubiquiti. The ERL-3 seems to offer a near-miraculous price/performance ratio. The bigger CCR Mikrotik units look impressive spec wise, but the cooling fans put me off...

Thanks for the various tips guys. I will look into Mikrotik as well before I take the plunge, then. :) My (admittedly not exhaustive) research has led me to believe that there aren't *any* wireless-AC access points which are nearly as good/stable/mature as some of the wireless-N stuff is...

I'm hoping to get 1Gbps symmetrical (i.e. gig up + gig down) broadband within the next 9 months or so. I'm very excited (sad, I know!)... So, I'm looking to upgrade my home LAN in anticipation of getting the new connection. At the moment, I use the following: Draytek 2820n (wireless...