The Unifi Devices can be setup in repeater mode. When you adopt them they need to be wired, but once adopted they will work as long as you can get them power and they have signal to the other unifi devices. This is Wireless Uplink and it's supported on the majority of the Unifi Devices out there:
https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002262328-UniFi-UAP-Configuring-Wireless-Uplink In the controller they show as connected wirelessly. On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 5:57 PM Winterlight <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought of going Unifi and I would of, but then I had the two > TRENDnets so I gave it a try and it works so well I decided to use > them. Plus running the CAT, and power, from one Unifi to another > would be difficult given my high ceilings and the routhing of the > wires.. I was surprised the my Unifi...even at AC could not do this > on it;s own given that the distance from the Unifi to my back fence > is less then 50 feet. Apparently going through the windows or walls > and maybe interference was too much for it to overcome. I won't be > using wifi in the yard very often and when I do I just manually log > into the appropriate router... primitive I know but it works. Thanks > for the link and the help! > > > At 03:04 PM 10/2/2019, you wrote: > >Best case you'd be Unifi across the board and allow them to handle the > >roaming handoff. When you have different brands of APs you can use the > > > https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005546/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking.html > >Wifi Roaming Aggressiveness (or equivalent for your vendor). With 3 APs > >you should set one each on channels 1 6 and 11 so there is minimal > overlap. > > > >To answer your SSID question, you'll want to have the same SSID, otherwise > >your clients will connect for as long as possible to a weaker signal until > >it becomes unusable and it then tries other SSIDs. > > > > > >Good luck! > > > >On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 3:03 PM Winterlight <[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > > > I have a Ubiquiti UniFi_AP-AC-Pro mounted in the hallway of my single > > > story house. It is plugged into my Ubiquiti Edge router and it works > > > great... in the interior. However in my front and backyard wifi > > > becomes spotty. I happen to have two TRENDnet 300 Mbps Wireless > > > Easy-N-Upgrader routers so I wired one up on my back patio and it > > > solved my backyard problem. I have a second older version one that I > > > want to put in my garage to handle the front yard. The routers will > > > be plugged into two different switches on my LAN and will DHCP = > > > different IP address. They will both use WP2 AES but have identical > > > passwords. > > > > > > Would it be best to give them different SSD names or use the same SSD > > > name? > > > > > > > >
