It is working. I think if the Unifi was not a dual radio it might bring the whole system down to N speeds. I think I will eventually replace it with a third Unifi. Thanks w ________________________________ From: Hardware <[email protected]> on behalf of Christopher Fisk <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 6:31 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [H] My second Ubiquiti Networks Unifi 802.11ac Dual-Radio PRO Access Point
The uplink used by the unifi may or may not work through a wifi extender. All I can say is to test. On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 2:47 PM _ Winterlight <[email protected]> wrote: > OK. I will have Unifi in my house, a Unifi in my exterior back yard and I > also have a Netgear Range Extender WN1000RP_IG plugged into an outlet in my > garage. You could draw a straight line from the Netgear extender through > the interior Unifi and to the exterior Unifi. > > The range extenders' SSID = UNIFI SSID _EXT which was set up by Netgear > software. It uses the same security and password as the UNIFI. The range > extender uses a separate IP address. > > So should I change the Netgear extender SSID to match the UNIF by removing > the _EXT or does it matter? Thanks Chris! > ________________________________ > From: Hardware <[email protected]> on behalf of > Christopher Fisk <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 6:41 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [H] My second Ubiquiti Networks Unifi 802.11ac Dual-Radio PRO > Access Point > > No. You need to use the Unifi Controller software to adopt the new Unifi > on to the existing network. > > You do this by plugging into your normal network. > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 9:09 PM _ Winterlight <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >>>ou'll need to have it connected through ethernet > > > > by that you mean plug the existing Unifi directly into the new Unifi ? So > > I leave the router plugged into the existing Unifi and use the free port > to > > plug into the new Unifi ... which new Unifi port the router or the second > > one? > > ________________________________ > > From: Hardware <[email protected]> on behalf of > > Christopher Fisk <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 6:01 PM > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [H] My second Ubiquiti Networks Unifi 802.11ac Dual-Radio > PRO > > Access Point > > > > When you launch the Unifi controller software you can adopt the new > > controller. You'll need to have it connected through ethernet when you > do > > that. > > > > Once the device is adopted and provisioned you can unplug it and use the > > wireless uplink. > > > > > > Good luck! I love these devices, I use them all over the place at work. > > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 7:50 PM _ Winterlight <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I purchased a second Ubiquiti Networks Unifi 802.11ac Dual-Radio PRO > > > Access Point (UAP-AC-PRO-US), Single,White. I have been using the > > existing > > > one for the last 3 years and I want to put a second one in my back > yard. > > > Once I plug it into the existing network will it configure itself as an > > > extender? If not what do I have to do to make them work together? > Thanks > > > > > > <w> > > > > > >
