discussion Whats your latest purchase?

[Marzipan]

For the moment I've got a 2.5G POE switch on the U7 Pro and still using a 1G POE injector for the U6 lite, but I've got a 2.5G injector inbound that should be here before the second U7 Pro arrives.

Ideally, I'd want a Ubiquiti 2.5G POE switch, but there's no way I can justify $650 for their current Enterprise 8 PoE. With any luck they'll bring out a pro-sumer grade 2.5G PoE for sub $200.



It's a second AP that will replace an existing U6 Lite

my bad...my brain read that as UDM Pro. sorry!

 

[sswilson]

I would probably look at the Pro Max 16 PoE for $540 instead. You'd be left with 1 free 2.5G PoE along with 3 non-PoE on the UCG itself. Could always get SFP+ to RJ45 adapters if you needed all 4 2.5G PoE ports too.

And then you'd also have 12x 1G PoE for cameras and door bells

So, it's just a matter of inserting one of those adapters to convert one of the 10G ports into an ethernet WAN to bring 2.5G to the router? No networking gymnastics required?

I really shouldn't have looked.... there's currently an Enterprise 8 PoE on ebay for $500 + $20 shipping......

Pardon Our Interruption...

Really bloody hard not to hit buy on that one...........

 

[JD]

So, it's just a matter of inserting one of those adapters to convert one of the 10G ports into an ethernet WAN to bring 2.5G to the router? No networking gymnastics required?

Yup, I use this one for example: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07P39G4XJ as it runs a bit cooler than some of the "older" ones. I had a 1st gen MikroTik which ran super hot. Ubiquiti sells one too but it's $86.

 

[sswilson]

On the negative side of this.... I just realised that my OnePlus 12R is only wifi 6.

Correction.... I keep making the mistake of conflating having access to the 6 ghz band with wifi 6 / wifi 7. The oneplus 12r recognizes that it's connecting to wifi 7, but only does so on the 5 ghz band.

 

[JD]

Correction.... I keep making the mistake of conflating having access to the 6 ghz band with wifi 6 / wifi 7. The oneplus 12r recognizes that it's connecting to wifi 7, but only does so on the 5 ghz band.

Hmm, isn't WiFi 7 supposed to connect across 2 bands? Or is it 6GHz + 2.4 or 5GHz? I haven't really read up much on it, could just be the phone doesn't support that feature too I suppose.

 

[sswilson]

Hmm, isn't WiFi 7 supposed to connect across 2 bands? Or is it 6GHz + 2.4 or 5GHz? I haven't really read up much on it, could just be the phone doesn't support that feature too I suppose.

I'm not sure if it's part of wifi 7 or not, but the 12R has an option to connect to two different SSIDs to merge their throughput.

 

[sswilson]

So, it's just a matter of inserting one of those adapters to convert one of the 10G ports into an ethernet WAN to bring 2.5G to the router? No networking gymnastics required?

I really shouldn't have looked.... there's currently an Enterprise 8 PoE on ebay for $500 + $20 shipping......

Pardon Our Interruption...

Really bloody hard not to hit buy on that one...........

Made an offer.... still a hell of a lot more than I'd like to pay for a 2.5g PoE, but 8 PoE+ ports should future proof me for a few years.

 

[Izerous]

Made an offer.... still a hell of a lot more than I'd like to pay for a 2.5g PoE, but 8 PoE+ ports should future proof me for a few years.

Except that you need PoE++ (bt) not PoE+ (at) & 2.5G for the U7 AP's don't you?

Edit: Never mind, the U7 AP's are only PoE+ it was the door entry system I picked up for the office that forced me into PoE++ injectors. For some reason I thought the U7 AP's were also PoE++ not just PoE+

 

[sswilson]

Except that you need PoE++ (bt) not PoE+ (at) & 2.5G for the U7 AP's don't you?

Edit: Never mind, the AP's are only PoE+ it is the cameras forcing PoE++ now.

Nope, PoE+ is the requirement for them. (Ninja'd)

Which cameras are forcing ++? The G5 bullet still only lists PoE as the requirement.

Edit: Ah.... these are listed as PoE++

Access G2 Starter Kit - Ubiquiti Store

A simple, all-in-one kit for UniFi Access, designed to manage a single door with one reader. Supports seamless setup for modern, secure access control.

ca.store.ui.com

That said.... it sounds like the base unit requires PoE++ if you intend to use the PoE passthrough from it?

Max. power consumption

Without PoE output: 30W With PoE output: 50W

 

[Izerous]

Nope, PoE+ is the requirement for them. (Ninja'd)

Which cameras are forcing ++? The G5 bullet still only lists PoE as the requirement.

Edited the post again but you were quicker than I was. It was the G2 starter kit for door access that forced me to pick up a PoE++ injector. Just finsihed installing it a few days ago so much better than the old system. Old system didn't support https so accessing it was a pain and they quoted us over $2k to replace the main board with a newer one...

G2 kit was $400 + $100 in odds and ends and a couple hours to replace the old with the new doing it myself. Running new wires to fix their hack job etc.