Since this thread has morphed into a general Ubiquiti Q&A, I hope I'm not too far off topic to ask about Unifi WiFi 6E. I have an AP that is working just fine on 2.4gHz and 5gHz but i cannot get a connection on 6gHz (a/k/a WiFi 6E). The only client I have that has 6gHz is a Samsung Tab S8, so my testing is limited. I was able to borrow a Netgear AP to test the tablet 6gHz connection and that worked, so the tablet is functional.
Ubiquiti support ("Level 2") has looked at it but they seem to have run out of ideas or lost interest. My question is: does anyone have the Ubiquiti WiFi 6E AP successfully working on WiFi 6E? Any and all ideas are welcome.
6E (6GHz) has pretty limited range and is easily blocked by walls/floors or such. When you were doing your testing were you right near the AP when you switched on the tablet's WiFi? Many devices will stick with the WiFi they already had until the connection gets fairly bad even if a "better" connection is available.
I have run into issues with devices just switching from the 2.4GHz to 5GHz at times. Not specific to my Ubiquiti gear either, just in general.
Thanks. Yes, I am trying to get the 6gHz signal in direct close proximity. I have set three discrete SSID's - one each for the three bands. WiFi Analyzer on the tablet sees the 6gHz signal but when I manually connect it fails immediately. I've captured logs from the AP and sent them to Ubiquiti but they have not identified anything useful.
I am doing this with my "roving" switch I put in the back yard when we have parties. I roll out the party equipment which uses the older HD Flex HD AP to a 8 port POE switch which connect the Wifi 6 mesh AP. With this config the guests get Wifi Access and my hard wired devices like music and video plug into the switch. When it's outside a device on 2.4 GHz literally stays connected as you walk around the block. The Flex HD's and Wifi 6 Mesh devices are great.
So I have a Flex HD in my garage in a more permanent type installation and for security reasons would prefer it NOT to work like this. I wonder if there is a way to disable?
note: I have a simple POE injector with 2 ports. Have not tested "wired" access yet but assume it works the way you have it set up..
Security works normally. SSID's and passwords for wireless for my private networks and guest network is on it's own VLAN, each wired port is MAC assigned so while the cart is out only authorized devices have access. This is a rollout and then put away solution.
Yep figured - want to extend my home WiFi had the Flex lying around so went for it. Works but probably not the most secure thing - although I do have cameras etc all around.
Since I am only using the CloudKey to manage (I have a different Firewall/Gateway) I have a bit less control via the Unifi interface & Network.
On all of the UniFi PoE switches that I have used, yes you can completely disable PoE per port. I don’t have a Dream Machine SE, so I can’t say for sure on that particular piece of hardware.
In general, you do not need to disable PoE on UniFi switches, as they will only provide Power if the client device requests it. There is a handshake-type protocol for ‘smart’ PoE switches.
Some older, cheaper, PASSIVE PoE switches do send power all the time. These devices should be avoided.
Agreeing with @ogiewon. I have a Dream Machine Pro and it does not have the PoE ports. But I DO have a couple of their switches with PoE ports and you can disable the PoE if desired (per port). But most devices will only use PoE if they can support it. I have a BUNCH of wired devices on my network and I have not customized the PoE for any of them. Those that need it, get it. Those that do not... no issues.
I even have some devices that use PoE but just for power and actually do all their communicating over WiFi.
Just saw the new Ubiquiti Dream Wall and Dream Wall Pro listed. The Pro looks pretty interesting but the Wall alone shows it will be priced out of my range.
Oh well. Interesting concept though and the bigger control panel on the Pro could be helpful.
