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[George Reiswig]

You must disable the wireless on the Linksys or it will flap back and forth.  Only use the Ubiquity.  The Linksys will just be a switch unless you have an Internet connection.


Use the DHCP server on the Linksys unless you want to make all your hosts static.

Hmm. OK, then, what is the difference between using the Access Point versus just placing that router where the access point would have been...up high?

[Scott Holtzman]

Hmm. OK, then, what is the difference between using the Access Point versus just placing that router where the access point would have been...up high?

The access point is a dedicated device.  It has a much better radio, higher performance CPU to deal with registration storms and lastly a better antenna.  You can also use more than one.  The software takes care of hand offs. 

[Thomas Le]

Unfortunately you can't do handoff/roaming since it is two different brands (unless someone tells me otherwise). Standalone mode also doesn't do handoff.

Yep, turn off the built in radio for the linksys. Download the UniFi App to do the standalone configuration, there is no web GUI. Standalone mode is pretty limited unless as you found out, you will have to go full blown UniFi setup for the handoff feature and also band steering, etc...

[George Reiswig]

The access point is a dedicated device.  It has a much better radio, higher performance CPU to deal with registration storms and lastly a better antenna.  You can also use more than one.  The software takes care of hand offs.

Gotcha. Thanks!

[George Reiswig]

Another probably dumb question:

If I'm already putting speakers up pretty high, is there any reason not to mount the access point on top of the highest speaker? Save a mic stand for its intended purpose, and get the access point a little higher anyway?

[Brian Jojade]

Another probably dumb question:

If I'm already putting speakers up pretty high, is there any reason not to mount the access point on top of the highest speaker? Save a mic stand for its intended purpose, and get the access point a little higher anyway?

As long as it's secured and won't fall off, I don't see a problem with that.

The mass of metal in the speaker MIGHT cause some signal degradation, but you're far enough away from that it shouldn't matter.

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