Ubiquiti unifi 3 packs

[nicholab]

Where do you get Ubiquiti unifi 3 packs form I am getting silly pricing? Also what kind of machine do you run the controller software on. I am looking at buying for a charity.

[fiza]

Wireless Access Points & Bridges, WiFi, Mesh, Point to Point & Multipoint, 3G & LTE Cellular Gateways - 4Gon - 4Gon Solutions

 

I ran my controller on a Dell 755 then on a virtual machine.

[andyrite]

Ubiquiti Access Point - UniFi UAP Indoor Scalable WiFi - 3 Pack

[Achandler]

4gon or wifigear are two "good" stockists

 

As for controller, nearly anything will do.

[nicholab]

What do you get in the box do you get the standalone power adapter?

[achedgy]

CP ltd sell them, had a set of them in the past, they supplied power leads, they don't come in the box i believe

[achedgy]

You get the 3 ap's and power over ethernet adapters

[Achandler]

you got PoE adapters, buy you do need to get a figure of 8 power lead to for each one.

[nicholab]

I also got to get a machine to run the software on I was looking at asus e-pc is there a linux version of the controller software?

[Achandler]

Should be a Ubuntu one

 

Edit: But I read you can run it on lots of distros

[LeMarchand]

you got PoE adapters, buy you do need to get a figure of 8 power lead to for each one.

 

Ours needed clover leaf leads.

[john]

I got a pack for my local charity from http://www.wifi-stock.co.uk came as the 3 AP kit and was fine included all adapters and leads in the box and was well priced

[TotalGeek]

Hi.. I get mine from here http://www.msdist.co.uk/catalogue_Ubiquiti.php#UbiquitiUniFi Slightly cheaper than 4gon from past experience (Don't forget to include postage). Great service offered... Edited November 30, 2012 by TotalGeek

[Oaktech]

also, try wifi gear...

 

Wireless Network Wireless Bridge Wireless WiFi Ethernet Bridge Specialists

[IrritableTech]

We've put in Unifi into three of our schools.

 

School 1: 3 x Standard APs - Windows 2008 controller.

School 2: 3 x Pro APs - Windows 2008 controller.

School 3: 14 x Pro APs & 3 x Standard external APs - Ubuntu controller.

 

We were advised to go down the ubuntu route for the larger deployment, for reliability. However, on the smaller windows deployments, we've never had an issue.

Unifi is superb for the price. If you run radius, it can do nearly everything the bigger names can do too.

[nicholab]

Do 3 packs come with 3 POE power units?

[john]

Do 3 packs come with 3 POE power units?

 

Yes I got the 3AP pack and it had 3 APs, 3 wall and ceiling mount brackets, 3 bags of nuts bolts and screws, 3 PSUs, 3 Power Leads and 3 Adapters for the leads was most impressed. Just needed the patch cables and that was up and running

[johnnyreb]

Hi,

I am looking to put in some access points in my school. This is my first time to hear about ubiquiti. It sounds almost too good to be true.

I have a 32 bay laptop trolley, a 16 bay laptops trolley and a 16 bay iPad 2 trolley with more to come, all travelling from classroom to classroom (20 rooms).

Would you recommend the standard or PRO APs? I would have a concern about the standard ones not being dual band and having no gigabit ports. The children would be using google earth, online flash games (sumdog, mangahigh etc.). Until i make a decision i am just using old wireless routers i had around the place but these are creaking under the pressure of too many clients (no surprise!).

any info greatly appreciated,

john

[m25man]

The only problem with Unifi is that it is so cheap it's attracting people with no budget and very little understanding or knowledge of wireless networking which unfortunately is a dangerous combination.

The UBNT unifi forum is unfortunately becoming over run by noobs asking the same rather boring questions without searching the forums or reading the stickies first.

If you are competent with networks, switching, wifi, VLans and L3 routing and a bit of Linux, Unifi absolutely rocks.

 

If your a managed networking novice but are willing to learn as you go and learn from others and by your own mistakes you will love it.

 

If you just want to open the box and expect it to set itself up whilst you waste the day on Facebook, buy something else.

[johnnyreb]

Many thanks for your prompt reply. I am definitely not the latter and am relishing setting this up.

The only problem with Unifi is that it is so cheap it's attracting people with no budget and very little understanding or knowledge of wireless networking which unfortunately is a dangerous combination.

The UBNT unifi forum is unfortunately becoming over run by noobs asking the same rather boring questions without searching the forums or reading the stickies first.

If you are competent with networks, switching, wifi, VLans and L3 routing and a bit of Linux, Unifi absolutely rocks.

 

If your a managed networking novice but are willing to learn as you go and learn from others and by your own mistakes you will love it.

 

If you just want to open the box and expect it to set itself up whilst you waste the day on Facebook, buy something else.

[spadam]

Just to add my experience...

 

We are a primary special school with around 90 pupils. We have a managed IT service and although I am the IT technician here I know very little about networks and switches (although I have learnt a lot in the last few weeks!). Never had a wireless network in school before but head now decided we need one.

 

After getting quotes for a couple of enterprise wireless solutions which came in at between £5.5-6.5K (I had a budget of £7K for a wireless network and devices). I read about Unifi on this site. Did quite a bit of reading (posts from m25man were especially useful and encouraging - thank you) and eventually decided to give it a try against the advice from an 'expert' at our managed service provider who simply told me it was 'not very good' when I asked his advice.

 

A few weeks later I now have 4 Unifi Pro APs installed and working without a problem as far as I can tell. We currently have very few wireless devices in school but i borrowed a dozen netbooks from another school for testing. I think I neeed 2 more APs to give us full coverage which will mean a total cost of around £1200 including cabling and a few tools I needed + about 2-3 weeks of my time researching and setting it up.

 

At this stage I couldn't be happier with how things have gone. I am now considering spending some of the savings on a POE switch to eliminate the need for the adapters in each classroom and to automatically power down the APs overnight with the rest going on devices for the pupils/teachers - now I just need to work out which devices...

[m25man]

the advice from an 'expert' at our managed service provider who simply told me it was 'not very good'

 

I expect many people will say the same about Dacia Range - Dacia UK who are part of Renault and have an F1 pedigree.

 

Like Unifi they do the job without the hype.

[SYNACK]

I expect many people will say the same about Dacia Range - Dacia UK who are part of Renault and have an F1 pedigree.

 

Like Unifi they do the job without the hype.

 

Unfi is great in certain situations but simply don't address certain things, for a 90 user site it should be fine however anyone who does not admit that ruckus or Aruba hardware is technologicly superior and handles way more edge cases is delusional.

 

kia make fine cars that work alright but compared to an Audi or bmw they just don't have the same depth of experience and skill.

 

Referencing the dacia, I almost need to reference captain slow :-)

Edited January 25, 2013 by SYNACK