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I have a weird problem. At work with a Comcast business modem/router the computer which is connected with cat 5 works fine. My phone connected over wifi says it has intent, but certain stuff is not working. Like discord won't connect, but I can usually still use this site fine. It's definitely not a case of stuff being blocked. Logged into router with default information from Google (lol, changed that). Restarting wifi/router modules didn't work. Restarting the whole thing now, which is taking 8 years. (Finished restarting, no change)

This is a pretty recent problem, past week or so. A few days ago out credit card machine stopped working essentially because it's not getting a signal out, and I'm worried it's related. The credit card guys thinks it's a hardware fault and are sending a new one out, but to me it's too coincidental and I feel like it's related. Anyone have thoughts on anything I could try?
 
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Arative said:
I'm looking for a good long range wifi extender. Situation is my family has a couple of cottages, the neighbor is sharing his wifi and it reaches one cottage, would say they're about a 100 ft apart maybe a little more. The second cottage is probably about 400 ft from the first cottage and up a hill. I don't have access to the wifi router itself.

Any recommendations on reaching the 2nd cottage?
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Yes!

i actually just did this with my UniFi network. I’m using UniFi NanoBeams to shoot WiFi across about 120 yards. On the other end I have a switch 8 150w Poe and a UniFi mesh ac pro.

It works great. I use it to extend WiFi across my property for Arlo wifi cameras outdoors. I’ve gotten a little slower response time from my Arlo cameras shooting me notifications of motion alerts versus just having them on a primary network instead of bridged but it’s maybe 30 seconds or so slower. It should be blazing fast if I was to actually utilize it for streaming etc but the structure it’s beamed to is in disarray at the moment and I’m not using it for anything.
 
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Kiki said:
amplifi alien is wifi 6. It's been tempting me.
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I have one as well. It's incredibly easy to install and update and runs great. However, it has exposed that my Charter business internet is dogshit. I have wild amounts of latency and dropped bandwidth.
 
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Kiki said:
amplifi alien is wifi 6. It's been tempting me.
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That thing looks really cool but its way too expensive for the coverage I need. I have a nighthawk router (that will soon have its wifi turned off) for now. Ubiquitis will be providing wifi coverage and at some point I'll buy their Dream Machine Pro for routing.
 
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So my LR6 came. I think my note 20 has an issue with it's wifi, but it's MUCH much better on wifi6 (most recent test). Ditching it next week for a Fold anyways.

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meStevo said:
Unifi Wifi 6 stuff in stock.

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Access Point WiFi 6 Lite - Ubiquiti Store United States

Compact, dual-band WiFi 6 access point with multiple mounting options.
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Access Point WiFi 6 Long-Range - Ubiquiti Store United States

High-performance, indoor/outdoor WiFi 6 access point with extended signal range.
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Mist said:
WTB wifi 6 dream machine.
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meStevo said:
So my LR6 came. I think my note 20 has an issue with it's wifi, but it's MUCH much better on wifi6 (most recent test). Ditching it next week for a Fold anyways.

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I have a pretty extensive UniFi network that I’ve setup. Current internet is 400 Mbps. Would I see any benefit to upgrading my UniFi ap’s to their WiFi 6 ones? Wouldn’t I also need a wifi 6 compatible router which Ubiquiti doesn’t currently have in their unifi product line?
 
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If you have a lot of devices or need that much speed across wireless, it's probably worth it to start upgrading. Are your APs hardwired?
 
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6 is a wifi standard, routers don't apply unless they're also your AP - some marketing speak here - 5 Reasons You Should Consider Upgrading to a WiFi 6 Router – NETGEAR Connection Blog

I upgraded both a Nano HD and a LR both to LR6. The coverage in my house is significantly better based on the issues we had (my note 20 had a lot of issues, Chromecasts at different end of the house had particular issues that are now gone, etc)

But I'm also a bad that has Wifi AI on too.
 
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heres a nice email i got last night
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i recently sold my house with the nvr setup i installed

i guess the nvr was bound to my account, i had already deleted the app when i moved but the nvr was connected to the router i also left behind (i put cat5 in all rooms) and i could access all the recorded footage still, i'm not a creep so i unbound it right away.

well lesson learned, don't move into a house with an already active security system still running.
 
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Kiki said:
If you have a lot of devices or need that much speed across wireless, it's probably worth it to start upgrading. Are your APs hardwired?
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All AP’s are hardwired other than a nanobeam I have running to my barn that’s connected to a unifi 8 switch and ap mesh pro - wish I could get that connection to be a tad faster, running Arlo WiFi cams off it
 
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meStevo said:
6 is a wifi standard, routers don't apply unless they're also your AP - some marketing speak here - 5 Reasons You Should Consider Upgrading to a WiFi 6 Router – NETGEAR Connection Blog

I upgraded both a Nano HD and a LR both to LR6. The coverage in my house is significantly better based on the issues we had (my note 20 had a lot of issues, Chromecasts at different end of the house had particular issues that are now gone, etc)

But I'm also a bad that has Wifi AI on too.
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Apparently a unifi ap pro 6 is in beta as of earlier this year. May wait it out for that.
 
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Threelions said:
Do you use anything else like AP or a Mesh system with this ? Thinking of getting rid of my ASUS system which has been increasingly pissing me off.
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I don't - the Alien as it stands covers the entire house. (Three stories about 3500 Sq Feet) Only issue I have had so far which is on and off is the 2.4 ghz connection to the Ring outside. But only seems to get low signal 1 out of every 50 live feed tests I do.
 
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