How to install UniFi WiFi 6 Access Point in Ceiling

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This video goes over how to install the UniFi WiFi 6 Pro in ceiling access point.
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Chapter marks
0:00 Intro
3:20 What is in the Box?
6:44 Prepping the ethernet cable
9:44 Where should you put it?
12:59 Installing on the Ceiling
14:20 Running the ethernet cable
16:12 Terminating the cable
18:54 Putting it up

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@e1craftsman588 4 ай бұрын

Not sure if it’s me but I run out of breathe just to listen to you. Otherwise, good stuff.

@gerdemannfpv5113 4 ай бұрын

😂😂

@vernonbrown-bb7sy 26 күн бұрын

Bro, that was hilarious I can't stop laughing!

@OldFellaDave Жыл бұрын

LOL - I've had a UAP AC Pro sitting pointing up on a shelf for about 5 or 6 years, works flawlessly throughout the entire house. I keep meaning to mount it somewhere centrally ... one day I'll get motivated enough to bother ;) Every room in my house still gets over 90% and everyone's streaming 4K Netflix, KZfaq, gaming etc all day fine. Those AC-Pro's are awesome for home use and high bandwidth usage. I still have a second one sitting in a drawer that I was going to deploy at the front of the house to improve signal quality, but I've never needed it. I keep it for when the working AC Pro eventually dies ... and given Ubiquiti's unreliable stock levels it will come in handy one day ;)

@c182SkylaneRG 9 ай бұрын

I got an ER which I've set up the same way, but on the router shelf in the basement (so pointing up covers the entirety of my 1 story house), except that the living room (opposite end of the house) doesn't seem to be getting any signal, to the point where I was sitting on my couch and my phone tried to connect to the 5G instead of the wifi.

@nightrider083 2 жыл бұрын

Well done. This is my favorite hobby after flying.

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@mainfighter 2 жыл бұрын

They do work well in a side orientation if you place them correctly, I've deployed a few placed on an external wall pointing towards the front or side of the house and they have always worked great. I still use one on the back wall of my unit facing towards the front and it's always works great.

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

While they can work you probably would be better off with one of the in wall units which will spend more energy outward then the ceiling mounted ones

@alexmoring7185 2 жыл бұрын

nice to hear. My cousin is about to help me configure my new unifi network this week...i'm in a 2 story house, going to top mount one upstairs in a central location, and we were thinking of putting a second in the garage on the exterior wall aimed back at the center of the house. Also doing a 3rd outdoor one wired to the back yard for coverage there

@Pabula 2 жыл бұрын

@@SpaceRexWill Problem is not everybody constructs the way US people do, in my country there are no dry wall celling, its mostly concrete and cement based, and usually people never plan having network lines run through before the house is finished, thus placing access point on celling's requires a more expose plastic channeling or a lot more craving/burrowing and re finishing the celling, while mounting on walls a lot of time is easier and still works fine, maybe not ideal, but good enough that no one disconnects nor complains.

@mijnnaamisaaron 2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to more Unify videos!

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

Got a bunch filmed!

@UTubeSuhail 2 жыл бұрын

Could you, at some point, walk us through what's is most optimum setting for U6-Pro to get the most throughput? I was getting slower speeds and when I contacted Ubiquity, they recommended to increase the 5GHz channel width. I was wondering if there are anymore optimization tweaks that I can do, besides the channel width that can increase the overall Performace.

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

I have been planning a video out on it. The problem is so much depends on your exact wifi environment

@UTubeSuhail 2 жыл бұрын

@@SpaceRexWill I totally understand. What might help is a series of steps like a check list or optimization steps. How to check if there is any interference, how to check what is the channel width and how to decide what is optimum. things like that. A general guide. But yes I understand is subjective, but at least having a direction of might help instead of nothing out there. Also, I appreciate all the work you are doing.

@Crazy--Clown 2 жыл бұрын

Dont forget Ubiquiti do sell wall mounted APs, also use the Ubiquiti design tool, takes the guessing game out of AP placement

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

I just wish they had an option for wall mounting that was not the outlet box. It seems like that for a lot of people would be so invasive

@thelonepainter4760 2 жыл бұрын

I have this set up to my cable provider router.

@KrakPoT13 2 жыл бұрын

Would the Flex HD be good to keep on a table top instead of mounting this on a wall? My house isn't big, but would have a Dream Machine SE to a table top or wall mounted AP. Then upstairs, I'd have a Beacon HD.

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

Yes that’s a great option

@KrakPoT13 2 жыл бұрын

@@SpaceRexWill do you know if the flex is better suited for wall or table top? Any suggestions for a table top AP from them?

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

Would be better for table top due to omi-directional antenas

@gogosst 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! What Ubiquiti AP do you suggest for sidewalls?

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

If you can do it there is the in wall

@laredotech 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao, my laundry room is also my server room.

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

they can be dual purpose!

@guidoabarcia1926 2 жыл бұрын

Just be careful with humidity levels, doesn't work well with server gear

@laredotech 2 жыл бұрын

@@guidoabarcia1926 yeah, i agree. My laundry room has an extractor that i turn on when I do laundry. Which is only once a week.

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

The other thing is modern driers really should not be increasing the humidity of the area as all of the water should be extracted down the drain or as steam out your vent

@c182SkylaneRG 9 ай бұрын

I've been terminating all of my in-wall ethernet runs in Keystones at the user end, and a patch panel down by my router. I'm trying to figure out how best to install a Keystone next to the AP mounting bracket. It doesn't look like it was meant for it at ALL, and the two fixtures interfere.

@SpaceRexWill 9 ай бұрын

Yeah. Most terminations for AP’s are male ends to just plug straight in.

@tactical-bucket Жыл бұрын

Why are you worried about a couple 1/4" holes from the drywall anchors when you use a 7/8" spade bit for the ethernet lmao

@spencerross8699 Жыл бұрын

Also drywall anchors are not hard to patch at all. Put a screw halfway in and either grab pliers and pull it out if it’s already damaged or take a hammer and keep harming it in the wall. Then come back with some spakle and your done. Would much rather the extra rigidity of the drywall anchors than some machine screws in drywall

@garcia0401 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Please make a video on how to tune multiple UniFi access points.

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

Will be for sure!

@garrypresnall8474 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Question: What's the other blue ethernet cable for coming through the ceiling to the left of the AP

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

Haha those are just speaker wires that the previous owner put in. Waiting to install my new speakers

@garrypresnall8474 2 жыл бұрын

Ah ok it was puzzling me. I just bought the DS920+ and have followed all your videos on setting it up and attaching a UPS .. Many thanks saved me hours

@JumpyMcTwist Жыл бұрын

How do you take it off once it's clipped in?

@SpaceRexWill Жыл бұрын

There is a small release button you hit to rotate it back off

@todoralexandrov1 2 жыл бұрын

Actually you can stretch the rubber gasket for the RJ45 to go through. I know because I forgot to do it beforehand.

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

I saw that! Looked like you could cut it out and squeeze it through

@davidpeters7447 2 жыл бұрын

@@SpaceRexWill I did the same thing on my first one.

@Kiwi0Six 2 жыл бұрын

Ditto for me. (I already had a terminated cable in my attic that I was planning to use so I would have had to cut the end and install a new jack. I tested on the ground first and had no problem.)

@brittanyparker-vaughan2881 2 жыл бұрын

You're so lucky. I'm going through this right now but I have a multi-story home and the walls don't perfectly align between floors. Everything is in the basement. It suuuuuuuucks.

@SpaceRexWill 2 жыл бұрын

oooffff yeah thats rough. At first I thought I wanted a 2 story house but after wiring this one I am very very glad that I do not

@Kiwi0Six 2 жыл бұрын

Similar situation… single story but with a finished basement Where my “server room” resides). I built so I had wiring done while the house was going up. Hard to address design mistakes/omissions. Worse, I wired with CAT5 (just as CAT5e was being introduced) and I’m trying to figure best way to upgrade with CAT6.