Comments on: UniFi BeaconHD Review: An Excellent yet Frustrating Mesh Add-on https://dongknows.com/unifi-ap-beaconhd-wi-fi-meshpoint-review/ And THAT's Good for YOU! Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/unifi-ap-beaconhd-wi-fi-meshpoint-review/#comment-54267 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:28:20 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=13410#comment-54267 In reply to Craig.

Assuming you have set it up properly and your client supports hand-off, Craig, that might have had something to do with the hand-off trigger level. More in this post. Unifi hardware is generally very good with seamless hand-off in my experience but not plug-n-play.

]]> By: Craig https://dongknows.com/unifi-ap-beaconhd-wi-fi-meshpoint-review/#comment-54265 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:09:25 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=13410#comment-54265 So – outside of the lousy design taking up a whole socket ( which had to have the faceplate removed entirely because they are the more modern square variety )- I’m finding clients that are simply 12-14 feet or less away in the same room still prefer to associate to other ap’s – ones that are actually farther away and in all cases are on the other side of one or more concrete walls! So my conclusion is that this isn’t extending any range at all unfortunately. Not sure if this is a faulty unit – but it’s pretty much going back as such.

]]> By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/unifi-ap-beaconhd-wi-fi-meshpoint-review/#comment-4809 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:17:04 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=13410#comment-4809 In reply to Chris.

RADIUS is more of an enterprise solution and handled by the router, not a mesh point, Chris. And no, I haven’t tested it.

]]> By: Chris https://dongknows.com/unifi-ap-beaconhd-wi-fi-meshpoint-review/#comment-4808 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:12:05 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=13410#comment-4808 Have you or anyone found out if it supports RADIUS?
It seems any clients that attempt to connect through one of these fails when using RADIUS

]]> By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/unifi-ap-beaconhd-wi-fi-meshpoint-review/#comment-2336 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 06:40:34 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=13410#comment-2336 In reply to Mike.

It likely will, Mike. But it’s not an AP, it has no network port, so it’ll be a wireless mesh point, like an extender. As a result, the speed might be too slow for your needs. Read the review for more.

]]> By: Mike https://dongknows.com/unifi-ap-beaconhd-wi-fi-meshpoint-review/#comment-2335 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 05:03:15 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=13410#comment-2335 Can this be used as an ap for the udmp or extender only ? do you have any recommendation for the udmp? I will be using this at home over gigabyte speed 15-40 devices probably. I got the usg a month ago but too slow with throughput and the 4 ap’s I have are Legacy only 2.4. I notice no 5 .The udmp will be here next week I want to start with Atlease one good ap 2.4/ 5ghz and upgrade later the road or maybe even mesh with some of the older ap. I know threat feature Are still buggy from What I read but this gotta be much better then the netgear rax120 which lacks armor bitdefender,no advance feature via app and the GUI sucks still old looking would be better if there had DumaOS But yeah I want more control of the network and beable to upgrade down the road. So a decent ap not to over price for newbie.

]]> By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/unifi-ap-beaconhd-wi-fi-meshpoint-review/#comment-1839 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:29:04 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=13410#comment-1839 In reply to Mike.

I agreed, Mike. Still, it’s a terrible design. 🙁

]]> By: Mike https://dongknows.com/unifi-ap-beaconhd-wi-fi-meshpoint-review/#comment-1838 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:24:53 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=13410#comment-1838 One thing that helps is if you do not put the rubber pads / feet on it. I found that once I took the pads off, the Beacon fit much better.

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