Great video! I just got a design account to use this!

@ethernetblueprint

3 күн бұрын

Nice. Excited that you’re learning. I also have another video on using design center too.

Great Job explaining the overall set up. Wiring is extremely important as technology improves (I need to upgrade some of my old wires from Cat5e to Cat6a) Ubiquity could use your help describing the utilization/navigation in house mapping of APs coverage. You did an excellent job explaining the important tools. Thank you!!! for facilitating your knowledge and have no doubt that this video will exceed your expectations in regards to viewing and subscriptions. Keep up the good work!!!

@ethernetblueprint

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. I’m glad to hear this has been helpful.

This is great, thank you! A couple of minor things to add - firstly that interior walls here in the UK, and in mainland Europe, are typically not as lightweight construction as in the US, often being block or brick, so more access points might be necessary. Secondly, when considering how to run the drops, as well as thinking about the start and end point (and bearing in mind those interior walls might not be as easy to run cables through as in the US), also think about where it would be relatively easy to run cables. Sometimes it's much more viable to run longer cables that use more accessible routes than to run shorter cables that mean you need to open up floors and ceilings and walls. Great video, looking forward to part 2!

@ethernetblueprint

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply. I am not familiar with the build styles in the UK so I appreciate this comment and letting others know some of the challenges there. Thanks for taking the time do to that.

Great content here, I have helped with these types of projects and you are spot on!

@ethernetblueprint

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Appreciate you taking the time.

Just startng to stick my toe in the ecosystem with the sale on the UDM Pro -- extremely timely when considering the whole house rewire I'm going through -- wish i was starting fresh and somewhere we have basements, unlike Florida. Thanks for the video!

@ethernetblueprint

6 ай бұрын

That is awesome. I'm excited to share this info. I will be doing a full config video as part of it too.

Building a home in the next year and I’m soaking inn all the info you share, much appreciated. Can you touch more on running the cables in the walls and attic. I heard they can’t be close to electric cables due to interference.

@ethernetblueprint

7 ай бұрын

Awesome. I’ll keep the content coming. I can work on creating a video about that. In the meantime, check out this video. It talks about this very thing. kzread.info/dash/bejne/rHeT0MORk8m6eag.htmlsi=jApQxtKa8f1ir-3C

I was curious what are your thoughts on external conduit that is pretty wide. I have a network head high up in master closet, where I might have to run 30+ cables along the wall (in the master closet) to a network rack? I may just re route them eventually.

@ethernetblueprint

2 ай бұрын

I sent you my email in your other comment. Let’s discuss there. Thanks.

Thank you so much for the great video. I am learning a LOT from this series and I am just on episode 1. Yay! Finally a series I can follow fully. I sure wish we could use the design center on iPad. I’ll have to remember to bring my laptop with me when out on the road. You can access design center on an iPad, but you cannot draw the line to do the scale, and you cannot draw the lines to do the walls/glass. I am hoping someday someone does a video on how best to run cables in an older house that is slab based (no attic, no basement, no crawl space). That’s how my house is and I am struggling in how to even approach converting this home into a networked smart home while minimizing wireless. I want to be wired as much as possible.

@ethernetblueprint

7 ай бұрын

Yeah. Not an easy task to wire a house like that. Does it have any cabling? Coax? Anything? Yes, iPad probably won’t work well for that. I guess Steve Jobs didn’t think of everything. Lol

@Faelandaea

7 ай бұрын

@@ethernetblueprint Coax runs into the house from the outside to provide internet from Spectrum. I am thinking of utilizing a combination of baseboards and ceiling runs with covers to blend in and keep the runs discrete. When I got home I managed to pull the design center on my home computer and plan out the basics for wifi and camera coverage. 2 WiFi 6 pros for the house and a wall mounted WiFi 6 in the garage (detached garage) should do nicely for the WiFi. Keeps the indoors green but little coverage for threat actors in the alley or on the street to detect or be tempted to gain access. 5 AI bullet pros, a doorbell and a couple of AI … erm … I forget the name … on the inside to monitor server and studio rooms. Of course this is all planning, as I do not expect to physically start all of this until after my wedding in June. :)

@williamp6800

6 ай бұрын

You can use a mouse with an iPad.

@Faelandaea

6 ай бұрын

@@williamp6800 I’ve tried but it just seems like my setup is finicky. I got it working good on my Laptop though :). Now have a layout planned. Just time to save up and get the equipment described above :) Due to the nature of the house I plan to make heavy use of baseboards to hide wires as they run through the house. I just have to cut some grooves in corners so as to not kink the cables sharply. Easy to do though if done right.

Perhaps you could add in something on where it can make sense to deviate from best practices for a budget constrained home or SOHO build out? And perhaps more importantly, where it doesn’t. Where being penny wise is pound foolish.

@ethernetblueprint

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion, I will see what I can do!

You have link for that wall rack behind you?

@ethernetblueprint

5 ай бұрын

You bet... amzn.to/41fvS89

I purchased your Ethernet blue print program, do you offer some one on one consulting with that program? I am just needing a bit of direction? Thanks

@ethernetblueprint

2 ай бұрын

That you. Why don’t you email me at tim@ethernetblueprint.com and we can discuss your needs. Cheers.

someday

I'm in the planning stages and was wondering about yours or anyone's luck with the U6 Mesh outdoors BUT at a higher altitude mount. I have an old after market chimney that we have removed the fireplace inside and covered the area with drywall, but left the chimney on the roof. I have a large L shaped house on a large lot, and am outdoors a lot. I would like to run the U6 Mesh and install it on the chimney which I have access to and allow coverage all around my house. any suggestions? it will approximately 20-25 ft above ground level. I have tried to reach out to Ubiquiti and look at radiation patterns, but have not gotten anything back from them.

@ethernetblueprint

2 ай бұрын

that AP is omni directional so it would shoot in all directions fairly well. I don't know how strong the antenna is in that model though. Typically I use them outside around pools and back yard entertaining areas and they work fine. The Mesh AP Pro is a great and powerful outdoor AP and it shoots out pretty far, however, you may need two of them pointing out each direction as they are more of a directional antenna.

@FStewartIII

2 ай бұрын

@@ethernetblueprint thank you very much. How high have you mounted them?

@ethernetblueprint

2 ай бұрын

The example I am thinking of that is "similar" to yours, the AC Mesh Pro AP was mounted at the peek of the roof so probably around 25'-30' high where it shot back towards a small lake that had a couple fully enclosed huts/cabins by it. The huts were probably 100 - 125 yds away and I could connect while inside them. LIke I said, the speeds weren't blazin, but it allowed texting and streaming music to work.

What are your thoughts on allowing direct access to your network by using cables to cameras

@ElCidPhysics90

3 ай бұрын

I guess if someone is willing to get on a ladder and plus their laptop into a cat6 at the roof line …

@ethernetblueprint

3 ай бұрын

Typically, I think it is a good idea to put cameras on their own network (VLAN), so if someone did get a ladder and want to plug in, they don't have access to anything important...

@ElCidPhysics90

3 ай бұрын

@@ethernetblueprint thanks. Yeah I need to learn about setting up vlans. I’m using eero rn and plan on switching to ubiquity in a few months when we renovate. Would love to go full ubiquity. Your videos have been dy-na-mite!!

@ethernetblueprint

3 ай бұрын

Thank you... Setting up a VLAN is for your cameras is a nice way to ensure physical security to your network. If you watch my "Lets make some VLANs" video, it will show you the basics to that...and then watch my Switch VLAN video. I even use cameras as my example on what to do with that. Should be helpful!

WiFi guys know, you want to hard wire as much as possible.

@ethernetblueprint

2 ай бұрын

I tend to agree. :)

oh no !! :( Unifi.