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We had DSL... about a decade ago... but this is fiber which is advertised as 5 MBPS symmetrical. I may have had some boost/burst assistance on that test, but I tested from a LAN cable-only machine and got about 4.7 each way so it sounds right. It's the Unifi Lite 8-port POE. At the moment I'm...

Well, looks like it's working. I installed the Unifi app on my work machine and brought it home. If I never have to deal with Java again that will be great. It found, adopted and updated the switch and APs. I plugged in my iMac and wife's laptop (she also has a hardwire requirement), and they...

I was on that 5 MBS service for years at work. I bumped up to gigabit there when we shared it throughout the building but for regular surfing the difference is barely noticeable to me. My wife can function in a car with a cell phone connection but I doubt she's done meetings that way. Her call...

It's here now and it's free, so as long as there's nothing wrong with using it I'll just do that. If I need a faster one in the future I'd rather buy it in that same future when it's cheaper and better. 5 MBPS (I'm on it right now) is fine for my surfing. My wife sits on a VPN all day doing all...

I'll try the WNR2000. It's not fast fiber; it's cheap ($19 for 5 MBPS which is pretty useful; can step up to gigabit for $89 if we want). I didn't bring my Win10 machine home so I might not make any real progress this evening. Thank you VERY much, folks. This has been super helpful.

Thanks. The Airport Extreme is in use here at work so I'll see if I can scrounge something out of the Bag 'o Old Stuff. For now, could any old typical WiFi router from the past be pressed into service for this, ingoring its WiFi functionality if needed? All have a yellow LAN/WAN port Netgear...

Ting uses modem and ONT interchangeably. It appears to be an Adtran 411. Safe to say it is not a gateway or a firewall, I think. So I need to buy a gateway/firewall, huh? Any suggestions? EDIT: Or maybe it is a gateway, but not a router/switch/firewall. That's why I'm asking!

As I described they installed a fiber modem and nothing else. I have a similar one here at work but it's not the same model. This one is connected directly to an Airport Extreme. At home I used the Netgear switch with it and my iMac connected just fine. I was hoping for similar with the Unifi...

FWIW I'm starting from the right (port 1) for my APs because those are the PoE ports, and starting from the left for modem and hardwires.

Maybe I should bring my Win10 PC from work and use that to get everything going.

Thanks! I may need that but I did make progress this morning. At this point I'm fighting some software age issues. I have two older iMacs. There are two versions of the UNA. I installed the older UNA (because I figured it was more likely to run) on the older iMac last night and it didn't...

OK, the hardware came in and I have way more questions than before. Hopefully someone can help. The Unifi Lite switch is a fully managed switch. I need to configure it with software but when I use the Ubiquiti site I get taken straight to Consoles which seem to have a monthly subscription cost...

If you're adding and powering LEDs for these lights for indoor decorative use, there's no need to stick with 12V. Many LEDs are 5V and you can get dirt cheap USB power cubes for that.

I like inline fans; I have several Fantech ones and they are fantastic. You hear the air moving and that's about all. Your Y-duct idea is perfectly workable but you could also go with two fans. That's what we have in both bathrooms; one for the toilet and one for the shower. Three Fantechs and...

Thanks. The clean start means I can go single-source POE all the way. It'll be so nice to not have to have wall warts for everything. I can put the fiber modem and the switch on the same UPS and have WiFi even when the power goes out.

I think I'm going to go for the 8-port router and two U6 Lite APs for now. If I need more signal on the porch I will add a U6 LR or U6 Mesh.

So, starting from scratch for one device that has to be hardwired and two more that can be, I'm looking at: 1) the 8-port POE switch 2) a U6 Lite access point on each side of the brick wall 3) possibly a U6 Long Range on the porch. But maybe I'm overdoing it. This is not a lot of space, it's...

Hey Wylie, are you still big on the Ubiquiti products? I need to re-routerize my house and should probably do mesh/APs/whatever to have good coverage. Our house isn't big but a centrally located router hasn't been awesome (possibly because we have an internal brick wall). We're switching ISPs so...

I haven't dug into the water issues there and he's pretty knowledgeable about this stuff. I'm not going to try to reinvent his water treatment; I'm just looking for some ideas on the electrical side. I can see that water treatment is a whole research area of its own! My house has slightly...

He's getting a quote from a guy recommended by our local well supply company. It'll be interesting to see what sort of system he gets quoted. I don't see anything like generators or solar arrays being involved. A soft-start 460V 3-phase system, by the numbers, looks like it could run on 12g...