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gsmith45
On our wavelength
6 months ago

Have my new WiFi Pods shut down my Unifi Range Extender?

I've just installed a couple of WiFi pods in my house.  They seem to be working well.

Previously I was using a Unifi LR Range extender that plugged into my Hub via an Ethernet cable.  The Hub was NOT in modem mode, and the Hub Wifi and the Range Extender were on difference SSID's and have worked OK together for the past 2-3 years.

After installing the second WiFi pod yesterday, my Unifi Range Extender has stopped working and is just flashing blue.  

Is this something that the pods have caused (either intentionally or not)?  Or is it pure coincidence?

I was keeping the range extender operational for now whilst I evaluate the Pods, and also because my security cameras require me to get up a ladder to reset them and change the wifi network!  Was planning to get around to changing them once gale force winds stop.  

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  • gsmith45's avatar
    gsmith45
    On our wavelength
    5 months ago

    Let me press pause on this one for a bit - there may be other issues.  My Hub3 was dropping out this morning and VM are sending out an engineer with a Hub5, so let's see what happens then.  Slightly annoying, because I've already been up a ladder on the roof to change the wifi network of the security cameras, so I'll have to brave it all again!  

    • Adduxi's avatar
      Adduxi
      Very Insightful Person
      5 months ago

      When you get the Hub 5 just set the SSID and password the same as the old Hub to avoid having to change your devices.  Also note your existing Pods will need to be paired to the new Hub 5.

      • gsmith45's avatar
        gsmith45
        On our wavelength
        5 months ago

        Just had the Hub5 installed. 

        Good idea to change the SSID to match my previous hub, because it seems like the wifi pods are specifically associated with an SSID on dispatch.  Engineers didn't know how to switch them to a new SSID - other than calling Tech Support and asking for them to be replaced.  

        The engineers were very dismissive of the wifi pods and recommended dumping them and getting a mesh network instead.  (they recommended DECOS)

        Anyway, all working, and with the Hub5 I can once again connect my Unifi Range Extender - so my original problem was probably a fault.

        Having said that, not sure I need the range extender now - I'm quite happy with the pods and am getting 80Mbps in a distant room that previously wouldn't even connect.  I did find that the pods don't support the WPA3 mode on the Hub though, and everything else on my network switched from the pods to my Hub when I enabled it.  So I'm back to WPA2.  

        Thx for help y'all