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    • JKnottJ
      JKnott @johnpoz
      last edited by

      @johnpoz said in Seamless roaming:

      Huh? That is not how unifi works at all.

      I wasn't talking about Unifi. I was referring to systems that use controllers for log in and controlling access to the APs. I first heard of this 11-12 years ago, but I've forgotten the company name. They referred to it as "blanket" WiFi. With that system, you had to use their switch and not just plain PoE.

      PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
      i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
      UniFi AC-Lite access point

      I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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        mcury
        last edited by

        Yes, you are completely right :)
        It's working flawless, roaming events happening, I can't really complain about it. :)

        dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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        • QinnQ
          Qinn
          last edited by

          Anyone any idea how I can get more info on the following failure: "WPA Authentication Timeout/Failure", which is under "Association Failures" in the dashboard. Tried finding it under "Events" nothing and there is no data at all under Alerts.

          Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
          Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
          Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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            mcury @Qinn
            last edited by

            @Qinn You can try a cat /var/log/messages inside the AP, just ssh to it.

            dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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            • QinnQ
              Qinn @mcury
              last edited by

              @mcury Good thinking, so did it and downloaded 4 files from

              /var/log 
              
              fastapply
              lastlog
              messages
              messages.old
              

              First 2 were empty in the last 2 the failure was not mentioned.

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              Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
              Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                mcury @Qinn
                last edited by

                @Qinn You would be getting something like this:

                nanohd-BZ.v5.24.0# cat /var/log/messages | grep failure
                Thu Jul 9 08:16:26 2020 user.info : stahtd[20294]: [STA-TRACKER].stahtd_dump_event(): {"auth_delta":"0","message_type":"STA_ASSOC_TRACKER","mac":"X:X:X:X:X:X","vap":"ra0","wpa_auth_failures":"1","event_type":"failure","assoc_status":"0","assoc_delta":"0","event_id":"2","auth_ts":"61017.241076"}

                dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                • QinnQ
                  Qinn @mcury
                  last edited by Qinn

                  @mcury said in Seamless roaming:

                  cat /var/log/messages | grep failure

                  GRumpff 🙃 , did a

                  cat /var/log/messages | grep Failure
                  

                  instead of

                   cat /var/log/messages | grep failure
                  

                  Found it, thanks!!

                  Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                  Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                  Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                    mcury
                    last edited by

                    Reverted the nanohd firmware back to the stable version, 4.3.20, and the 300Mbps limitation is no longer happening..
                    Just saying this for information purposes, not that the users will really notice that, but I'm getting now around 600.

                    dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                    • QinnQ
                      Qinn @mcury
                      last edited by

                      @mcury Thanks for the info

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                      Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                      Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @mcury said in Seamless roaming:

                        but I'm getting now around 600

                        On a 866.7 PHY?

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                          mcury @johnpoz
                          last edited by

                          @johnpoz Yeap.
                          5GHz 80MHz, phone shows 866Mbps

                          https://community.ui.com/releases/UAP-USW-Firmware-5-24-0-11950/74e3acca-9a22-4fa0-b76c-c654854638d4#comment/68e879e7-bdd4-4450-8ddd-0d3bfeed5fa4

                          dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                            last edited by johnpoz

                            Looks more like 516 mbps to me ;) Which is actually realistic.. At 60% of PHY.. not 70..

                            5]   0.00-10.03  sec   618 MBytes   516 Mbits/sec
                            

                            Just tested off my phone to speedtest getting 437mbps down on 5.24 firmware on AC-Pro with iphone Xr.. Showing a 780 PHY.. Or 56% which is good..

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                              mcury @johnpoz
                              last edited by

                              @johnpoz True.. 516Mbits/s :)
                              I'll stay on this 4.20 firmware for a while, it's working pretty well.
                              In my scenario, with just one AP, the roaming events are working, no need to update to 5.24 at this time.

                              dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Yeah I didn't really see anything in the firmware related to my devices - but I just like to be on whatever is the latest.. Helps me know if actually seeing what others say they see on the threads over on unifi when they post the latest updates..

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                                  mcury @johnpoz
                                  last edited by

                                  Yeah, the release notes for this 5.24 release got a lot for the new wifi 6 devices..
                                  I usually get the latest too.
                                  What I will try to do next time, in case that I can hold myself to not update ☺ Is to wait a little longer, to read the forum feedback. But I doubt that I'll be able to hold myself 😀

                                  dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                  • QinnQ
                                    Qinn
                                    last edited by Qinn

                                    There is no cpu/board temperature measurement on the Unifi AP's?

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                                    • DerelictD
                                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      Maybe ask Ubiquiti?

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                                      • QinnQ
                                        Qinn @Derelict
                                        last edited by

                                        @Derelict Your absolutely right, as this is a Netgate forum, so I posted it

                                        https://community.ui.com/questions/No-temperature-monitoring-on-UAP/a48836fd-9410-4203-becb-fc3734658f22

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                                        • johnpozJ
                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                          last edited by johnpoz

                                          Kind of hard to show temp without temp sensors. I do not believe there are any sensors in the AP, this question has come up before over on their forums. Which is actually kind of funny, since they actually sell a temp sensor ;)

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                                          • QinnQ
                                            Qinn
                                            last edited by Qinn

                                            As there datasheet says mentions it operates between -10 t 70 degrees Celsius or 14 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit, then even operating in death valley would be no problem ;)

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