UniFi Wireless Mesh: How to Create a Seamless Wi-Fi Network [YouTube Release]

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Chapters
00:00 UniFi Wireless Mesh
01:39 Roaming VS Mesh
2:12 Why Running Cables Is Better
03:22 Mesh Setup And POE Injectors
04:45 Mesh Performance Downsides
06:00 UniFi Mesh Settings
07:30 Mixing Different UniFi Access Points

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Maybe I missed this, but if the device that is meshing is using 5 ghz to connect to the device that is wired, do the clients still connect using 5 ghz to the device that is meshing? Hopefully that question makes sense.

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Yes, it doesn’t matter if the backhaul is also utilizing. Your devices and also use the 5Ghz band.

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What about using the mesh functionality to setup a wireless bridge and be able to pass thru multiple vlans? I.e. a wireless backhaul. If I mesh 2 unifi aps together, can I stick a vlan capable switch behind the ap that’s used to extend the network? I’m wanting to do this for a short distance to reach some devices where it’s really hard to pull an Ethernet cable in my house.

In my case I don’t care to have other wireless devices connect to the meshed ap. The primary ap is good enough to connect wirelessly and then I wouldn’t have to pay the mesh bandwidth penalty for wireless devices.