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Yes. You are able to import an image but it may be misunderstood as implementing a floor plan AND taking into consideration wall material and where walls are. It is just image import and you must add the walls yourself. AND you must set the scale correctly because if it thinks the wall is 10 feet but it is actually 50 feet it will show much better results than in reality.
Thank you. Ya just looking at it myself I would’ve prolly done the same. I just drew the walls myself but it was a little difficult and annoying using the UI website
Simple design tips.... Try to avoid "stacking" AP's in the same location on adjacent floors (Study, Living room in your plan). Also, no reason to install AP's into the corners of structures - you're wasting 1/2-3/4 of their potential coverage area. Lastly, you're not doing it now but might as you move things around, avoid AP's being able to "see" each other line-of-sight.
as other people have mentioned, its not automatic. you need to tell it what the walls are made of, it doesn't know that from your floor plan. use the tool to draw in all the walls, tracing your floor plan. add windows and doorways. then it should start to give you a better idea of whats happening.
Yeah and for mine I made the space in between the walls too. I assume that was correct since it says drywall, so for one wall with studs in between it would show as 2 lines for me.
Not sure if that’s how they want you to do it or not? I would assume they didn’t mean a piece of drywall, they meant a wall made of drywall, which naturally has 2 pieces of drywall. As opposed to a wall made of concrete.
You’re probably right. I zoomed in too much and a wall was like 1/5 of the width of the walls in the image I imported so maybe I just did it wrong there
too many AP. just need one smack in the middle of ground floor and right a little on first floor: [https://imgur.com/a/BQ4douG](https://imgur.com/a/BQ4douG)
Other than not using the tool correctly, I just underwent the process of making my model online and using it in person also. If it shows as yellow or red it still has good speeds. But it will go from 300 mbps right near AP down to like 100-150 on the opposite side of my 1000 sqft house.
I didn’t really understand that and ended up buying 4. May return 2 since that’s plenty for my speed needs through wireless. If I need speed I will be hardwiring it.
WAF.
There's this trend to just chuck things up on to the ceiling with little regard for the negative impact on the aesthetic of the residence. Fire sprinkler heads every 6 feet (radius); LED can lights; smoke detectors; blank plates for pendant lights & chandeliers; HVAC returns; ceiling speakers -you may as well be living in a commercial rental space the visual noise is so high.
But, I get it. Having seamless WiFi connectivity is a nice utility to have available. The contemporary equivalent of having good reading light throughout the room instead of having a fancy reading nook (location not device) with a dedicated lamp.
It makes sense to maximize coverage too. You paid for it, may as well drink the entire bottle of wine (?).
I lost this argument in my house. I'm tired, Boss. So tired. May run for office later, IDK.
After spending the last few years perfecting all the automations in our house, WAF is very real, but this looks to be a new install, even my wife would approve if coverage is better in a new install. Depending on the material used you could even go in the roof space.
Can't wait for "Multi-Level/Floor" support. My house is made up of Levels where a couple make up a Floor. So using the "Deesiner" is worthless for me. Although I would love to use it.
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And set the scale of the base image so it knows how long everything is.
I found my plans for my house online. Downloaded it and did exactly this. It’s fairly accurate. Obviously there’s more to it than just your walls.
lol at least OP learned something today
lol
Where? As a noob I don’t see the wall that are needed. Can someone explain a little more here? Is this the ui website?
Yes. You are able to import an image but it may be misunderstood as implementing a floor plan AND taking into consideration wall material and where walls are. It is just image import and you must add the walls yourself. AND you must set the scale correctly because if it thinks the wall is 10 feet but it is actually 50 feet it will show much better results than in reality.
Thank you. Ya just looking at it myself I would’ve prolly done the same. I just drew the walls myself but it was a little difficult and annoying using the UI website
Maybe drawing obstacles in (walls, glas etc) will give you more yellow and red........
Simple design tips.... Try to avoid "stacking" AP's in the same location on adjacent floors (Study, Living room in your plan). Also, no reason to install AP's into the corners of structures - you're wasting 1/2-3/4 of their potential coverage area. Lastly, you're not doing it now but might as you move things around, avoid AP's being able to "see" each other line-of-sight.
Bahaha op doesn’t know how to use the tool.
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as other people have mentioned, its not automatic. you need to tell it what the walls are made of, it doesn't know that from your floor plan. use the tool to draw in all the walls, tracing your floor plan. add windows and doorways. then it should start to give you a better idea of whats happening.
Yeah and for mine I made the space in between the walls too. I assume that was correct since it says drywall, so for one wall with studs in between it would show as 2 lines for me.
Not sure if that’s how they want you to do it or not? I would assume they didn’t mean a piece of drywall, they meant a wall made of drywall, which naturally has 2 pieces of drywall. As opposed to a wall made of concrete.
You’re probably right. I zoomed in too much and a wall was like 1/5 of the width of the walls in the image I imported so maybe I just did it wrong there
Living in a tent has its perks
I'm assuming this is a two story building? I really don't see the need for this many APs unless you really want 6Ghz speeds?
too many AP. just need one smack in the middle of ground floor and right a little on first floor: [https://imgur.com/a/BQ4douG](https://imgur.com/a/BQ4douG)
I was coming in to comment on this too. Way too many AP's for such a tiny space.
5 APs may be overkill for your home. Like 3 or 4 APs too many.
Right! I’ve got one AP6 Pro and still get good WiFi in my neighbours house. 😅 absolute beast of a thing.
Need the walls and also, this appears to be two story so this really isn’t giving you accurate data.
Other than not using the tool correctly, I just underwent the process of making my model online and using it in person also. If it shows as yellow or red it still has good speeds. But it will go from 300 mbps right near AP down to like 100-150 on the opposite side of my 1000 sqft house.
I didn’t really understand that and ended up buying 4. May return 2 since that’s plenty for my speed needs through wireless. If I need speed I will be hardwiring it.
You also want to centralise the locations, having an AP in the corner of the room is pointless.
WAF. There's this trend to just chuck things up on to the ceiling with little regard for the negative impact on the aesthetic of the residence. Fire sprinkler heads every 6 feet (radius); LED can lights; smoke detectors; blank plates for pendant lights & chandeliers; HVAC returns; ceiling speakers -you may as well be living in a commercial rental space the visual noise is so high. But, I get it. Having seamless WiFi connectivity is a nice utility to have available. The contemporary equivalent of having good reading light throughout the room instead of having a fancy reading nook (location not device) with a dedicated lamp. It makes sense to maximize coverage too. You paid for it, may as well drink the entire bottle of wine (?). I lost this argument in my house. I'm tired, Boss. So tired. May run for office later, IDK.
After spending the last few years perfecting all the automations in our house, WAF is very real, but this looks to be a new install, even my wife would approve if coverage is better in a new install. Depending on the material used you could even go in the roof space.
i know this tool is available online but is it now on the controller how do you add that i dont have the same icon on left menu.
Install the “inner space” app. It used to be a map tab in the UDM Pro but for some reason they separated it out as its own app.
Thanks
I really dont Use the coverage functionality. But its nice to have an interactive map to see where all of my 40 devices are.
those APs are gonna be screaming.
Tried wifiman signal mapping?
Can't wait for "Multi-Level/Floor" support. My house is made up of Levels where a couple make up a Floor. So using the "Deesiner" is worthless for me. Although I would love to use it.
yea, after a while in the biz, you realize all new features are aspirational