Should Unifi Aps Be Mounted On The Walls Or Ceiling

I have been wondering which is better mounting on the wall if you are at the outer wall or on the ceiling i m installing 15 unifi ap lr in a 6 story condo.

Should unifi aps be mounted on the walls or ceiling.

Wall mounted will provide better coverage above and below the ap. The aps are designed to be ceiling mounted but you can place them on a shelf or in a cupboard. I guess this depends somewhat on the directionality if any of the radio. We mounted a couple wap s in the ceiling the rest are wall mounted in plastic boxes.

Thanks for any thoughts. What are the pros and cons of the two options. For a ceiling mout will you get a decent signal on the. Optimized for horizontal ceiling mounted orientation of ap 225.

They work in both directions but if you re design is for optimum horizontal coverage they should be ceiling mounted. Forgive my ignorance on the question but is there a big difference on signal performance mounting on the wall vs the ceiling. You end up losing a lot of signal that way. The disk shaped aps that unifi sells all have similar radiation patterns they should be mounted where you would put a fire sprinkler in the middle of the room on the ceiling.

That s why wall mounting is terrible for these and ceiling mounting even on a slope will be better than wall mounted. This is another thing that the manual is silent on. I have one ap that is much easier to mount on the wall. The unifi controller app is both the system s great strength and strongest weakness depending on your skill with managing a complex wifi network and your desire to do so in the first place.

One of our 20 wap s had to be replaced shortly after deployment. I remember looking into this before and it s not advised to mount ceiling mount aps on the wall. Physical access to the device played an important role too both for wiring and maintenance. All of the aps will be in storage closets on the front side of the building mounted to the outer wall so that they are pointing.