Wireless Consulting Services

Ubiquiti's web-accessible UniFi Controller software can be deployed on a PC, Mac, or Linux machine running on-premises or within a private or public cloud. The UniFi software provides an end-to-end, budget-friendly and highly scalable wireless management solution for venues that span from mini-branch offices to hotels, schools, auditoriums and multi-site enterprise networks.

Progent offers quick access to the expertise of veteran Wi-Fi specialists who can assist you to determine the advantages of Ubiquiti UniFi products for your business and help you to plan, install, manage, and troubleshoot your UniFi network. Progent can also conduct a wireless site survey to help you to select, provision, and place Ubiquiti UniFi wireless access points for your required coverage and throughput.

Progent's certified data security experts can help you to implement Ubiquiti UniFi's modern security capabilities to create a protected wireless ecosystem. Also, Progent can provide remote monitoring plus backup services for your Ubiquiti UniFi Wi-Fi network, using either a locally installed UniFi Controller or a remote UniFi Controller system managed by Progent.

Elements of Ubiquiti UniFi Wireless Networks
Key elements of the Ubiquiti UniFi family of wireless infrastructure appliances include a rich portfolio of Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points, high-performance managed switches, and security gateways for routing and firewall support. All these devices can be centrally managed by the free UniFi Controller toolset. Your Wi-Fi environment can also include non-UniFi network products such as switches, routers and firewalls, but UniFi Controller software tools only monitor and control UniFi products. Ubiquiti also has a no-cost Mobile App for Apple iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, enabling you to deploy Ubiquiti UniFi devices for preliminary setup without forcing you to install the UniFi Controller application.

The selection of products available within Ubiquiti's UniFi line makes it possible to design efficient Wi-Fi solutions for a wide range of venues. Low-cost UniFi Wi-Fi appliances offer the local and remote connectivity needed for home offices or micro-branches. High-bandwidth or mesh wireless access points provide the throughput and coverage needed for high client density environments like corporate headquarters or convention centers. UniFi's Wi-Fi access points with high-power omni-directional or uni-directional antennas offer enough signal strength to penetrate hotel and dormitory walls. Ruggedized Ubiquity UniFi wireless access points can withstand the severe environments of sites like outdoor work areas or open arenas.

All these UniFi wireless products can be set up, managed, optimized, protected, updated and debugged transparently across many different locations with a centralized management platform. Progent can help you to analyze your current or planned Wi-Fi venues to determine which UniFi products are the best fit and Progent can help you to design the most efficient way to deploy and manage them.

Ubiquiti's UniFi Line of Wireless Access Points
Ubiquiti's UniFi series of Wi-Fi access points includes several product families designed for different applications, topologies and IT budgets. Ubiquiti offers indoor and outdoor wireless APs, and the UniFi line includes desktop, wall-mount and ceiling-mount units. Most UniFi Wi-Fi APs are attached via wired Ethernet, but UniFi also offers multi-hop mesh Wi-Fi APs that attach to the wireless network via Wi-Fi and need no Ethernet cabling.

The latest Ubiquiti UniFi Wi-Fi APs are Wave 2 802.11ac compliant, feature Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology to operate in simultaneous dual-band mode, can be set up and managed with any standard browser by running UniFi Controller tools hosted onsite or remotely, and can be initialized with an iPhone or iPad or with an Android smartphone using UniFi Mobile App. Newer UniFi Wi-Fi APs support multi-user MIMO to accommodate high concentration environments.

The UAP-AC Line of Wi-Fi Access Points
Ubiquiti's UAP-AC devices are dual-radio, wall-mount Wi-Fi access points that connect via an Ethernet port and feature MIMO and 802.3af PoE to work with third-party switches. The low-profile UAP-AC-Lite is a value-priced 2x2 MIMO wireless access point with a Gigabit Ethernet interface. The AP supports a 2.4 GHz radio data rate of 300 Mbps, and 5 GHz radio throughput of 867 Mbps. The slim in-wall version UAP-AC-IW plugs directly into an Ethernet wall connection and does not have other Ethernet ports. The UAP-AC-LR Wi-Fi access point includes a long-range symmetrical-link antenna for connecting to distant clients, providing enhanced reception for smartphones. The UAP-AC-LR features 3x3 MIMO in the 2.4 GHz band and 2x2 MIMO for 5 GHz. The 2.4 GHz radio supports a max of 450 Mbps performance, and the 5 GHz radio delivers a maximum of 867 Mbps.

The Ubiquiti UniFi UAP-AC-PRO Wi-Fi AP is designed to be resistant to indirect weather conditions and can be deployed indoors or in a covered outdoor environment. The UAP-AC-PRO includes two GbE Ethernet interfaces and features 3x3 MIMO technology in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, offering data rates as high as 450 Mbps for the 2.4 GHz radio and 1,300 Mbps for the 5 GHz radio. The UAP-AC-PRO supports up to 200 client devices. A compact in-wall version, UniFi's UAP-AC-IW-PRO, plugs directly into an Ethernet wall connection and does not include an extra Ethernet connection. The Ubiquiti UniFi UAP-AC-EDU wireless AP is designed for classrooms and delivers performance the same as the UAP-AC-PRO device but is larger, has only a single 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface, is limited to indoor deployments, and includes a loudspeaker to accommodate a WiFi-based public address system.

The ultra-compact and high-capacity UAP-nanoHD indoor AP has 4x4 MU-MIMO, offers 300 Mbps data rates at 2.4 GHz and 1,733 Mbps throughput at 5 GHz, supports 200 simultaneous users, and has a single Gigabit Ethernet connection. The UAP-nanoHD is available in a selection of skins to fit in with different surroundings. The UAP-HD access point is engineered for crowded indoor or outdoor deployments. This large-footprint wireless AP features 4x4 MU-MIMO, offers 800 Mbps data rates for the 2.4 GHz radio and 1,733 Mbps throughput for the 5 GHz radio, and can handle up to 500 users. The UAP-HD includes two interfaces for Gigabit Ethernet.

UniFi's UAP-AC-M and UAP-AC-M-PRO Wi-Fi APs are mesh devices intended for expansive outdoor venues, such as a park, with little if any IT infrastructure, or for quick deployment/tear down scenarios such as a music festival or street fair. Both these mesh access points can support 250 concurrent client devices. The UAP-AC-M has 2x2 MIMO technology and has versatile mounting and antenna alternatives for indoor or outdoor use. The wireless AP delivers 300 Mbps data rates for the 2.4 GHz radio and 867 Mbps throughput at 5 GHz. The high-performance, weather-resistant UAP-AC-M-PRO access point is designed for outdoor deployments, delivers 450 Mbps throughput at 2.4 GHz and 1,300 Mbps performance at 5 GHz, and incorporates a secondary Gigabit Ethernet interface.

Ubiquiti's XG AP Wireless Access Point
Ubiquiti's UniFi XG AP is a quad-radio 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi AP intended for very high-concentration venues like a concert hall. The XG AP has a 4x4 MIMO 2.4 GHz client radio that delivers 800 Mbps throughput plus dual 4x4 MIMO 5 GHz radios that deliver 1.733 Gbps performance. The wireless access point can support 500 concurrent clients. A dedicated security radio continually looks for threats like malicious frames and rogue APs. The Spectral Security Radio also looks for the best channel for network performance. The XG AP has a GbE Ethernet backhaul port and a 1/10 Gbps Ethernet port for bridging, can be powered by an 802.3bt PoE compliant switch, and includes a Bluetooth radio.

UniFi Managed Switches
Ubiquiti's UniFi line of managed switches range from 8-port desktop/wall-mount units with 8 Gbps throughput to 48-port rackmount switches that support line rates of 70 Gbps. Ubiquiti UniFi 10G SFP+ aggregation switches offer performance of of 160 Gbps. Ubiquiti UniFi managed switches have the forwarding ability to process traffic simultaneously on all ports at line rate without packet loss. Ubiquiti UniFi switches can supply PoE power to Wi-Fi access points and other devices, and can be managed by the same UniFi Controller software as Ubiquiti UniFi Wi-Fi access points and security gateways. To learn more about Ubiquiti's UniFi family of switches, see UniFi switches expertise.

UniFi Security Gateways
The Ubiquiti's UniFi family of security gateways provide sophisticated routing, advanced firewall policies, site-to-site VPN tunneling, VLAN support, and Quality of Service for VoIP and IP Video traffic. You can manage UniFi Security Gateways with the same UniFi Controller platform used to control UniFi WiFi access points and managed switches, allowing you to discover, configure, administer, optimize, and patch all these appliances from a single pane of class using an modern, web-accessible dashboard. UniFi gateways are available to handle any venue and fit any IT budget. UniFi gateways range from a wall-mount unit delivering 3 Gbps performance and capable of handling 200 clients up to a rackmount appliance with 80 Gbps performance able to support as many as 20,000 clients.

To learn more about the UniFi family of security gateways, visit UniFi security gateways integration consulting services.

Ubiquiti's UniFi Controller Wireless Network Management Software
UniFi wireless access points, managed switches, and security gateways from Ubiquiti can all be centrally managed across multiple locations using Ubiquiti's free UniFi Controller software. You can install UniFi Controller on an on-premises or remote PC, Mac, or Linux machine or host the software in a private or public cloud. You can run UniFi Controller from a web browser or you can run the UniFi Mobile App and manage your UniFi devices from your iOS or Google Android smartphone. If you have a multi-vendor WLAN with UniFi Wi-Fi access points but switches and firewalls from other companies, you can still use UniFi Controller to streamline the management of your UniFi wireless access points.

For details about UniFi Controller Management platform, see UniFi Controller wireless network management consultants.

How Progent Can Help You to Integrate UniFi WiFi Access Points and WLAN Technology
Progent's Wi-Fi networking experts can provide online and on-premises support to help businesses of any size to plan, configure, administer, tune or debug WLANs that incorporate UniFi access points. Progent's consultants can deliver on-demand assistance to help you with a challenging technical problem or Progent can deliver end-to-end project management or co-management consulting services to ensure that your critical wireless projects are finished on time and within budget. Progent can help you to integrate UniFi wireless access points with other UniFi WLAN devices or with third-party network products. Progent's also can conduct Wi-Fi site surveys to assist you with selecting, positioning, and setting up UniFi wireless access points to achieve the coverage, throughput, and user capacity required to support all your WLAN venues.

Progent's certified data security and compliance consultants can help you to define and enforce security policies that are applied across your wired and wireless sites and that adhere to industry and government requirements. Progent's disaster recovery preparedness consultants can assist you to build resilient and quickly recoverable Wi-Fi ecosystems that use the high-availability technologies incorporated in UniFi access points and other wireless networking products.

To find out more about Progent's wireless consulting expertise, visit Progent's wireless network consulting and troubleshooting expertise.

Contact Progent for Expertise for UniFi Wireless
To get in touch with Progent about designing, integrating, administering or debugging Ubiquiti UniFi environments, phone 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.