Question Which Ubiquiti Switch Do I Need and Am I Doing Things Properly with My Ubiquiti Network?

[Crag_Hack]

@kanewolf I am aware of the Flex Mini limitations all or nothing on the ports for tagging VLANs; not a problem. And I have PoE injectors they came with the U6-Mesh's. Sounds like everything will work fine then correct? Thanks again.

 

[kanewolf]

Your unmanaged switch will not respect VLANs. It would be a LOT easier if you labeled your drawing with which VLANS (numeric only is fine) you expect on each line of your drawing.

 

[Crag_Hack]

Here 'tis. The question is will the current setup with the Flex Mini switch 1 hooked up to the unmanaged switches work.

 

[kanewolf]

Won't you have an issue with FlexMini 1? You want VLAN3 on the one port and VLAN1 on another. Aren't you limited to VLAN 1 & 3 on all ports ?
That means that VLAN3 will be on the one AP.

 

[Crag_Hack]

Isn't the flex mini all or nothing tagging limited to trunk ports? So for access ports I can assign whatever native VLAN I want?
*edit also I am applying VLAN2 to the wifi instance so the WAP gets VLAN2 even though native is 1. WAP management network however uses the native VLAN which is VLAN1.
see here

 

[kanewolf]

Isn't the flex mini all or nothing tagging limited to trunk ports? So for access ports I can assign whatever native VLAN I want?
*edit also I am applying VLAN2 to the wifi instance so the WAP gets VLAN2 even though native is 1. WAP management network however uses the native VLAN which is VLAN1.

I have a FlexMini. I would just put a more capable switch in the place of FlexMini 1 since that is the one place you need more granular port management.

 

[Crag_Hack]

Assuming the Flex Mini accommodates applying VLAN2 to the wifi i.e. WAP and VLAN1 as native for the WAP port though, the use of unmanaged switches downstream from Flex Mini Switch 1 shouldn't be a problem correct? It doesn't care if it's one host on the access port or many since it's just a MAC forwarding table correct?
Also check out that link I put in the previous post.

 

[kanewolf]

Assuming the Flex Mini accommodates applying VLAN2 to the wifi i.e. WAP and VLAN1 as native for the WAP port though, the use of unmanaged switches downstream from Flex Mini Switch 1 shouldn't be a problem correct? It doesn't care if it's one host on the access port or many since it's just a MAC forwarding table correct?

It doesn't care. Good luck. Hope I am wrong, but I would spend the extra $70 for a Lite 8 POE. Or by both and use the FlexMini to replace one of the unmanaged switches.