Ubiquiti in India?
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I can also help. Connect with @anmolbhard004 first and he will guide you.
You need different things .
1. A controller:
The Ubiquiti website for India is outdated and hasn't been updated for 2 years with new products. It's like they have given up on India. All the product on their Indian website are severely outdated by almost 2 years and it's pointless to buy from there. Your best bet is to import it from US via some forwarding service or get help from members here. Another hurdle is that Ubiquiti US website does NOT accept Indian credit or debit cards since last year. RP Tech are their official Indian distributors but dealing with them is an unknown territory.
The major source of these issues is our Finance Ministry who levy insane duty on US products and indecisiveness of Telecom Ministry to release 6Ghz for Wifi. Hence no Router company has launched latest and greatest networking devices in India since 2 years.
If you can get any product via your relative or friend in US, then it's possible. Be prepared to forgo any warranty.
You need different things .
1. A controller:
a. This can be self hosted on Windows / Linux /Raspberry Pi based machine. But this is very unreliable
b. You can buy Ubiquiti's Cloud Key which is Ubiquiti's dedicated hardware to host network software. This is very reliable than self hosting.
c. You can buy a Cloud Gateway device which is Router-cum-network hosting. But this type of device needs ventilation as it does heat up.
2. A gatewaya. The product has Gateway in it's name. This device does routing, firewall and network rules, IPS/IDS filtering
b. Another alternative is get product that has Cloud Gateway in it's name. Then you don't need a dedicated controller. See 1. c.
3. Access Pointa. You can buy any Ubiquiti Access point and it can be adopted through controller/network software
The big problem or the Elephant in the room:The Ubiquiti website for India is outdated and hasn't been updated for 2 years with new products. It's like they have given up on India. All the product on their Indian website are severely outdated by almost 2 years and it's pointless to buy from there. Your best bet is to import it from US via some forwarding service or get help from members here. Another hurdle is that Ubiquiti US website does NOT accept Indian credit or debit cards since last year. RP Tech are their official Indian distributors but dealing with them is an unknown territory.
The major source of these issues is our Finance Ministry who levy insane duty on US products and indecisiveness of Telecom Ministry to release 6Ghz for Wifi. Hence no Router company has launched latest and greatest networking devices in India since 2 years.
If you can get any product via your relative or friend in US, then it's possible. Be prepared to forgo any warranty.
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im also thinking of replacing my tplink range with ubiquity stuff, but want to wait until indian govt allows wifi-7 (6ghz band) and now that news about wifi-8 is coming out (its supposed to focus on quality/reliability rather than more speed) i can wait even more ...
yeah i had noticed too indian website is very outdated - likely due to local restrictions on wifi-7 and 6e (6ghz bands)...
yeah i had noticed too indian website is very outdated - likely due to local restrictions on wifi-7 and 6e (6ghz bands)...
I have 4 U7 Pros imported in India from US. But 6Ghz is disabled in all phones released in India. You can get U7 Lite which retails for $99 + Tax in the US if any distributor is willing to sell in India. It doesn't have 6Ghz radio so it should be legal to sell here. The U6 line is outdated and will possibly get limited firmware updates or new features.
jayanttyagi
Forerunner
Yeah I know, my tplink xe75 mesh units work (wifi 6e) too but when I went to purchase more units they're not on the website anymore. I dont bother with 6ghz band, 5ghz wifi-6 works well enough for me. will just wait now, hope wifi-8 (with 6ghz band not just fake wifi-7 or 8 with only 2.4 and 5ghz) is available asap and in india too.
jayanttyagi
Forerunner
It would be available in India but not on highly regulated devices such as mobiles. Govt is being pushed to keep 6Ghz in restricted licensed use only, it maybe partly due to ISRO use as well. Official 6Ghz will not be in coming anytime soon.
- Telecom companies want to use the 6 GHz band for 5G and 6G technologies.
- Tech companies want to use the 6 GHz band for Wi-Fi.
- The Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) wants the 6 GHz band to boost 5G coverage.
- Telecom companies want to use the 6 GHz band for 5G and 6G technologies.
I moved most my devices to 6e even the ones that were earlier on ethernet.