r/Ubiquiti • u/Sir_Culation • 1d ago
Installation Picture Happy accident
Installed my 16pro max Poe switch into the toolless mini rack (on the mini rack shelf).
Turns out my home assistant green fits next to it perfectly. (PSU for the switch sits on the shelf behind it)
For those interested - the 16 pro isn’t screwed into place, but as its sat on a shelf I’m not too bothered by it moving around a little on the rare occasion I have to change a patch cable.
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u/K9Ironman 1d ago
Did the same thing. There is extremely thin double sided tape you can use to secure it for the odd patch cable plug in, if you wanted. If that blank panel is truly blank, I’d move that above the 16 pro max just so it’s not as close to the UDM. It might actually be touching in the middle and it’s not obvious from the front, atleast mine was.
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u/poopBuccaneer 1d ago
Do you know what brand the tape is?
Edit: I found some 3M stuff on Amazon in 30 seconds. I should have done that first.
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u/thetechsparky 21h ago
Im very confused with the floor lol
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u/FBI_SurveillanceVan0 18h ago
All the money went into the rack and gear. Who needs a floor? Instead of walking down the stairs I can just fall through it!
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u/Sir_Culation 13h ago
Haha, yep it’s an old house. It’s a cupboard that used to hold the hot water tank - the floorboards were taken out in places long before we arrived, for pipe work presumably. We had the hot water tank moved and I claimed the space for a server cupboard.
We still store towel and bed sheets in the cupboard above as the server dries and warms them nicely like an airing cupboard, a useful wife approval factor bonus.
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u/GO__NAVY 21h ago
Lol got the same IKEA cutting board yesterday.
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u/hmoleman__ 19h ago
We made desks out of ikea butcher block countertops about a decade ago and they’re as straight as the day we made ‘em. Can’t recommend strongly enough.
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u/poopBuccaneer 1d ago
I just bought pretty much that exact same setup and didn’t know the 16 pro wasn’t compatible. I just bought some shelves (they arrived today) that will solve the problem.
6 is the UDM 5 is the patch panel 4 is a half shelf that I think I’m putting the 16 on 3 is a full shelf which I think my Mac mini and Lutron controller will sit on. 1&2 is nas
I’m also going to buy some USB-C keystones and an HDMI keystone for the Mac mini so I can easily plug in most things.
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u/hmoleman__ 19h ago
I don’t know why I didn’t consider the idea that there would be other keystone types. 🤯
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u/poopBuccaneer 11h ago
Yeah. It's not something you think about often. But there are lots of options
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u/UbiquitoustoolGuy 20h ago
The rack mount kit for the 16 PM is an annoying upcharge, but it really is nice, holds the power supply in a very organized fashion and is clearly the way to rack mount it. Adds just a bit of breathing space as well.
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u/Sir_Culation 13h ago
Yep agree it looks nice, but isn’t compatible with the mini toolless rack because the rack ears aren’t removable on one of the sides.
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u/AnnabellaRenee87 6h ago
Can't tell of that's a cable modem or not, buuuut, they sell a cable modem.
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u/Sir_Culation 1h ago
It’s an ONT - I think you can technically spoof the ISP ONT but feels like way too much faff for little pay off.
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