A Beginners Guide to Setting Up A Unifi Network For Your Church

In this video, I walk you through a step-by-step guide to setting up a UniFi network for your church, starting from scratch. Whether your church has no existing infrastructure or needs a complete networking upgrade, I’ll break down the process to make it simple and affordable. I’ll share the benefits of Ubiquiti's UniFi line, show you how to build out your network gradually with budget-friendly routers and access points, and give you tips for creating a reliable and scalable system. If you're looking to improve your church's internet reliability, streaming quality, and overall connectivity, this video is for you. Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and check out the resources linked below for more ways to modernize your church’s media setup!

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00:00 - Introduction
01:09 - Cost-Effective Solutions for Churches
02:51 - Unboxing the UniFi Router
04:32 - Connecting the Router to the ISP Modem
08:06 - Configuring the Router with IP Address
13:56 - Installing Access Points
15:43 - Expanding with Additional Devices
23:35 - Setting Up a Guest Network
26:49 - Configuring Network Security and Isolation
37:26 - Assigning Static IPs to Devices
41:16 - Using the Topology View
44:10 - Adding New Networks for Ministries
46:26 - Practical Device Management Tips
53:17 - Summary

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[kroskopf]

I believe you are in error on how WiFi Speed Limit works. Discussion starts at 35:52. Speed limits are PER CLIENT (not per network). Setting them up is a two-step process. First, in Settings-> Profiles-> WiFi Speed Limit, set the up/down limit max per client. For example, 30 mbps up/down and give it a name (i.e. 'Guest Speed Limit'). Second, in Settings-> WiFi-> [Select the network]-> WiFi Speed Limit you check the box and specify the profile (i.e. 'Guest Speed Limit').

This is why you were confused in the video with the prompt in the profile setup that said it could be at most 100 mbps (at 36:47 in the video.) You were thinking all clients. Unifi is thinking PER client.

But this is a great video! Thanks for making it.

[BAdams]

Quite thorough and flexible AJay; thanks!

[gvalentino]

Master class was awesome. I got answers to questions I have been trying to figure out for a while

[macm]

Thank you, good gift before Christmas!!

[johncook]

Thanks for the in depth video Ajay. Do you find that for most size churches that the Unifi Cloud Gateway Ultra is sufficient? Are you deploying this now in most, if not all your installations? Or are you still using the Unifi Dream Machine in your installs?

[otisgranville]

I do Guest Staff Media as VLANs. The staff normally gives out their password when the guest wifi don't work for them& others....

[scottboozer]

Great video, hope to upgrade our church next year. One question with the VLANs, we have some TVs that can be used as wireless displays from a laptop when you are on the same wireless network. Would we have to put the TVs on guest network people on the guest network to use them or is there a way to put the TVs on a separate VLAN and open a path to them from the guest VLAN?