New York · UniFi Installer
UniFi Enterprise, Installed Right in New York City.
Enterprise UniFi, not consumer gear: E7 Wi-Fi 7 access points on a 10 GbE backbone, Enterprise Campus switches, and the Enterprise Firewall Core, designed for prewar plaster, concrete towers, crowded airwaves, and the co-op board between you and the first cable.
UniFi Installer
New York Is Hard on Wi-Fi.
A New York building fights its own Wi-Fi. Plaster on metal lath, masonry walls, and concrete slabs absorb the signal, and in a tower every neighbor's router crowds the same channels. One router in the living room cannot cover a classic six, let alone a townhouse on five floors, and a consumer mesh system was never built to carry the lighting control, AV, cameras, and every device in the house.
Our answer is enterprise hardware on a wired backbone: an E7 access point wherever people actually use the space, each cabled back to an Enterprise Campus switch at 10 GbE, behind an Enterprise Firewall Core that inspects traffic before it reaches the house. We plan it before the walls close or route it through the paths the building allows, and one UniFi console lets us see the network, the cameras, and the doors from our office.
01 · Hardware
Enterprise Gear, Not Consumer Gear
Security, speed, and headroom are why we lead with Ubiquiti's enterprise line. The Enterprise Firewall Core runs IDS/IPS at up to 79 Gbps, with 10 GbE, 25G, and 100G ports and hot-swappable power supplies. Enterprise Campus switches carry 10 GbE and up to 90 W of PoE on every port. E7 access points use 10 spatial streams on 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz, with a 10 GbE uplink and a backup port.
02 · Building
Through the Board, Not Around It
In a co-op or condo, new cable is an alteration. We prepare the technology scope, drawings, and insurance certificates the alteration agreement asks for, work within the building's hours, and route cable the way the managing agent will approve.
03 · Support
Watched After Handover
From our office we see the network, the cameras, and the doors. We update firmware, catch failing devices, and fix most problems remotely before anyone at home notices, and you keep ownership of the system and its logins.
At a Glance
UniFi Enterprise in New York, in brief.
- Ubiquiti listing
- Cave Group is listed as a certified installer in Ubiquiti's Find Certified Installers directory, with an office in Long Island City, Queens.
- Security
- Ubiquiti's Enterprise Firewall Core (EF-Core) is rated for 79 Gbps IDS/IPS throughput and 22,500+ connected users, with 10 GbE, 25G, and 100G ports, two hot-swappable power supplies, and gateway failover when paired with a second unit. The smaller Enterprise Firewall (EFG) is rated for 12.5 Gbps.
- 10 GbE switching
- Enterprise Campus switches are Layer 3, with 10 GbE and 2.5 GbE ports that all deliver PoE+++ (up to 90 W), 25G SFP28 uplinks, and hot-swappable power supplies and fans.
- Wi-Fi 7
- The E7 is a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 ceiling access point with 10 spatial streams, rated for 1,000+ clients, with a 10 GbE uplink and a redundant 1 GbE port. The E7 Campus adds directional antennas and a weatherproof housing for terraces, roofs, and courtyards.
- Board approval
- Co-op and condo alteration agreements usually require a certificate of insurance from every contractor naming the building and its managing agent, and approval before work starts; many boards meet monthly, so the paperwork sets the schedule.
Sources: Ubiquiti, Find Certified Installers; Ubiquiti, Enterprise Firewall Core; Ubiquiti, Enterprise Firewall; Ubiquiti, Enterprise Campus 24 PoE; Ubiquiti, E7 technical specifications; Ubiquiti, E7 Campus; Habitat, what an alteration agreement must include (2018); Brick Underground, the essentials for board approval.
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Questions About UniFi Installer
UniFi Installer, Answered
Is Cave Group a certified UniFi installer?+–
Yes. Cave Group is listed as a certified installer in Ubiquiti's Find Certified Installers directory at installers.ui.com, with our New York office in Long Island City. We are also an authorized UniFi Certified Partner, at Ubiquiti's top tier for integrators, and we design, install, and support UniFi Enterprise networks, Protect cameras, and Access door entry.
Why enterprise UniFi instead of a Dream Machine or a mesh system?+–
Security, speed, and headroom. The Enterprise Firewall Core inspects traffic with IDS/IPS at up to 79 Gbps and has redundant power. Enterprise Campus switches have 10 GbE ports with up to 90 W of PoE each, and E7 access points connect to them at 10 GbE. A home that runs lighting control, AV, cameras, and a family's devices needs that backbone; consumer and prosumer gear runs out of room first.
Do you install UniFi in apartments as well as offices?+–
Yes. We network apartments, townhouses, and estates, where the network carries the lighting control, AV, cameras, and the family's devices. We also network offices, showrooms, restaurants, and hotels in the city, with separate networks for staff, guests, payment terminals, and building systems.
Can you get good Wi-Fi in a prewar apartment without opening the walls?+–
Usually. Plaster on metal lath and masonry stop Wi-Fi, so we bring a cable to each access point through the paths that already exist: closets, chases, ceiling cavities, and baseboards. Where no cable path exists, an access point can connect wirelessly at reduced speed. We survey first and tell you what each room will get.
Will the co-op or condo board need to approve the work?+–
Often, yes. Running new cable is usually an alteration under the building's alteration agreement. We provide the scope, drawings, and certificates of insurance the managing agent asks for, and we schedule the work within the building's permitted hours.
Do UniFi cameras need a monthly subscription?+–
No. UniFi Protect records to a UniFi console or video recorder in your home or office, and live view and the mobile app are included. Ubiquiti offers optional cloud services, but recording does not depend on them.
Can you take over a UniFi network someone else installed?+–
Yes. We audit and document the existing network, move it to an account you own, update the firmware, and fix what is unsafe or overloaded, including moving it onto enterprise hardware where the house has outgrown it. From then on we support it like a system we installed.
Do you install UniFi outside New York City?+–
Yes. We also work in Westchester, Greenwich, the Hamptons, and Long Island's North Shore, and across Bergen County and North Jersey from our office in Fairview, New Jersey.
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