When testing a "long range" AP it would be nice with a range comparison.
@gerhardoosthuizen4191
3 жыл бұрын
Agree they state on the website it has 2x the range of the old AC LR. Still searching for a video that can back this statement up.
@theeclectic6015
2 жыл бұрын
I have one that is covering the space between cabin and barn on a ranch. I haven't tested the full range, but the barn is around 250 yards and gets a nice signal still.
@JacksonCampbell
Жыл бұрын
@@gerhardoosthuizen4191 Where do they say that?
@JacksonCampbell
Жыл бұрын
@@theeclectic6015 This is at least something to go off of. I have heard so little about actual range on these things. I care about connectivity for messages and calls, not speed. Either way, if it reaches farther it will be faster farther away.
@vincentchow6448
3 жыл бұрын
Great review. The 2.5g NIC is a deal breaker for me and it was what I really wanted to know.
@Rosscoff2000
3 жыл бұрын
This is Long Range UAP - I'd be a lot more interested in some comparative range tests than unrealistic pushing of max speeds.
@frostbite1991
2 жыл бұрын
Has maybe half the range of my Linksys WRT1900AC. Not very impressed with it tbh. Feels like a waste for $200. Will also mention the 2.4GHz radio in my Mikrotik router has an insane amount of range compared to both of those, and that thing is ancient, so IDK why the U6-LR doesn't have very long range. It's also terrible at penetrating walls and floors in a house. Best used for big open office spaces or auditoriums.
@Rosscoff2000
2 жыл бұрын
@@frostbite1991 Sure, as I said, it would have been better to see its real world range tested, rather than its close-range throughput.
@frostbite1991
2 жыл бұрын
@@Rosscoff2000 yea I have yet to see real world long distance testing on these things. Probably because the distance sucks haha.
@851995STARGATE
Жыл бұрын
@@frostbite1991 my UAP AC LR has crazy distance, I doubt the distance sucks
@frostbite1991
Жыл бұрын
@@851995STARGATE different model, there's lots of people complaining about the U6-LR. currently using an old Linksys 1900AC as an access point and it's performing way better than my U6-LR ever did, no matter how many hours of reconfiguring I did on it. And yes, I did scan nearby wifi to ensure it wasn't on a bloated channel.
@michaeljohnson9760
3 жыл бұрын
Put one of these into service, for a single story house, and reaches an extender in a shed 85' across the back yard. Thing is a beast.
@mt_kegan512
3 жыл бұрын
Same here. Planning on hardwiring the barn ultimately, but holy crap connects at 5Ghz to the downlink thru metal! Beast-mode!
@zadekeys2194
3 жыл бұрын
What is the line of sight like from the AP to the extender?
@Wingnut353
3 жыл бұрын
@@ClickyCoyote Nothing you can really do if there are thick concrete or block walls... mine UAP-AC-LR goes 70ft through a brick wall and 4 apartments in a townhouse built in the late 70s... I suspect the U6-LR I just got will do even better.
@michaeljohnson9760
3 жыл бұрын
@@zadekeys2194 A couple of walls between. And a shed wall, but it's pretty thin.
@mt_kegan512
3 жыл бұрын
This is a temp setup but: AP behind a TV (no direct line of site) through gas insulated windows (doubt that matters much, then about 80 ft and hits the downlinked AC Pro inside of Barn. Barn is all metal but I did make a line of site through the barn window to the interior windows. It doesn't have the strongest signal but still pulls ~50 Mbps with ZERO interruptions and latency has only increased 2ms compared to my living room. Uplink U6-LR has ~30 other devices on it to including streaming devices and a camera that's uploading constantly (temp...cameras will get hardwired of course...I'm tired at night!). Working great all things considered. For the U6-LR to not make it 50ft there must be some serious stuff in it's way. Metal and concrete usually give me the most trouble at home and work (I work IT). Good luck to u, I just think this baby is a beast. ... At least until the pro/6e's come out ;-)
@ONE_OF_300
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the testing confirmation. I have this as my main AP in my home and works great. Moved the AC pro to the back patio and AC lite to the front garage for full coverage, probably overkill. All credit for my move to complete Unifi setup has been based on your channel, information, and guides. So, thank you!
@Obelixlxxvi
3 жыл бұрын
Completely agree with you on the 1Gig NIC weakness.
@cjhan47
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. 2.5 gig should be the minimum at this point.
@curtisbme
3 жыл бұрын
Why in the world they would build something to support that many clients at that wifi speed and give it only a 1gig connection is a head scratcher.
@cool2180
3 жыл бұрын
Ubiquiti probably want people to buy the u6-lr HD with dual nic lol. something like that.
@Sam-qg1dy
3 жыл бұрын
from the guy who understands a little: can clients communicate with each other without going thru the NIC??
@hb2998
3 жыл бұрын
@@Sam-qg1dy I am also not an expert, but I think I understand your question. If there are two clients connected to the same AP, would trying to transmit data to each other (which is rare) would the AP be able to route the traffic between the two devices without relying on its own NIC. I don't think so. I think all traffic through an AP will have to go all the way back to the switch, and then return back to the AP to be transmitted to the client who happens to be connected to the same AP.
@billmcalister8706
3 жыл бұрын
Finally got this last week. Looks good so far. I have 2 other lite 6 APs. Full coverage no problem at my house. (probably on my block :))
@crizz6397
3 жыл бұрын
I would love to test the long range aspect of the access point.
@nikxoom
3 жыл бұрын
At leas in Germany with a max transmit power of 23dbi it’s not really giving me more range then the lite. So the antenna pattern doesn’t seem to be improved much.
@PerkyinkXD
3 жыл бұрын
Ixl
@HighlandSteam
3 жыл бұрын
When moving from poor ADSL to fibre. I went with the Unifi ecosystem with a UDM-pro, 5 8port POEs and 5 flexi minis in my home network refresh.
@gsmith2220
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, Chris. One reason there's only 1Gbps Ethernet may be because you'd likely never saturate the wired link in actual usage. Wi-Fi is, effectively, half-duplex. So at 2.4Gbps theoretical (at the PHY; less once you get to the air), you'd only get about 1.2 Gbps max. because half the time it's sending and half the time it's receiving. When you add in the other Wi-Fi overhead (like management frames, beacons, headers on the packets, etc.), not to mention any noise or other clients in your area, your actual throughput that *gets to the wire* on the Ethernet side is going to drop even more, likely below the 1.0 Gbps limit. As always another great video.
@BrUcYNL
3 жыл бұрын
Given its a "Long Range" access point, it would have been interesting to see some range comparison and testing.
@Obelixlxxvi
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@davidprinzing8059
3 жыл бұрын
Sure, but we know that the range is improved, what we don't know is how it stacks up compared to the other APs in the Unifi lineup as far as speed and stability. When it comes to range, everyone's mileage will vary and there is no single type of testing that would have given a good analysis of this product other than simply comparing antenna gain. Most people today who believe that they have "range issues" in fact have either interference issues or lack the experience to know how to properly count for or distribute APs throughout their environment. Unifi has a great product set for serious range issues but that is a whole different product line. To analyze the range improvement from the previous generation LR, the AC-LR has a single dual-band antenna at 2.4Ghz, 3dBi and 5Ghz, 3dBi. The U6-LR has a single dual-band antenna, at 2.4, 4dBi and 5Ghz, 5.5dBi. The AC-LR has a max TX power of 24dBm@2.4Ghz and 22dBm@5Ghz. The max power on the U6-LR is 26dBm on both 2.4 and 5Ghz. Of course, the big winner here for range is the Wifi 6 technology, specifically the MIMO and OFDMA. Having these both means significantly more bandwidth from further away which, let's face it, doesn't matter to a lot of people if it's only a 10% or a 200% improvement as long as it is an improvement. The one metric that I wish was talked more about is RX amplification, physical antenna size and the various chip technologies designed to help the AP "hear" the client from a long distance or through interference. Although we can improve the power that these APs output, doing so doesn't always improve the distance that they are able to communicate as the AP still needs to be able to detect the weak return signal of the device in question. At the end of the day, Unifi brags that the U6-LR has 2x further range than the AC-LR... and I believe it although the devil is in the details and your mileage will significantly vary. For most, this will solve problems that they should have solved through different means but for many it'll be a happy improvement to their current wifi situation.
@thakorpatel8543
3 жыл бұрын
U6lr have rang twice of nano
@thakorpatel8543
3 жыл бұрын
U6lr have on second floor going through concrete floors decks
@jeffm2787
3 жыл бұрын
Been using one for a while and the range is incredible. I use to have to mesh to get out to my garage. I replaced my nanoHD with the U6-LR and was able to not only remove the mesh but also get 80Mhz 5Ghz in the garage with great results. Excellent range. Blows away the AC-LR and the nanoHD. I own two AC-LR's and a nanoHD plus an AC-Lite.
@SithTracy
3 жыл бұрын
I got my LR-6 a couple of weeks ago for my home network... Pretty impressed with it (with COVID been WFH and kids have been schooling from home, wish it came sooner). I suspect the "AP6-Pro" model will have dual 2.5GB nics... I have to imagine that thing is still in R&D as they hone the performance of what it will become.
@Zizzily
3 жыл бұрын
At least as it sits in the EA store, the U6-Pro is still a single 1Gbps port.
@isbestlizard
2 жыл бұрын
@@Zizzily So they're expecting 5Gbps to flow down a 1Gbps cable? Madness.
@Zizzily
2 жыл бұрын
@@isbestlizard Well, they're expecting it to do it client-to-client. Wireless is also half-duplex.
@hakalashabitat1584
3 жыл бұрын
I picked up the U6 lite for my home a few weeks ago and love it. have the kids setup on their own WiFi network with a Pihole to keep them focused on school and there is no loss with 20+ connected clients, 4 of them on video calls. The whole UniFi suite is really great to work with. Best prosumer network gear.
@kdmaj
2 жыл бұрын
Chris, great video as per usual. I needed more info on both the new Wifi6 APs and this hit the nail on the head and your other video on the Lite. Many thanks
@jochenx6944
3 жыл бұрын
I actually disagree with the conclusion that the U6 LR is overkill for home installations. In my 120m^2 house, I used a single UAP-InWall-HD before. Most rooms had good coverage, but concrete floors and brick walls meant limited signal strength in some less important places. The U6 Lite I tested was marginally better than the InWall-HD, but that may have been due to a better mounting location. U6-LR has great signal strength everywhere, much better than the InWall or Lite. All of the WiFi based smart home devices also report much better signal strength, even though they worked fine with the InWall HD before.
@ytb4328
3 жыл бұрын
Good day I'm really interested how does the U6-LR performance compare to UAP-AC-HD ? Thank you!
@nickroussy
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Chris, I am currently building a network at home and you confirm my choices.
@brimur69
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris, FYI the UAP AC HD has had 160Mhz for a couple of years. All my compatible 2x2 devices connect to it @ 1733Mhz
@gsmith2220
3 жыл бұрын
The IW-HD also supports 160 MHz channels.
@kim0sabe
3 жыл бұрын
And the Nano HD too :)
@matthewmercer6922
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris, Please correct me if I'm wrong but my nanoHD allows me to set a 160mhz channel width (I use 80 for compatibility) If the nanoHD does indeed do 160mhz I'd love to see a new comparison between the two. I am very tempted to upgrade but I feel like an apples for apples comparison needs to be done first...
@rupertmtb
3 жыл бұрын
I use 2x U6-lite in my house and I'm very happy with the setup & results, roaming between floors works great. I would probably have problem with seemless roaming with 2x U6-LR setup as the signal strength would not let the client switch AP (it's possible to tune power in controller though). For house deployment U6-lite makes a lot of sense. I pulled the trigger for U-6Lite thanks to your reviews, kudos to you!
@wertherland
2 жыл бұрын
Would you mind sharing what speeds you get with that setup and on what mobile device? I have been struggling with AP's throughput since day one, it's been 3 years and was never able to get over 120 mbps on a wire connection that peaks at 600
@seanpalmer8472
3 жыл бұрын
Have you considered adding a ping/jitter tests to your benchmarking? I have no idea if there will be significant differences between APs, but it might be interesting to see unloaded vs. under-load measurements (e.g. one client performs ping tests while the others perform sustained file transfers).
@cp1011986
3 жыл бұрын
Access points are going 1 per room, this long range version will help for outdoor and covering outages. Most switches are still 1gb to the client. It won't go 2.5gb in a business scenario, 10 is more mainstream then you just move the bottleneck to the uplink which is worse. Upping the processor and ram to increase buffer, not to mention the chooser for the faster Lan, would be for the pro. P.s. we are testing multi channel fiber ATM, so existing fiber can go about 10gb, but I think most have not yet.
@BertdeJ
3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to buy it. Now have the older model the AP-AC-LR. the annoying thing is that Ubiquiti is not in such a hurry to deliver to Europe. customer service that does not make sense and one should not interfere with the transmission power, delivery times that make no sense. Fortunately there is a (better) alternative and that is the Zyxel NWA210AX. faster, stronger signal.
@munrostuart
3 жыл бұрын
You can use 160 MHz channels on the UAP AC-HD.
@BradleyBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Hoping mine arrives soon. Thanks for the information.
@robertf863
3 жыл бұрын
I just put one of mine up.. second one still back ordered I guess. This thing is in ceiling of 2nd middle story of wood, drywall and outer brick home. Covers top floor plus bottom with default settings. I even turned off the WiFi on one of in wall hd APs. The signal on main floor is as good if not better. I am pleased with it. I am run it via cat6a to udmp. I did tweak settings and seeing 580/400 on my Fios. I am very pleased. Will be able to downsize my APs some and get better/faster coverage.
@mt_kegan512
3 жыл бұрын
It blew my AC Pro outta the water! Some far reaching smart bulbs and switches would drop out before, haven't had a single issue since the upgrade.
@robertf863
3 жыл бұрын
@@mt_kegan512 yea, I got a outdoor beer camera that is on front porch in cornered on other side of brick. It dropped off and off the network all the time. I am replacing with it soon with wired UniFi camera but since the U6LR been up thus far it has dropped is reporting at least a decent signal. Other devices on first floor seem to be more attracted to it also. I am pleased customer so far. Hoping a firmware doesn’t surprise me and ruin it but so far I am happy.
@Sir-Fix-a-Lot
3 жыл бұрын
How does the LR part of this AP benefit you with regards to range/wall penetration?
@matyf_
3 жыл бұрын
hey Chris, thanks for this AWESOME video. We've been waiting for this for a long time. I have some thoughts/comments that may be useful for you: 1. Something that you didn't mention is that this one only supports MU-MIMO and OFDMA on the 5GHz band. So it's 802.11n on the 2.4GHz band. 2. From what you mentioned, it seems you only used the 5GHz band on all the tests, right? 3. IMHO 160MHz channels are not that feasible given that there's not even one non-DFS 160MHz channel available. I think it would be better (and fairer) to compare all the APs at 80MHz. 4. You mentioned that this would be a great AP for businesses. I guess it could be a bit difficult to minimize co-channel interference in an office where you may need to deploy multiple APs in a small space given that it has such high antenna gain. What do you think? 5. Regarding the sustained throughput tests, I was not expecting such performance. At least on paper, it should have been better. Something interesting is that in your windows machines you got exactly 50Mbps, that's exactly the same value you got from the AC Pro and the U6 Lite, that seems fishy. Maybe you can try to perform a sustained concurrent throughput test with multiple iperf "fixed duration" tests running in parallel. 6. Regarding the performance difference you saw between iperf and openspeedtest tests, I had some issues running iperf3 on windows in the past. When I used a UDP test, the windows version of iperf3 didn't use the bandwidth I defined. After some research, I've found that iperf3 isn't officially supported on windows. There are binaries compiled for windows on the internet, but those aren't officially supported. On the other hand, iperf2 IS supported on windows, so you may want to try that one to see how it works. Thanks again for all this hard work!
@MactelecomNetworks
3 жыл бұрын
Great video Chris. The U6 LR is a beast
@sstobbe1817
2 жыл бұрын
I watched a few of your tests now. I have to say that I like the way you test and explain. It probably isn't an official "scientific"' way of testing, but it will do to get a very good impression concerning the differences between the devices. Besides that, because it's not a scientific way of testing and explaining, it's understandable for most (non-technical) people out there and probably more than enough to base a buying decision on. Thanks and keep up the good work!
@ghostofdre
2 жыл бұрын
Nice video but like a lot of people I'd like to see some range tests on the LR and how it compares to the U6 Lite.
@2008mjb
3 жыл бұрын
wireless mesh the two wifi 6 AP's and see what kind of speed you get vs two wifi 5 AP's. I personally have a detached garage/workshop that I am thinking of doing two ap6 lites in my house and one wirelessly meshed in the detached garage. knowing how well the lite performs in a mesh could help others with similar setups. I'd recommend 40-50 ft with at least two walls in between.
@ThePopolou
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, maybe you can run at 160mhz in your isolated location but when you have an urban environment and deploy in the manufacturer's user case scenario like a purpose built office building, you've got a snow ball's chance to run at that bandwidth level.
@jeffm2787
3 жыл бұрын
Been using the U6-LR for a while now, it rocks. But yes 160Mhz is not the reason to buy it at all. The range is incredible and at 80Mhz it rocks in my sub-urban environment. The range is better then the AC-LR, the nanoHD, etc. I own an AC-Lite, 2 AC-LR's a nanoHD and now the U6-LR. The U6-LR is my fav next to the nanoHD.
@johnmerryman1825
3 жыл бұрын
Quick suggestion about the parallel client test - you might want to try it with the clients connected by wired gigabit ethernet. That might give you a good baseline.
@CrosstalkSolutions
3 жыл бұрын
Good suggestion - but a lot of wires to run.
@peterleblanc4727
3 жыл бұрын
@@CrosstalkSolutions Have you tried running iPerf simultaneously across all of the clients? Another suggestion would be maybe put an SSD or SSD Cache in the NAS for the file copy test?
@jeffm2787
3 жыл бұрын
Been using one for a while now. The range is incredible IMO. Test 80Mhz, not 160Mhz. I found I get much better overall performance with 80 on any channel. Commercial installation would never use 160 or even 80 Mhz. The gigabit NIC is just fine. Edit: The nanoHD supports VHT160, I have one of those as well and now two U6-LR's. Still 160 is just a waste of time on any AP, maybe on 6E for a short while it'll be better.
@alanwong928
3 жыл бұрын
I got rid of my two nanos and got a U6LR and a U6 Lite to replace them and I think they are much better than the nanos. The range on the LR is pretty amazing. I can get full signal right at the back of my garden, the nano couldn’t even reach the garden.
@AaronMcHale
3 жыл бұрын
Ordered and received two U6 Lite APs last week, they work great for my home, but... even though the LR is double the price and way overkill for my home, kind of want the U6 LR now after watching this haha!
@jsort001
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris! Another great AP comparison.
@chrisinsocalif
3 жыл бұрын
I currently have 2 AC-Pros. Anyone know the range vs U6-LR? I was thinking of replacing 2 with one.
@TechMeOut5
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Chris. Excellent stuff
@tubastud06
3 жыл бұрын
I think Ubiquiti is saving the 2.5/5/10 gig ports or dual ports for the "Pro" series... Whenever they get around to releasing them
@ChrisParkerVT
3 жыл бұрын
They're not, from what I've seen so far. Their pending switches claim to be "Unifi 6" meaning they have 2.5G ports, but the coming Pro Wifi6 WAP is still 1G
@traxeonic3600
3 жыл бұрын
I have this AP now. I used to have the HD (overkill). Same mounting plate as the HD btw. My HD had dual NIC which I ran in aggregate. This AP should have dual 2.5Ghz, not just single. Especially given the ~300 client ability.
@theeclectic6015
2 жыл бұрын
This is a GREAT access point! Love mine.
@kamikazecy
2 жыл бұрын
I have the U6-LR device and max speeds Im getting is 400/400 mbit. I also have this device from my provider Kaon AR1344E which seems to have same hardware specs as the U6-LR and getting over Gbit connection speed. (The TX / RX is shown both on the Unifi controller and on the Windows or Android Connection Information). I reset the U6-LR and re-installed the Controller to setup from scratch but same result. Using stock POE injector. Can you help me troubleshoot further? Edit: So I changed Channel Width to 80Mhz and managed to get 866/866 Mbit but still less than the other access point.
@jordanc8926
3 жыл бұрын
Great video, all the effort is greatly appreciated.
@steve2020
2 жыл бұрын
thankyou for making these video's.
@PELOSC
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Cris, i got 2 but i live in Guatemala And could not make it work, Message on App says migth not work, it made my wifi break down, any help ?
@trick0502
3 жыл бұрын
Bring on the u6 pro. I missed them on sale yesterday. But it still suffers from a single 1gbps nic.
@myob2k
3 жыл бұрын
So they do not have a 1gig nic?
@lordgarth1
3 жыл бұрын
Does the chipset support 2.5? Perhaps it’s just not enabled yet in EA.
@hpgurgel
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome work, thanks a lot for the great video.
@ToreOnYouTube
3 жыл бұрын
I’m using an Aironet 2802I running Mobility Express. It does not do AX, but damn is it fast. With fantastic functionality and customization.
@OmarVR
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent choice! That's an extremely reliable and powerful AP.
@Wheeze_NL
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you again for providing us with such a complete overview, tests and opinions. I don’t have the possibility to buy and test all these, but this way I can still give informed advise to family and friends. Is it me, or was there a rattle in the audio? Maybe it came from the AP being so close to the microphone 🎙. Thanks again!
@ktl2001
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris, Are you able to get more than 500Mbps on this LR? I have mine and it can push 500 on one client but when I have two clients running speed test at the same time the 2nd client get throttle and they average out to be 500Mbps and it no full duplex either. I notice the upload drop when the down load from another client to going. Is this their 1Gbps port Nic issue? Can you test with multiple client and see how that fair out?
@zilogfan
3 жыл бұрын
If I place this on a first floor ceiling. Does the second floor get any benefit from it or is its signal only available below the mounting plane ? I dont want to put it on the second floor cealing as there would be to many floors and walls then from the unit to the areas I want to mostly cover...
@Sir-Fix-a-Lot
2 жыл бұрын
Could someone explain to me in layman terms what's the point in Wifi6 Unifi AP's that have 1Gbps uplink? Having 5Gbps on the air interface is not going to do any good to anyone when the uplink is constrained to 1Gbps, right?
@mrxmry3264
3 жыл бұрын
can the U6 lite use the skins for the nano? does it do WPA3? if the answer is yes to both questions, thats the one i want.
@Eleven.Eleven.1111
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sold!
@nikxoom
3 жыл бұрын
So I got the U6 Lite and U6 LR now, used my AVM Fritzbox 7590 and a Fritzrepeater 2400 before. Both 4x4 ac access points and the speed improvements with one client are marginale. Before the max it got connected we’re 866mbit now 1200mbit but in reality I never got over 550mbits irl with my iPhone 12 2x2 ax, my ac setup did about 470mbit. And I gotta say I have a lot more connection issues especially with the LR, the Lite is awesome for the price!
@KamalSingh
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, I would like to add UniFi6 Long-Range to my existing UniFi network at home. Is it compatible with UniFi Switch 8 PoE (60W) for power?
@rpsmith
2 жыл бұрын
Will start buying these as soon as the add a 2.5G Ethernet port.
@rickz6006
2 жыл бұрын
Found this video because I was looking for a replacement for my RT-AC3200 which is in ap mode so I can connect to both my Tank Utility propane tank level monitor at ~190 feet from the front of our home and our Generac which is behind the home. The ac-pro will not do the job. Wanting something Ubiquiti so the home security and home automation SSid’s and vlans are supported. Did you have a range test on the Ubiquiti line of APs that I can watch? Thanks.
@jed1mstr
3 жыл бұрын
Some clarification on something you said here, the Unifi AP-HD also supports VHT160 channel width on 5ghz so that isn't something new.
@TheDanielShepherd
3 жыл бұрын
so does the Nano HD, so does the Wifi-6 Lite, i'm not sure he's not seen this before.
@circuit-studio
2 жыл бұрын
Can you please share the setting used to get those speed ? I have 1Gbps speed and same Wi-Fi access point but my speed are around 350Mbps with direct line of sight.
@thierryredonet269
2 жыл бұрын
Is there a way to force 1G speed in the AP as it doesnt work when I override it on switch and keep saying 100 FDX and fine with other AP like nano ?
@gsmith2220
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, Chris. For your sustained throughput test, I might suggest running the test a few times with as little as possible other access of your FreeNAS box. In theory, accessing the same file a few times will move it into the ZFS ARC (assuming the ARC is big enough to hold the file). At that point, you're just throttled by RAM speed, rather than disk I/O. Just a thought.
@squeek-
2 жыл бұрын
Quick Question to you or to anyone: I have an office and 2 warehouses that are equidistant apart; 0.1 - 0.2 miles range. As far as I can tell, clear line of sight. Would this LR AP work if I mounted at the office and then used something like LiteBeam ac Gen 2's at both warehouses?
@nikxoom
3 жыл бұрын
Can you test how much power it draws? I run it off of a poe af injector. I mean it’s max power consumption is just a little bit higher then what af can deliver and I can’t run it on full transmit power anyways so yea.
@RomaZhuzha
3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps ideally you should be copying four files from four SSDs for the throughput test 🤔
@GuillermoFrontera
3 жыл бұрын
In my experience iperf is better because write to ram. Is a benchmark utility. But to be fair file copy is more realistic.
@shawnmoss9322
3 жыл бұрын
ZFS is caching the file to ram. Not a fair multi user-multi file test.
@kristianwind2755
3 жыл бұрын
Should one upgrade from our UAP-AC-HD's taking into account that I do not have any IP6 devices - yet?
@QajsProductions
3 жыл бұрын
How do you get a "theoretical bandwidth" higher than 1Gbps when the ethernet port link in the back of the AP is just a 1Gbps port...? It says on their website that the maximum combined bandwidth is 3Gbps...that's not possible if the port that connects it to your equipment is only 1Gbps...can someone explain?
@AvocadoAtrocity
3 жыл бұрын
How is the U6-Pro??? I just bought one on UA EA.
@mathieubrisebois
2 жыл бұрын
I am wondering about patern if i install the u6-lr on a ceilling closet what is reception behind the unit, on the second floor?
@barteh
3 жыл бұрын
Struggling to get above 500mbit on my U6-LR, similarly connected to my DS1821+ on a 10GB connection. Tried testing on both an iphone 11 and Macbook Pro. My SSID is enabled only for 5ghz and tried both HE80 and 160 and both similar speeds. Ive left channel and transmit power alone. Any suggestions? U6-LR is only ~3foot away from test devices.
@markwilliams3623
3 жыл бұрын
do you have to have a ubiquiti router to enjoy the mesh feature of these AP's or can you just use a Ubiquiti Swith with Controller? or..... Thanks in Advance.
@ronwaldon7970
3 жыл бұрын
Wanted to see if anyone else is having this problem. I have a U6-LR and every day I get one error message that it's having trouble acquiring an ip address. I initially had it connected to my UDM-Pro with cat 5. Now I have it connected to my USW Enterprise 24 poe switch with cat 6a shielded twisted pair and still get the exact same message. When I got the new switch I also received my U6 Pro and connected it the same way but I never get the message on it. I'm starting to wonder if I have a defective U6LR but it appears to be a momentary problem because I have never had an actual connection problem.
@silverclifflightshow
3 жыл бұрын
Thought that was weird, the output of those new UniFi 6 device are 2 to 5 gigabits second but the input is only one gigabit second it makes no sense, why would they even release something like that I know I may not use gigabit second on any of my wireless device for many years to come but I guess they just want to get you to buy the new stuff all the time!
@guydubois
3 жыл бұрын
Hi as this is about the LR version, it would be nice to see a LR line-up comparison on speed, range and stability.
@steveforrest9294
3 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. I am interested in seeing Test of Unifi HD AP in 2 Port lag vs U6LR and see if makes a diff?
@jtjumpshot
2 жыл бұрын
Do firmware updates change the results? Looking at this a few months later I wonder if the results will be different. Do you plan to repeat test again?
@mathesonstep
3 жыл бұрын
Any recommendations for 2.5 gigabit NIC's we just upgraded to Gigabit and our ISP modem has a 2.5 Gigabit port I was wondering if there are any good 2.5 gigabit NIC's that work with pfSense
@CraigMullins1
3 жыл бұрын
14:00 can you set it up to run as a repeater without a ethernet cord? what kinda speed does it get there with a 2.5 gig connection?
@DrNiazo
3 жыл бұрын
Are any of those clients ax compatible? I would like to know what the computers WiFi capabilities were g, n, ac, ax etc. I have the same device and similar build; however I chose not to run it at 160 because of my other access points in my house. Nonetheless I LOVE this access point!
@SilesianWarrior
Жыл бұрын
One of my U6-LRs keeps rebooting every few minutes, anyone had that happen before? It's powered via poe switch but so is another unit that's just fine. I've tried removing it from unify, resetting, adopting again, issue persists.
@Buhnanah
3 жыл бұрын
If I have a virtual reality arcade that will have 10 computers utilizing the wifi, should I go with the LR or the Lite?
@Christopher_Ago
3 жыл бұрын
2 of the 6lites for $20 more seems like a better deal than 1LR.
@coso2
3 жыл бұрын
Why not going directly from 1 to 10Gig uplink? Isn`t easier to find 1/10 gig switch than 2.5 ad 5 Gig?
@marcelhamers6037
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris, IPv6 multicast should have this ONE STREAM TO MANY functionality. Am actually doing the IPv6 course and for me it is still theory. Hopefully you are more advanced at IPv6 then I am ;-) Keep up the good work!
@davidprinzing8059
3 жыл бұрын
Re: "1Gbps Ethernet seems like a bottleneck on this device" I can see where you are coming from, but I'm not going to be worried about it. Assuming that your specific test cases are actually approaching 1Gbps then what I imagine is that adding two clients at the same time attempting to communicate to the radio is likely to divide the current allocation of traffic while also adding additional radio overhead. Meaning, that if you aren't hitting the ceiling under optimal wifi conditions where the 1Gbps is obviously your bottleneck, then adding more clients creates significantly less optimal wireless conditions and thus I think it proves that you won't actually have an issue. Of course, I'm willing to be wrong on this and the best way to determine if I am is to run several machine speedtests at the same time and see which nic on the AP saturates first, the wired or the wireless. Additionally, as you mentioned, 2.5Gbps nics adds significant additional expense to the access point which punches it up into a different price bracket. That's great when you both have the office switch for it ready to go as well as don't care if the AP is $30-$50 more in cost for tech that most people still don't have yet. However, I think they made the right call to not add a 2.5Gbps nic to this AP as the market that this AP is likely to be geared towards are people who want better signal ratio and a tech upgrade to their existing infrastructure at a budget friendly cost. I'm more critical of their U6-Pro not having a 2.5Gbps port as I believe that this particular product is more geared towards business and power users who may actually have the 2.5Gbps switches ready to go or at least would like seeing the Pro series hardware on parity to the competition.
@CrosstalkSolutions
3 жыл бұрын
Very well reasoned response - thanks!
@AaronMcHale
3 жыл бұрын
@@CrosstalkSolutions I guess one way to do theoretical speed tests without the potential NIC bottleneck would be to just run a speed testing tool/server on the AP itself. It has SSH access after all, so in theory it’s possible 😀
@Wahinies
3 жыл бұрын
@@AaronMcHale they did have iperf natively on UAP until around firmware 3.7 I believe with the explanation that the inadequate CPU would give inaccurate results and it was subsequently removed
@davidprinzing8059
3 жыл бұрын
@@AaronMcHale Yeah, I'm going to agree with Wahinies on this one. Doing anything on the AP itself creates the possibility of creating results that are inaccurate, not real world results, or both. My suggestion would be to run iftop on the Unifi switch that the AP is connected to in order to monitor the particular port bandwidth while testing.
@ahmedagbabiaka
3 жыл бұрын
I have the LR on the main floor with the most users. A lite in the basement and one in the garage. And a flex in the office. I love this setup and the performance of both the LR and lite have been phenomenal. I saw the pro in EA and it throws a monkey wrench in the lite vs LR conversation 🤔
@irfanafzal5158
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris off topic but did you ever do a review of Ubiquity 48 port usw-pro-48-poe switch? Apologies for being off topic
@Strangerwithoutaname
3 жыл бұрын
Anyway how good this AP does on Speed or in Range, it's disqualified for use by the 1Gig Uplink Port.
@NeilAcquatella
2 жыл бұрын
How about "wall" mounting a "ceiling" AP? I suppose a wall mount disposition will affect the WiFi signal range/orientation?
@willtechenterprises280
2 жыл бұрын
Great video, can you do one that includes the Wifi 6 Pro?
@tothbe
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris. This test was a long time ago and in the meanwhile also U6 Pro came out. Is there any chance you make a comparison video including that too? Thanks.
@jakearmstrong9845
3 жыл бұрын
I'm anxiously awaiting the release of the In-Wall WiFi 6. Do you expect similar gains over the In-Wall HD?
@hellotoyou14
2 жыл бұрын
is it still requires external controller? Or it can work in both way?
@jamers99
3 жыл бұрын
Since my internet speed is only 50/50 Mbps will it benefit me at all to upgrade from Wi-Fi 5 to Wi-Fi 6?
@TheNightstalker80
3 жыл бұрын
I'm living in a 2 story terraced house (row house) made of concrete and brick. I have only one spot where I can put an AP on the ground floor and I wonder if this model would improve my WLAN. Right now I have a Netgear R7000 which causes more and more trouble, the 5 Ghz WLAN has become quite unstable and on the 1st floor some places have little to no WLAN. I would like to know it the U6 LR or even the Lite would be better? Maybe the Lite would work as well, with the Netgear it took several days to find the right positioning for the antennas to get a decent signal in where I needed it, the Ubiquiti devices do not have external Antennas so I'm not sure if they can reach every corner of my home??
@zankposenterprises2233
2 жыл бұрын
hi, may we know what power supply we can use thanks for the answer
@SteveHoek
3 жыл бұрын
Doesn't HE160 channel width limit your compatibility on 5ghz clients such as cameras, etc.? I've heard that Ring devices don't like 160.
@davidgrasscutter6545
2 жыл бұрын
Can I run x6 lr without dream switch or can I use a regular Poe switch?
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