UniFi U7 Pro • Hacker News Board

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by blindriver » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 11:31 PM UTC

warkdarrior wrote: post #7

blindriver wrote: post #2

As a Unifi home user, they don't even have a reasonable WIFI 6E product, so there's little chance I'm going to early adopt anything like WIFI 7 from them.

What's wrong with U6 Enterprise? It supports 6E just fine AFAIK.

$279 and can connect up to 600 devices, I only have ~40 devices. I don't need an enterprise version.

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by rekoil » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 11:31 PM UTC

warkdarrior wrote: post #7

blindriver wrote: post #2

As a Unifi home user, they don't even have a reasonable WIFI 6E product, so there's little chance I'm going to early adopt anything like WIFI 7 from them.

What's wrong with U6 Enterprise? It supports 6E just fine AFAIK.

More than fine, the U6-Enterprise is an amazing device, but it's pretty expensive, the U7-Pro is actually cheaper (but has 3x 2x2 radios compared to the Enterprise which has 2x2/4x4/4x4 radios, 2.4/5/6 GHz respectively).

The U7-Pro should be a better choice for most home users.

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by wicktron » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 11:32 PM UTC

theshrike79 wrote: post #3

Wait, we're at WiFi 7 already? I missed the WiFi 6 boat then =) Still running a 5+ year old UAP AC Pro and haven't found it limiting in the least. Do people really need insane WiFi speeds?

In my environment, it's not the insane WiFi speeds that have been impactful, it's managing density more easily. MU-MIMO and OFDMA have been game changers in that respect.

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by resist_futility » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 11:32 PM UTC

strongpigeon wrote: post #6

I’m curious about the 2.5 Gbps interface, which isn’t even half the theoretical max of a single connection (~5.6 Gbps) and far from the theoretical AP Max (~36 Gbps). I guess they don’t have any PoE 10Gbps switches. Edit: Turns out they do have one. [0] [0] https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-switching/produc...

XG 6 PoE, 4 ports for $600

https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-switching/produc...

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by Our_Benefactors » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 11:32 PM UTC

amluto wrote: post #9

genmud wrote: post #5

I wish they would get their shit together and have software that isn't buggy / riddled with security issues. Their march to a cloud dependent offering is so disappointing.

Their system is not particularly dependent on the cloud right now. I do wish they had a modern cloud key that didn’t run as absurdly hot at the gen 2.

RPI is a popular solution for unifi controller hosting. I’ve run a box with unifi+pihole continuously for about 2 years on PoE, never crashes or gives any maintenance headaches, if I do need to reboot everything always comes right up without any fuss.

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by RockRobotRock » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 11:33 PM UTC

really hope Macbook Air M3 supports 6E at least

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by DrAwdeOccarim » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 11:33 PM UTC

amluto wrote: post #9

genmud wrote: post #5

I wish they would get their shit together and have software that isn't buggy / riddled with security issues. Their march to a cloud dependent offering is so disappointing.

Their system is not particularly dependent on the cloud right now. I do wish they had a modern cloud key that didn’t run as absurdly hot at the gen 2.

I’ve had two die and then I read using an SSD helps a lot with the heat issue. Replaced the HDD with an SSD and temp is a cool 45C now down from high 50’s with HDD. YMMV but figured I’d add my anecdotal experience.

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by colechristensen » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 11:34 PM UTC

amluto wrote: post #9

genmud wrote: post #5

I wish they would get their shit together and have software that isn't buggy / riddled with security issues. Their march to a cloud dependent offering is so disappointing.

Their system is not particularly dependent on the cloud right now. I do wish they had a modern cloud key that didn’t run as absurdly hot at the gen 2.

You can run the software yourself pretty much anywhere, mine is running in a freebsd jail on a truenas box.

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by FfejL » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 11:35 PM UTC

theshrike79 wrote: post #3

Wait, we're at WiFi 7 already? I missed the WiFi 6 boat then =) Still running a 5+ year old UAP AC Pro and haven't found it limiting in the least. Do people really need insane WiFi speeds?

I use Ubiquiti throughout my 90+ year old home, with multiple AC Pros. During the heart of the pandemic I had four people in my house, all Zoom'ing or streaming video at the same time, all on WiFi, with no issues.

I don't really know why I would need anything newer.

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by DrAwdeOccarim » Mon, Jan 08, 2024, 11:35 PM UTC

genmud wrote: post #5

I wish they would get their shit together and have software that isn't buggy / riddled with security issues. Their march to a cloud dependent offering is so disappointing.

Funny thing, I complained and complained and complained and they quietly rolled out full-offline zero cloud required UniFi and Protect IOS direct connection support starting about three months ago. I doubt my complaining helped specifically, but there were many people on the same threads so maybe they got the hint?