Seems like an easy upgrade path from our current U6-Pros.
We have experienced issues where some Windows WiFi chips doesn't seem to integrate that well, and have bad performance.
UniFi U7 Pro
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Re: UniFi U7 Pro
#22I’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...
2.5 GbE can operate over CAT 5e.
Re: UniFi U7 Pro
#23I 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.
I gave up on their controller software and rolled out OpenWRT to the Unifi AP AC lites at my previous job. I didn't try managing them centrally (there were only 5 of them) so I don't know if there are any good options for that.
The difference was night and day. The guest networks actually worked. They had uptimes of over a year without issue.
Sadly only _some_ Unifi AP models are supported by OpenWRT. Check before you buy. I use GL.inet stuff where possible now.
Re: UniFi U7 Pro
#24I’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...
In any normal deployment, you're probably not going to be pushing even a 1.5gbps through these during heavy use. The real benefit of 7E is reduced latency, not bandwidth.
If you need high throughput, they and other vendors sell that.
There are tons of 10gbps PoE switches on the market.
Re: UniFi U7 Pro
#25I’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...
The higher wireless link speed is probably more useful for reducing the amount of radio traffic in time (a set amount of data transmitted will happen in a shorter time)
Managing (somewhat reluctantly) wifi in a multi tenant office building was frustrating because of all of the competing traffic, I’m just guessing that higher speeds means move overall traffic across the spectrum in noncoordinated environments.
Re: UniFi U7 Pro
#26I 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.
They also need to get it together with their hardware. Their main camera products were out of stock for so long due to the supply chain that they "redesigned" them with cheaper/worse parts and released the G5 series and did a bunch of marketing to try and mask it.
Re: UniFi U7 Pro
#27I’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...
Ah thanks for that. Somehow missed that one!
Re: UniFi U7 Pro
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
At the time I looked I couldn't find a Wifi 6E Access Point significantly cheaper than $279. Have you?
Re: UniFi U7 Pro
#29I 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.
I've been hearing this more and more… what's the best bet when it comes to APs for tech-savvy people in 2024?
Re: UniFi U7 Pro
#30I 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.
Pretty hard after the bulk of their talented engineers purportedly bailed.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26639363
https://old.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/comments/scqlg3/what_happe...