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Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by conradev »

rekoil wrote: post #12
warkdarrior wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

If someone has the latest MacBook Pro as the only client on their AP (https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/deployment/dep2ac3e3...), is the U7 Pro going to use the same channel configuration in 6 GHz as the U6 Enterprise? Does that 4x4 kick in for a single device?

The terminology is confusing because there is both the number of streams and their width

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by plg »

Are these ceiling mounted APs suitable for a home environment where they would not be ceiling mounted? Like can I put it on a desk like I do my ancient Apple AirPort Time Capsule AP? PS the time capsule is sitting on a desk in our main floor living room and it covers basement, main floor, and all upstairs except 1 corner bedroom. It’s connected via Ethernet to a EdgeMax 4 router which has been mostly great though interface is kludgy. Some day the time capsule will give up the ghost though and then what?

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by doublepg23 »

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.

I think my biggest compliant is their IPv6 support is pretty limited (compared to pfSense I've used in the past) but otherwise I have rock solid networking that only goes out due to ISP issues. I still think they're the best prosumer solution.

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by treffer »

maineldc wrote: post #28
blindriver wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$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?

Totolink X5000R. 50-70€. OpenWRT support. Wifi 6e on 2.4 & 5 GHz Bands.

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by strongpigeon »

treffer wrote: post #45
maineldc wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the time I looked I couldn't find a Wifi 6E Access Point significantly cheaper than $279. Have you?

Totolink X5000R. 50-70€. OpenWRT support. Wifi 6e on 2.4 & 5 GHz Bands.

I think this one is only Wifi 6, not 6e (i.e.: the 6 GHz band)

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by tiahura »

mtillman wrote: post #33
hales wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 yo…

It's kind of strange for me that the most secure out of the box wifi router I could find was made in China by a Hong Kong based company. The new one comes with 2 2.5 slots fwiw.

How in the world do you know it’s secure?

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by RockRobotRock »

doublepg23 wrote: post #42
RockRobotRock wrote: post #16

really hope Macbook Air M3 supports 6E at least

Apple loves their curveballs but the base MacBook Pro with the M3 no-adjectives does, so it seems safe to expect https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/

Yeah, they usually trickle some of the Pro features down in their next generation.

I just can't justify a Pro when all I do is web browsing and remoting into servers. The Air is more than capable of light development work.

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by JoshTriplett »

Ubiquity equipment always looks impressive, except that the heavy push towards cloud-based and/or app-based management is extremely offputting.

I'd much rather have something I can always manage via a local web UI from any web browser, without any cloud subscription.

Re: UniFi U7 Pro

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Post by lsllc »

plg wrote: post #43

Are these ceiling mounted APs suitable for a home environment where they would not be ceiling mounted? Like can I put it on a desk like I do my ancient Apple AirPort Time Capsule AP? PS the time capsule is sitting on a desk in our main floor living room and it covers basement, main floor, and all upstairs except 1 corner bedroom. It’s connected via Ethernet to a EdgeMax 4 router which has been mostly great though int…

Yes, I've had one on the top of my shelves in my office for years. Only recommendation is use a shielded cable between the PoE injector and the unit -- keeps it safe during t-storms.

I also have an ER4 the old UI a bit kludgey but they did revamp it a few years ago. I rarely connect to it and instead use UNMS to manage/monitor it (along with some other sites/devices).

These days, I just go with the UDM-Pro SE's and if I need more than 8 PoE ports, I add on a Unifi switch via SFP. You can do pretty much everything these days in Unifi, no need for EdgeMax (well, VLANs is about as exotic as my installs get).

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