Introducing a new kind of Wi-Fi system

Post by hossbeast » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:10 PM UTC

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I had nothing but problems with typical consumer hardware. Having to restart routers all the time. Dead spots. When family would visit (both my wife and I have large families) they would connect at least 2 devices each to my wifi (tablet, phone, laptop, etc). My wireless would just tank. They would always ask me why my internet was so terrible. Last year I bought an Edge router and a higher end Netgear hotspot. Works…

Ubiquiti Unifi Access Points just work. I too have bought a variety of high end consumer devices (for a small business), and they all crash or randomly drop out. Disable wifi radio on router, plug in Unifi AP, solid connection. They are annoying to configure, but have been so worth it. Apple AirPort has also been rock solid.

Post by mrbill » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:33 PM UTC

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I used to have wifi issues, but then I bought one of the UniFi Long Range wifi models. I really can't imagine a house that would not be entirely serviced by a single one of those. I still get 3 bars on my iPhone 30 meters down my driveway, let alone in the house. I got one because we use them at work, and I was still getting usable internet in a supermarket 100 meters from my office across a parking lot. They are des…

UniFi LRs are really great, however I found it hard to get hold of the 5GHz ones.

Post by uptown » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:36 PM UTC

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Lots of vendors already offer this. It's pretty standard for commercial WiFi units. It's just slightly more expensive than dumb routers. * Eero: https://eero.com/ * Ubuquiti: https://www.ubnt.com * Cisco: http://www.cisco.com (sized for larger buildings) Does this new Google device come with the Google Fi feature which backhauls all your traffic to Google via a VPN?

No. It comes with pretty much nothing but a nice little price break. You get a 3-pack for $299. The Eero 3-pack is $499.00. This is a serious price break in this market, which is currently over-priced. You can get 3 Ubiquities for almost $300. A lot less user friendly, but $500 for 3 units is holding back mass adoption. Personally, for my home I need just two units. Shame there's no $199 2-pack yet. It would be an in…

Post by wtallis » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:46 PM UTC

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Apartments can have this issue - where I live there are 50+ access points visible and even with the router directly next to our streaming device I cannot stream Netflix HD (75 mbps plan with Comcast). edit Not saying that Google's system fixes this but some users require nicer routers for that connection. I should note my actual computer gets an ethernet because I can never achieve on wireless what I can on wired!

This wouldn't solve that problem. Switching to Ethernet or finding a free channel (good luck) is the only solution.

Post by ricardobeat » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 10:52 PM UTC

hossbeast wrote: post #92

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Ubiquiti Unifi Access Points just work. I too have bought a variety of high end consumer devices (for a small business), and they all crash or randomly drop out. Disable wifi radio on router, plug in Unifi AP, solid connection. They are annoying to configure, but have been so worth it. Apple AirPort has also been rock solid.

Ubiquiti Unifi APs each require an Ethernet connection. They do not form a mesh network. That's the whole point of amplifi, and this new Google wifi product