Ubiquiti UniFi 6 Long-Range Access Point U6-LR

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Ubiquiti UniFi 6 Long-Range Access Point U6-LR

Ubiquiti UniFi 6 Long-Range Access Point U6-LR

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To test the performance of each access point I created a separate wireless network and access point group. For the best results, directly connect to the “server” to the same switch as the access points are connected on.

Going farther to 70 feet disconnected the client device once again, so the problem is that the Ubiquiti U6-Pro just doesn’t reach that far, while most other WiFi 6 APs do.The device will get warm near the single 1Gbps Ethernet port, but it’s not going to get hot to the touch (as it happened with some old Ubiquiti APs). This means that you can use the covers from the nanoHD on the new U6 lite which is great when it comes to placing the access point insight.

Since I was using a 2 stream client, the extra spatial streams in the U6-LR, UDM, and AC-HD didn’t come into play besides possibly improving beamforming.The UniFi Controller allows you to configure a Wi-Fi network with ease and to fine tune the performance to deliver outstanding performance. With Wi-Fi 6-enabled Apple products (equipped with 2×2 MIMO), we have been able to consistently achieve real, close-range throughputs to single devices up to 920 Mbps (using 80 MHz channels).

Before considering the performance of the UniFi 6 Long Range Access Point itself, we want to emphasise that one of the biggest advantages of this product is that it uses the powerful UniFi Network Controller software, which we love.You will need two computers for this, one notebook, of course, that can act as a client, and one computer or notebook that can be set up as a server. The UniFi Lite has been a great entry point to Ubiquiti’s product line, and the UniFi 6 Lite is set to continue in that tradition. If you have an AC-Lite now and are considering upgrading, the U6-Lite would over similar coverage, and the U6-LR would be a step up in range. As shown in the photo below, comparing the UniFi 6 Long Range device ‘in the flesh’ (left) with the nanoHD unit (right) shows the UniFi 6 Long Range model to have a much larger form factor. The Ubiquiti U6-LR (Unifi 6 Long Range) is one of the best WiFi 6 access points that the manufacturer has developed so far and, alongside the U6-Lite, the U6-Pro and the newer U6-Enterprise, Ubiquiti manages to cover the entire market spectrum, allowing for an easy transition for any SMB (or SME) that may want to make the switch to the newer WiFi standard.

I know that this is an excuse to keep the case waterproof, but then again, using a silicone seal and some screws would have worked just as well. Lastly, there is the possibility to create a mesh network using multiple Ubiquiti access points (wireless Uplink), but will the U6-LR actually connect to nanoHD? Previously, using UniFi Nano Wi-Fi 5 Access Points, we were able to consistently achieve throughputs of about 640 Mbps. It’s obvious that it’s almost impossible to open up the Ubiquiti U6 LR without leaving some marks, so the warranty is most likely gone if you attempt to do the same. It is really important to emphasise that bolstering signal levels by deploying multiple Access Points will provide huge benefit to those currently running a single Wi-Fi router, irrespective of whether these are Wi-Fi 5 or Wi-Fi 6.

One of the advantages of WiFi 6 is that it allows devices to use the same WiFi channels by breaking up the channel into smaller groups (Resource Units). the MIMO capabilities of client devices, with our speeds consistent for the client devices we used, which were both equipped with 2×2 MIMO (Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max and an Apple Macbook Air M1). I reverted back to the current stable firmware to avoid any beta issues impacting my results, but performance could improve with 5.



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