UniFi U6-Lite WiFi 6 Access Point - Review and Benchmarks!

[@breakfast-burrito]

Finally decided to switch to UniFi two weeks ago. I grabbed a USW pro PoE and two of these guys to add to the house. I’m finally getting the one thing I cared about- maxing out my 400mbps internet connection from every point in the house, and at least 200mpbs around the property. These things do phenomenal, couldn’t be happier. I went very overkill, but merry Christmas to me. 💀

[@kittysreview9055]

Crosstalk is the man! Finally got the review I have been waiting for!

[@Strogge_1988]

would be interesting the same test with WIFI5 Clients on the WIFI6 AP. Just for comparison to the UAP-AC-PRO

[@NatesRandomVideo]

Agree. That’s the upgrade path for most folks handling serious numbers of clients.

[@CalmingWinds]

Ya, I tried this ap in a large home and got weaker signals than the UAP-AC-PRO over distances and through walls.

[@philipp1960]

Is my question too. I have a lot of IoT devices, but none of them are Wifi6. I don't think they exist yet. So What did he mean by "improvement" with a Wifi6 AP?

[@RicardasZ]

Yes yes yes !!

[@exh4l3]

yes, this!

[@jordanc8926]

Great video on the Lite. I appreciate the effort you put into this. Can't wait for the LR video.

[@gomerpylevw]

Thank you for the sound effects when throwing the packing materials. Sometimes the videos can be a little dry and that added just enough comedy relief to make the video quite enjoyable. All joking aside, I appreciate every single video that you do.

[@HenrikJanssonFilipstad]

I have pre ordered two Unifi 6 LR. Replacing my ISP router, (I also ordered a Unifi DM) I can't wait to go all Unifi at home. Nice review, thank you. Cheers from Sweden

[@otacon72]

I upgraded from the UAP-Lite to U6-Lite today and after some tweaking to the settings I saw a 60% increase in download speeds on wifi over my gbit internet connection. My M1 MacBook Air went from ~340 down to ~550. I was thinking about waiting for the U6-LR but I have a modest home network and didn't think it was the worth it. I have a small house lot in AZ and I would get decent wifi coverage throughout the property but now I get strong signal 2 houses down. Very impressed with the U6-Lite.

[@d3m3tr3s]

I recently bought the UDM Pro as my first device from Ubiquiti and my first AP was this device that I got from their early access program! I happy that you mention that at the end of your video Chris. If you start now, then get the wifi 6 AP.

[@GaryDeardorff]

Enjoyed the video and can only imagine all the work that went into the testing. As mentioned by others if some of the test machines could have 802.11ac adapter in addition to the 802.11ax.

[@RAKRail]

Thanks for doing the real world test and sharing them with us.

[@PulsechainProfits]

I RARELY sign in to like a video, but you Sir did an EXCEPTIONAL job. Thank you very much. Liked and Subbed.

[@jyss60]

Definitely a good AP for home network upgrade. The results for the AP Pro are expected because it works on 2x2 streams instead of 3x3, so you can get about 433mbps on AC standard. The AP can of course access to 650mbps realistically but with a wifi client usine 3x3 streams

[@karljohnston]

Great video, I'm about to replace a school full of the old UAPs with the U6-Lite's and this video confirms choosing them over the AC-Pro's. Thanks

[@russelvann8806]

Just put in the Wi-Fi 6 LR in and really impressed with speed with 40+ devices although most are ac not ax, but even the ac devices have shown an improvement.

[@lpjerry21]

Yep I also just intalled the new LR and also this Lite one. So far is runnig okay.

[@mikebroom1866]

I'd really like to see AC wifi results on the newer AP, not just wifi 6. The majority of everyone's devices will be older tech for a loooong time.

[@mika2666]

For people who buy expensive phones every 3-4 years wifi 6 will be in their smartphone already or in the next 1-2 years, the 2019 qualcomm snapdragon 855 and 2019 apple A13 chips Both have wifi 6

[@real_andrii]

@@mika2666 my OP 7 Pro has Snapdragon 855, but OnePlus decided not to utilize WiFi 6 capabilities, stopped on AX. Just saying: if you have the latest silicon, that does not automatically make it latest standard. Made me mad for a while.

[@drumrboynoid]

Dont they have both radio bands? If I hook up all wifi6 WAPs throughout my house, will I run in to any issues running my usual 2.5 and 5G suspects(

[@wiziek]

@@mika2666 You don't need wifi 6 in your smartphone, laptop maybe? Desktop without cable? Maybe. You could already get 300-600 with 3x3 ac and decent range.

[@mikebroom1866]

@@real_andrii yup. I have a 7t. Same boat.

[@mrhoratiu]

Nice touch with the cat and broken glass :D

[@marcuslohmar]

Hi Chris, any chance for a comparison vs. a UAP-AC-HD? Maybe with the U6-LR to see worth switching?

[@512SolidSnake]

I agree, I want to see how this unit does toe-to-toe with the older big daddy access point.

[@James_Knott]

That drop ceiling mounting bracket is called a "doubler plate" and is used to reinforce the weak material those ceiling tiles are made of, so that the mounting screws don't pull out.

[@damaliamarsi2006]

Tests were not perfect, but damn revealing. I look at it this way. Going from the PRO wifi5 to Lite wifi6 you save KWH, get more speed, more network expand-ability and a well built reliable access point. Normally I am a Cisco fan boy but with the free controller software that I am running in a LXC (Linux Container on Ubuntu) on a Raspberry PI that is also m PIhole server and network test box, running all running on POE (Including the PI with a POEhat), I am spending 30 watts to run 2 AP's and a controller. Sick. I think this review was excellent by the mix of software and hardware and was well planned using IPERF. Ten thousand people could come up with ten thousand reasons it could be better but this is just a fantastic general environment and most should be able to extrapolate from it. Very good explanations and very good job explaining what you were doing and why. 9.7/10 if I was rating this!

[@thomasdb1]

i'd like to know how the nanoHD performs in the sustained 30gb download test... Is it faster than the u6 lite because of the 4x4 radio?

[@carlnakamura4861]

+1. Many of us are on NanoHDs FlexHDs etc. A comparison with newer wifi5 would be useful to determine if/when to upgrade. Thanks for the video 👍🏻

[@Revlemmon]

Same here running a mix of the NanoHds and FlexHds

[@LordEisenfaust]

No, 4x4 Mimo will not help you with Download speed, it has it adventages in a „Max out Clients“ Environment. If only you Download 30 gig down, you will not have a Single advantage from 2x2 to 4x4.

[@lpjerry21]

Hi! I have an U6-Lite at home which just replaced my nanoHD. The throughput is essentialy the same on both devices arround 600-700Mbps. I tested them on my S10 and on my Ipad pro 11. As long as those clients have 2x2 MIMO antennas there will be no difference. Of course if you source an let's say 4x4 MIMO PCIe card for your PC then I can imagine the througput would be slower on the U6-Lite. What I also noticed that it's somehow snappier than my nanoHD, i suppose the latency is smaller on the newer device. Hope this helps!

[@thomasdb1]

@johannes @gerhard I'm talking about the 30gb test he did with the clients simultaneously.. he mentioned 4x4 would benefit such a scenario, but I'm curious how much if at all when comparing the nanoHD/flexHD to the u6 lite.

[@damian.ferrari]

Great test! It helps me a lot to learn about Unify access points. Thanks!

[@davidbailey1666]

This was AWESOME! Thank you!! Some feedback on my experience... I had to replace an aging UAP last month and had the opportunity to purchase the U6. I decided against it and replaced the UAP with an AC-PRO for the following reasons: - I get 450 on my AC-PROs. (Dunno why Crosstalk was so low. Might be 5Ghz settings) - Wifi6 was updated in late 2019 to Wifi6e which introduces a brand new 6Ghz frequency (waiting to future proof). Hardware expected 2021. - I dont have a lot of clients and only have one wifi6 client. Love your show!!

[@Boston_Pete]

Love your videos Chris, thank you so much for all you do!!! I only have one of the EA Wifi 6 APs and I have had some real throughput / connectivity issues with my older Wifi 5 clients. So to add on to what others have mentioned I would love to see older Wifi 5 clients added in to the mix. This after all is what everyone is going to be dealing with for some time to come.

[@Richard_GIS]

I like the intro sound a lot, its so driving you into the video and you are ready to watch - of course the content for sure as well ;-)

[@hilljd23]

I really appreciate your empirical approach to these evaluations. Thank you!

[@CPTWi-FI]

Great testing project Chris. Yes, please make these public. I would like to use your results in my Ubiquiti training classes. You approached the speed aspect from the client NIC processor, which I hadn't thought of. I'd like to see tests on different channel widths, (20 MHz for both 5/6). Really good stuff!

[@MrJoethe5000]

I've had a pair of U6-Lite APs running since June when they came out on early access and they've been phenomenal through and through. Plenty of tweaking was done over 6 months to get them to this point of course but I love mine and the price point is excellent. However, I'd like to note in early access both of mine came with a POE injector. Considering this is in fact a "Lite" Access point, you can likely assume more of these will go to Pro-Sumers while the other higher end higher density APs will go to commercial installs where they may have big POE switches, so it wont matter as much as it does with this device. Bad move on their part in my opinion.

[@coldracerx]

Do you have a lot of iot devices that require 2.4 band on that network. Heard the wifi6 devices have issues with those kinds of devices. I have a lot of cameras and doorbells that use that band so I have been waiting.

[@MrJoethe5000]

@@coldracerx About half of the clients on my network still use 2.4, such as my 1st gen chromecasts and some older phones. They consistently get a good connection, chromecast never stutters on streaming

[@RickJohnson]

Great review. New sub. Love the TIA-568-B painting behind you!

[@GunderValle]

I was browsing through the comments to find the first one to observe that.

[@Bazookavich]

FYI, this model doesn't come with a PoE injector (as shown in video). The injector costs $8 USD.

[@LawrenceHarrisLarry]

I purchased two of the lites and they came with the injector. I have the LR on pre-order and that one says it does not come with the injector

[@LawrenceHarrisLarry]

Did some more research. If you purchased them during the beta period, you got the injectors. If you buy them now, you do not.

[@Moonraker11]

This tidbit bit me. Because the AP AC LITE requires a 24V PoE injector while the Lite-6 requires a 48V PoE injector. Of course if you’re plugging it into a PoE switch you don’t have to worry...

[@RavingNephilims]

As you know 2020 was the year of remote work and videoconference software. So what really matters is not that much the speed but latency in multiclient environment. So I would love to see ping times in your last test with UniFi U6 lite and UniFi ac pro.

[@andyrandy0815]

That's very true. Lagging in video calls was an issue everywhere, but nearly no one has a checklist what to do, especially if the issues pop up occasionally (ISP issue due to high loads, too many devices in the same wifi channel in dense areas)

[@compudude]

Great video, great test, but yes, I agree with the others: We REALLY need to see this same testing done with standard WiFi 5 (ac) clients, since it's going to be a lot slower to bring all the clients up to WiFi6 than it will to just replace a few access points. I hope the price on the WiFi6 version of the UAP-AC-PRO is not a big jump up, because that's what I'm holding out for!

[@myatix1]

Nice video Chris! Would love to see the same comparison with a nanoHD. :)

[@mattiasandersson8496]

would be interesting to see the sustained tests with some ac clients in the mix!

[@snives7166]

Straight up testing the new APs in AC mode would be useful info for 1:1 against the prior models as well to see if they perform differently there or not as well to know if the AC models are 100% pointless to buy now.

[@rogerosb2u]

Excellent review, Chris, as always. A lot of thought went into those tests, so thank you for making the output relevant and more “real world.” I saw the U6-LR-US AP’s were available for pre-order last week, so I ordered two for my home. Can’t wait to get them in place and test them out. I have about 40-45 wireless devices throughout the house, and the nanoHDs have been working great, but I like staying a little more on the “bleeding edge” of technology. 🙂 I’m really looking forward to your review of the U6-LR. Suggestion: I think it would be awesome to see how the nanoHD compares to both the Lite and the LR, as well.

[@northeastoutrider2124]

I’ve just ordered this as a system to resolve the issues I’ve created adding more than 50 WiFi switches and lights to my entire home. With as many as 106 devices in my home, I’m hopeful the UniFi Dream Machine Pro with several UniFi 6 AP will resolve the issues with plenty of room for future additions.

[@rollinthedice7355]

Can’t wait for the premier, I’ve had my eye on the WiFi6 version. Gonna have to rush to make sure I’m at my desk when it starts 😁

[@drumrboynoid]

What is thus Premier you speak of?

[@wiziek]

@@drumrboynoid This video was released as "youtube premier", kinda like prerecorded livestream. There was live chat, video was streamed.

[@tomkelly1486]

Chris - Great test! I also have the UDM-pro with 2 nano HD APs and was thinking of going to one of AP6 ap's. Thanks for the information 👍.

[@BadgesForTheCross]

Time for my UAP's that are at the end of their life are about to hit the door. This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Chris.

[@skigeek]

Excellent job on the tests!

[@cheema33]

Excellent video. Thank you for putting it together.

[@reflex191]

I really liked your testing methodology! Was expecting the Pro to beat the U6-Lite at the end too. Would love to see the U6-LR compared as well esp with the sustained test to see if it can pull ahead of the U6-Lite and by how much. Also if it provides a speed boost to some of the further devices.

[@Czecher262]

I appreciate the way you fool around with stuff and sometimes use less than state of the art equipment in less than ideal locations to test performance. I’ve got some equipment that by all rights should be scrapped yet here it is! Thank you for this.

[@chadmarkley]

The picture of the "crosstalk desktop" in the diagram is the best lol

[@SunnyCheang]

Agree!

[@JacobKelly02]

I've got one in my network, great little AP!

[@JamesGreerMedia]

What does your range look like?

[@JacobKelly02]

@@JamesGreerMedia brilliant! Better than my ap ac pro

[@engrpiman]

I replaced my AP ac pro with one. It works great. I don’t think I have any WiFi 6 clients so it was more of a whimsical purchase

[@brunosalezze]

Great video Cris, really liked the benchmarks. We know that is a ton of work, but you cold do the tests with many other APs, but try to keep the same channel.

[@keyboard_g]

Waiting for Wifi6E access points to get on the 6ghz band.

[@MiguelCamba]

That's an option, but that will take a while. I don't think before 2023.

[@MiguelCamba]

@@briand2614 Well, in Europe and Asia is not even *legal* to use the 6ghz band for civil use. Laws are being studied, it might take years. If a technology is not truly global I don't companies to jump very fast into that train. And Ubiquiti has never been the fastest to adopt new technologies, the first wifi6 routers I know of were released in January 2019, and where we are almost two years later getting the first APs from ubiquiti. I wouldn't hold by breath on wifi6 like it's just around the cornet because it's not.

[@EricGoodrich]

Hey Chris! I’d like to see a comparison with the 6LR & 6Lite. As usual, very informative video. Keep up the good work! 🍻

[@Huy0035]

In the US they passed 6E legal.

[@amolm2667]

Cancelled my order of long range 6 for the same

[@bsaccs196]

If you already have a solid Wifi 5 setup then there is really no need to upgrade unless your wifi setup is EOL or stopped working. Also, to enjoy the benefits of wifi 6 your client devices must also have wifi 6 radios otherwise you won't notice a difference. The good news is that some retailers may soon offer decent discounts on their Wifi 5 AP's as they roll out their Wifi 6 devices.

[@Moonraker11]

WPA-3 support was a driving issue for me but we have to wait until controller version 6.1 to enable it...

[@bsaccs196]

@@Moonraker11 wpa3 is available on Wi-Fi 5 AP's as well for some vendors. It's just a software update which has nothing to do with the hardware whatsoever.

[@GrilledAnimal]

Great video Chris! I would love to see more reviews like this. I understand that it took a lot of time to gather all the data, but I really enjoyed it. Extra thumbs up for using multiple clients in different places. I have a few thoughts that potentially could improve the following review or provide an interesting perspective. 1. When you tested with all clients dowloading the video files at the sime time, a baseline with all four clients connected over wire would give an interesting perspective on the speeds 2. A comparison with the nanoHD to see what the MI-MIMO does would also be interesting, expecially for the review of the Unify 6 LR. Idealy, add the AC Lite and maybe the AC HD as well. 3. Since most clients today are still WIFI 5, it would be interesting to add a WIFI 5 client to the mix. Looking forward to your review of the Unify 6 LR!

[@pilovali]

Hows the range? Is there any range difference in Wifi 6 vs Wifi 5?

[@JABloch]

I replaced a UAP-AC-LR with this U6-Lite and on my edge devices I get ~3dB better RSSI with the U6 and similar throughput improvement to what Chris showed.

[@jeffm2787]

@@JABloch I have a nanoHD and several AC - LR's and the nanoHD kills the LR's for range. I have an AC 6 LR on order now to try it out. The 6 LR has pretty good gain on the antennas so it should be interesting.

[@720Performance]

I kept having dropping issues when on wifi 6 and roaming to a non wifi 6 ap

[@jeffm2787]

@@720Performance Interesting, is this on a Unifi system? Not sure if we should blame the client or AP in this case. I have always liked how Unifi AP's hand off to each other while roaming without dropping. Will be sad if this is broken with 5 to 6 or vs versa.

[@fjdelahoz]

Very interesting!! I enjoy your channel very much. Happy New Year and the best to you and your family in 2021.

[@MarkusMayrl]

Thanks for the review, must have been a lot of work. As some comments already pointed out I would not consider this a real Wi-Fi 6 AP, as in the 2.4 GHz band it still uses the 10 year old 802.11n standard. Sorry, but when investing in Wi-Fi 6 I would consider this a no-go. Also, this AP will never be able to get Wi-Fi Alliance certification. As for speeds: The 1.5 Gbit/s over the air is always considered aggregated for up- and download. When talking about Ethernet wire-speed this would compare to 2 Gbit (1 up 1 down), so that would not be the bottleneck. Ubiquiti does not mention details about the maximum number of resource Elements (sub channels) for OFDMA, which is an important factor for Wi-Fi 6.

[@MitchellEarl]

Would love to see the same test with the 6 LR which has 160mhz channel width and 4x4 MIMO capabilities.

[@miles5600]

Yesssss finally was waiting for this so long

[@aarkaybirdsview7718]

Very informative review. Thank you. Currently I am using AC Lite and it’s great.

[@wmcomprev]

Although the WAP only has a 1 GB NIC, the increased capacity may be seen when communicating wireless to wireless between devices that are both connected to the same WAP.

[@JABloch]

the capacity gets used on both send and receive clients, so you'd still only get 600Mbps max throughput on 5ghz

[@wmcomprev]

@@JABloch Depending on the MIMO. If both devices were on different antennas I would expect more.

[@Rettro404]

@@JABloch I've seen as high as 704 on my U6 lite

[@MarkusMayrl]

This is a misunderstanding of throughput/bandwidth values. Wireless is always aggregated uplink and downlink, wired speed is 1Gbit/s each. So in wireless terms a Gigabit connection is up to 2 Gbit (if used symmetrically).

[@wmcomprev]

@@MarkusMayrl: Good point. I didn't take Full Duplex into account on the wired connection. The overhead on wireless always makes it slower than wired, even wired that is supposedly slower than the stated wireless speed.

[@jdtoledo]

impressive performance for a 100bucks AP. thanks for the video

[@TimothyZahn77]

Thank you! I have a lot of UAP-AC-PRO's out there. I moved to the nanoHD, In-WallHD, and FlexHD (depending on use case, mostly nanoHD) when they became available because of the 4x4. I'm planning of using going to the U6LR (because of the 4x4) when they become available, but would still love to see the WiFi 6 lite compared to the nanoHD.

[@progamernl1560]

Thank you, for your time and effort.

[@C0mmander]

The real advantage of 802.11ax aka WiFi 6 is the more efficient usage of the 2.4 GHz spectrum thanks to OFDMA etc. *IMPORTANT* -> All Unifi WiFi 6 products thus far only support WiFi 6 on the 5 GHz band. They don’t state this clearly enough. A lot of people will be quite disappointed... It will improve speeds on the 5 GHz band of course over 802.11ac Wave 2, but the 5 Ghz spectrum had enough reserves anyways. 2.4 Ghz on the other hand would really benefit from a more efficient usage of existing spectrum over time, when enough radios use 802.11ax and thus OFDMA. In my opinion, waiting for WiFi 6E capable APs and full support ax support on all of them, 2.4, 5 and 6 Ghz, would be the better option.

[@markthornton3007]

Great video - well done

[@mrpcakes]

currently have an ea9500 and yes its been working great BUT im planning on going full unifi. great video :-)

[@Chris-gt7ob]

Installed one in my garage last month. Don't have any way to test it, because none of my devices can utilize this. Don't regret buying it, but wasn't super thrilled when I opened the box and discovered there was no POE injector.

[@russellford9016]

Great video. Was really hoping to see you add in a Nano-HD in the mix. Guessing the 4x4 Nano HD wifi 5 would out perform the 2x2 Wifi 6 Lite in the combined throughput test.??

[@ytcommentor]

I've been looking to buy into Ubiquiti after my old Asus suffered a lightning strike. Would love to see how these compare to the high end consumer devices.

[@user-fp3mn3dw7x]

You should be able to set the pcie lanes allocated to the pcie slot to the size that the card recommends in bios and it should work

[@LuftdroneDk]

I recently upgraded from the AC Pro to NanoHD, replacing 2 pros for 3 nanos to get extra coverage even in my workshop. I dont I will go down the Wifi6 route just now as 3/4 of my devices are wires anyway ;) Ps: just ordered the industrial 8 port and 3 flex sw so I can start to cover must of the house with poe.

[@kbastien123]

It's just sad that the unifi 6 lite doesn't support wifi6 in the 2.4GHz spectrum (it only support. 11n in the 2.4GHz band) which negate the benefits of the better efficiency for the most crowded band with IOT device

[@darkgtprince]

dang, this is tempting. i fitted myself with AP-AC-PRO, but those WiFi6 device speeds are nice

[@GabrielRodriguez-um8fi]

Couple days ago, I’ve bought a bunch of Unifi stuff since I’m upgrading my home network. The AC Pro is part of my items. After seeing this, I might just return and get the Unifi WIFI 6 Lite adapter instead.

[@JuanLopez-db4cc]

Hey, Great Video. Maybe a follow-up video on how to install and configure Open SpeedTest? Great tool!

[@nurbolmeirmanov5529]

802.11ax is not only about High Density and IOT. If you want connect IOT to Wifi6 your device must support 802.11ax. 802.11ax is more efficient and use OFDMA radio access, and also more QAM up to 1024. Here you can increase capacity more than 35% than usual AC.

[@victorrael8714]

my first Ubiquiti product is the UniFi Dream Machine (not Pro), and so far I like it. Thinking of this access point for the other end of house. reviews are great to watch.

[@johnwfmak]

I got 3x U6-Lite, and 1x U6-LR my result with U6-Lite is about same as yours, biggest difference I see is the 5GHz Channel Width can be set up to HE160 and even on older AC device I see much faster speed open speed test I am getting 600Mbps on a iPad Pro 10.5 (AC).

[@artiem5262]

looking at adding 1 or 2 APs to my Unifi network -- the choice is clear, U6-Lite!

[@deejaybaze]

Can you please do a similar test with a cisco or Aruba point?

[@AaronMcHale]

Thanks Chi’s, this was a really useful video as I’m looking at replacing my home network with UniFi gear. I would also be really be really interested in some additional comparisons involving mobile devices, and I’m looking forward to seeing you testing the LR access point as well as future ones. Thanks.

[@JamesBergeron]

Do you see these improvements if your devices are mostly wifi5 though? Will you still benefit from the mu-mimo in this case? And would you need to replace ALL access points or if you replace a couple will those points improve (assuming they are wired to the source).

[@paulshrubsole6851]

What Channel width were you using for the WiFi 6 Lite and AC Pro?

[@Moonraker11]

He mentioned HE80 at the very beginning...

[@johntdavis9196]

Great to see these rolling out. Maybe we'll get a WiFi 6 UDM soon. I love the idea of these dedicated APs, but since I can't run ethernet cable in the walls in a rented apartment, this sort of setup is beyond me for the moment. Do you think WiFi 6 will help with network performance/interference reduction in an apartment building? There are so many wifi networks in this building I can't actually get a complete list of them--it changes from moment to moment depending on which signal is the strongest. Thanks for putting this together!

[@TomBabula]

If you have drywall, just hang it high on the wall in the living room above coaxial outlet and all you need to do is drill small 1/4” and fish it straight down to preexisting outlet and simply swap plate for double gage plate with coax and rj45 keystone adapters. On AP space area terminate cable with rj45 connector inside wall bracket. Unless you have firewall stud or insulation’s making it impractical. Then when you move out patch the little holes for AP and swap back old coax plate. Or just run wires outside and use cable mold cover.

[@sergey4162]

Also thinking of WiFi-6 enabled UDM for home, I don’t see why they want me pay for outdated Wi-Fi version embedded into this expensive thing (compared to my current USG-3p)

[@PatrikGillgren]

Love the Amiga 1000 desktop in the network chart :D

[@Zomby_Woof]

Does the vertical orientation for range hold true with the uap-ac-pro? I have a couple at my daughter's house as a wireless bridge until the rain stops so I can run some cable outside. I guess I can just test it and see.

[@beauslim]

Thanks very much for this. Big sale on Ubiquiti stuff at my local supplier but now I think it might be good to wait for the 6-LR.

[@adrianwindo]

It's a very interesting test many thanks. Many of us still have many WiFi5 devices, in that case, would you buy the WiFi6 Lite or AC Pro?

[@brothertax]

Dude. Open SpeedTest. How have I never heard of this? Thank you!

[@jrw93]

That's what I'm thinking, too! I'm firing up a server for it at my house right now. Might get a VM set up at work for it, too.

[@HPad2]

Decent performance for the price. But WiFi 6 with an Netgear and ARRIS branded Router I can get over 900mbps over WiFi on my 11 Pro Max and 12 Pro Max in the same room. My NanoHD I get around 600mbps on the iPhones and just over 700mbps on my Laptop in the same room.

[@stevedowns8601]

I'd like to see the range of the various APs compared.

[@bahmanhatami2573]

Hey Chris. I think this is dead simple but ultimate test you can do! Just do ping test simultaneously on your clients. This will reveal the OFDMA Technology performance which is one the major upgrade against older generations of Wi-Fi. Because one of the major benefits of this generation of Wi-Fi is improvement in multi-user environment latency. Just perform pings as fast as possible to one of your local systems. the NAS system maybe. but as I said, pings should be manipulated to be transmitted in minimum available milliseconds, to show us the real difference between WiFi ax and ac Thank you

[@Huy0035]

I have 2 of the 6 lites up and running they are great. I have preordered the 6 LR. Mid Jan I should have it.

[@sunriseshell]

Am planning on putting together a UniFi network at home. Been debating whether I should wait for the UniFi 6 stuff or just go with the existing HD stuff. You answered my question. Now I need either an In-Wall or something like the FlexHD. Hopefully they realease a Wi-Fi 6 Flex or the UniFi 6 In-Wall comes back in stock soon.

[@iankester-haney3315]

The LR came in a much nicer box. Damned big though. Waiting on the Pro and In-Wall to complete my upgrades.

[@michaelmattingly8658]

Love to see it tested with WiFi 6 device

[@byron8866]

You should have set the PCI slot to Gen 3 in the BIOS until install completed with the 16X cards that didn't work, maybe? That trick works for video cards.....

[@koma-k]

About the issues with a x1 Wifi card in x16 slot: This may be down to limitations in that particular motherboard. While not exactly similar, I had to give up on using a RAID controller card in the x16 slot on a mATX board - the BIOS seemed to expect anything plugged in to be a graphics card. While the card worked and ESXi recognized it, it was impossible to get into the configuration utility during boot.

[@TheKokopelli24]

I would like to see a more comprehensive lineup of APs old AP like the Lite, nano etc. Also, speedtest from mobile devices/tables, phones etc if you can to better show the performance gains. But overall this is a great in depth video.

[@wiebowesterhof]

Most clients I have are still 2.4GHz or 5GHz on AC, they don't support WiFi6 - it would be great to incorporate that too. I used to have the old 2.4GHz only APs (2 left only) and on replacement with UAP AC PROs, I noticed a significant improvement in speed and roaming performance. Likely due to the 'AI' optimizer working better with the newer stuff. I have the AC Lites at my parent's place (2 of them, 1 per sub-building), my house only has AC Pros; I think the light model would be great for new installs and the price is pretty awesome. Unsure if there is a WiFi6 'pro' version + what the price of that would be. I've not checked EA for a bit as due to the human malware I can't buy anything here without 3x costs. Appreciate the research/comparisons, it shows the newer standard has a lot of potential and newer phones are likely to take advantage first.

[@mbiesma]

Would be great if you could do the same test with the AP AC Lite and compare it to the UniFi 6 Lite

[@Macisthebestinnz]

Hi Chris, Love the review, would be great to see the AP on the same channel and location of the AP-Pro and switch out between tests. Finding a clear channel could yield better results again? Just some thought

[@javaman2883]

I personally don't have too many devices on my network, only about a dozen at most. However, I struggle with speeds a lot due to devices on other networks. In my apartment, my devices see 30-40 other WiFi networks, and they are all using the wide channel so they are clumped on the two available 5GHz channels. I struggle to get over 10mbps outside the room the access point is in. Even 10 feet from the access point and line of sight, I get up to about 40Mbps. I'm hoping WiFi 6 will eventually improve apartment WiFi once everyone is using it.

[@cpufrost]

I have to wonder if they fixed the issue with the blue LEDs fading over time? All of our ACHDs are so dim the blue glow can only be seen when all the lights are out!