Ubiquiti Unifi U6-LR Quick Review

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[@greggcollins1821]

Great approach on the basement mounting! I've had one of these U6-LR's for a few months. Absolutely no problems with it supporting various types of clients. Co-exists with a U6-Lite and some UAP-M's, and client roaming is smooth.

[@JustinCarberry]

I never considered a basement mount for my first floor... This might be a game changer for me.

[@jeffm2787]

Running a couple of these, so far they work really well. The range is really good. The antenna gain does help the AP to hear better, that being said I still often just stick with medium power. I would buy more of them.

[@xmetal280]

I just replaced a 5 node google mesh with a UDM, U6-lite and a U6-LR and they work amazingly well in a really challenging house layout. I even had to put the LR into the ceiling above a room (yeah, whatever, you do what you gotta do to keep everyone happy) and the signal strength is still beyond what I ever had from the Google system. Overall I’m pleased and while I’m not quite seeing the full speeds my ISP is giving me, it’s still 6-8 times faster than what I had.

[@shiftnsix]

I put an LR 6 in my ceiling and it reaches almost 200ft into my back yard w/broadband speed, pretty impressive!

[@jerry4012]

I'm new to access points. Can I use a u6-lr on my Asus mesh network? And will it create a new wireless network?

[@cephas2009]

You'll probably never see them. Your best bet would be 4x4 MU:MIMO device on a 160 wide channel, and even at that wifi frame overheads will offer a fraction of marketing quotation of AP. It's good you are satisfied with your results though, 802.11ax is amazing!

[@skorpion1298]

@@jerry4012 you may want to wire the AP to the same switch as your mesh network and create the same SSID on that one with same PW. Unifi can't mesh with other Brand APs.

[@jerry4012]

@@skorpion1298 Ahh I see. So if I get a different brand ap and run it in between my 2 routers with a switch then I can mesh it?

[@tuanbe]

In Asia there is no shortage on U6 stock. For our hotel installs we used to do NanoHD in rooms, HD in public areas. That now we changed to U6-LITE and U6-LR . On our scale this comes with a massive cost reduction. U6-LR still comes with a smaller box (carton now has 10 pcs instead of 5 pcs for the HD), but the U6-LITE comes in boxes of 20 pcs and is smaller than the 10pcs that comes in a NanoHD carton. Finally no more PoE bricks and much much less plastic which is good for the environment. These are products designed for scalability. I feelHD and NanoHD are more suitable for smaller scale power users but for hospitality projects the current U6 is perfect. We’re on 350 x U6 now and have orders in for 350 more.

[@apjpl]

Did you start using the pro version perhaps and could you compare it to the new LR?

[@tuanbe]

@@apjpl Yes we replaced many U6-LRs with U6-PROs. The pro configuration suits better for public areas. Still nothing beats the AC-HD, perhaps the U6-Enterprise will be a good replacement for these.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

I've installed two projects with over 40 U6 LRs they work great

[@apjpl]

Could you compare the new pro to the new LR perhaps?

[@WesCrockettCA]

I have 2 of these in my new home. I love them, though at initial setup, they were awful. had to change the band width to 80 and the power output to high and they have been stellar since!

[@jameshuegli3534]

A note on the DHCP issue - that wasn’t just a Sonicwall issue. Most of the clients that I manage doing dhcp through windows server 2019 were also experiencing issues.

[@mormantu8561]

Running Unifi AP's with a non-Unifi dhcp server has been buggy for as long as I can remember.

[@427consulting]

I’ve had 200 of these on order since June… and should be getting them in November… MDU setup but should be very interesting once it’s completed.

[@kirksteinklauber260]

Great video but I think one of the major drawback of this WAP is the lack of mGig interfaces that could create a potential bottleneck. If you check Cisco as an example, a Wi-Fi6 4:4x4 comes 5 Gbps mGig interface instead of traditional 1 Gbps NIC

Yes! Thank God I’m not the only one! Have been complaining in their forums and social media about this. At least 2.5gb port. It baffles me that people are buying those with such limitation.

[@kirksteinklauber260]

@ I couldn’t agree you more and I shared the lack of vision here from UBNT and other vendors that are still stuck with 1 Gbps ports and even worse with 1 Gbps uplinks.. good god 🤦‍♂️. The industry should move forward and faster to mGig as mainstream

[@ZWill07]

Looks like this is being addressed with the U6 Enterprise AP

[@JohnMichaelTumminaro]

I have actually been experiencing some issues with roaming in a mixed environment with UAP-AC-Pro models. However now that they upped the limit to 4 per customer I just ordered 2x more U6-LR units which hopefully will resolve the roaming. The specific issues I'm seeing only seem to appear when I'm doing a video call and move between APs (and yes I have 802.11r fast roaming enabled). I suspect there is an 802.11r handoff issue between these models as it seems to behave like before 802.11r support was available.

[@skorpion1298]

2,5 GBit LAN would've been awesome

[@JasonT2000]

Love the Huntress shirt

[@poldelepel]

The QR-code is funny! :)

[@applejohnseeder7396]

Could you please also do a review/test of the TP-Link Omada EAP620 HD/EAP660 HD? They are very similar to this AP (at least on paper)

[@JohnDwyer123]

"Malware installed successfully" ... Excellent !!!! 😂

[@pfunkPT]

for basic setup you don't need to have the controller run 24/7, just install the software in one PC to set the AP and forget about it...

[@rdmclark]

I have setup unif ap with the android phone app with no unfi controller and seem to work fine on you have one or two ap's

[@travismitchell9637]

The only thing I would add on those particular units which I ran before upgrading to IP68 units is that if your using them in a Dirty environment they tend to collect a lot of dust internally and the older models I've had issue's with the blue light ring going bad. It should be noted that my environment is extremely hot and dusty. I switched to Engenius IP68 units and the only downside so far is that it is hard to tell from a visual stand point on the ground if the AP is on or not when its 20-30ft in the air. Unique situation otherwise great product for home & office use. You are correct speed for us is a non factor but reliability was very important.

[@mikescott4008]

I'm amazed that they're not providing supply assistance when you state you're looking for circa 300 units for an install etc.

[@flashlightfreek]

Hi Tom, Do you think this would be good for a school district that is all in one building? We have about 635 students currently and 150 employees. Typically I see about 700 to 800 client devices per day throughout the building. We intend to receive another 200 or so students next year totalling 800 to 900 students next year & want to make sure the system can handle it well. I know it says 600+ clients but does that mean 600+ per SSID or 600+ per AP can handle that amount? Not sure Thanks much!!

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

Go with their HD models as they are better at the higher density WiFi.

[@Sproket01]

Hi Tony, Thanks for all your great content and video's. Could you do a video on the installation orientation of AP's. there has been much debate on this topic which I am sure would have a better idea on please. Appreciated.

[@huplim]

It’s about time!

[@danielanderson9052]

Be mindful these APs do run hot to touch when in use. So use extra caution when and where you're mounting these to.

[@Duke.Chocula]

Wish they would offer a WiFi 6 AP with 2.5Gbps LAN. I don't know if it's a chipset limitation, but 2.5Gbps NICs are a few dollars compared to the 10s of cents that 1Gbps NICs are. If they offered this same AP with 2.5Gbps LAN for $20 more, it would be constantly sold out.

[@antonterekhov9389]

If you look at the "near-real conditions" tests with 1, 2, and 2+ (including 10-20) active clients, you'll notice that speed is far from 1 Gbps anyway, so 2.5Gbps LAN could be just for a hype only.

[@mufflon89]

Don’t worry about 2,5 Gb on the lite and LR. I set up a lab at work with UniFi, D-link and Ruckus and UniFi 6 series performed exceptionally bad even compared to D-link. The only AP in that test that delivered “wifi6” speeds and could handle MU-MIMO was Ruckus. And there you really need 2,5 Gb, but of course it does support it.

[@TheJulianJES]

My U6-LR gets ~930 Mbit/s when in direct line of sight (80 MHz) (iPhone 12 Pro). I'm sure Ubiquiti is already working on a "U6-Enterprise" with a 2.5 Gbps NIC. That would become much more useful when used with 160 MHz channel width for example.

[@Duke.Chocula]

@@antonterekhov9389 Perhaps for use in the home. At work we use Aruba 550 APs and with iPerf I was able to bottleneck the 2.5gbps port quiet easily with a few clients while testing. We are just now upgrading from Wireless N APs. So it could be another 10 years before we upgrade.

[@antonterekhov9389]

Guys, we're talking about 179$ AP, not Ruckus/Aruba starting at 500++++$. The U6-LR will not give you 1Gbps in any condition (maybe super synthetic only), so 2.5 Gbps is redundant here.

[@101Hjames]

Deployed 6 of these in a tower building, Performance has been great however got an issue with Unifi's MAC address blocking not working - just kept getting authentication issues as if the AP couldn't see the MAC list. Moved to a RADUIS server anyway to resolve issue as we were close to limits on the Unifi controller. Now looking to implement WPA enterprise now we have this in place.

[@BorisJohnsonMayor]

Can you do a review of the U6-Lite. I've heard mixed reviews but my plan is just to set it up in a small apartment with no solid walls.

[@shiftnsix]

How many sqft and levels? Unless you’re in a very large apartment, you should be fine with that U6-lite. Ubiquiti has a wifi mapping tool on their site that might help you figure it out. I think Tom has done a video on it before if you search.

[@AlexApol]

Honestly unless your apartment is huge, the UNIFI UDM with the built in access point works very well.

[@AlexApol]

And if you need extra coverage, the U6-Lites are reasonably priced and work well,

1gb port is what breaks this product for me. They should have gone for 2.5gb port. For those that will reply that “but internet is not that fast in many places”, you still can saturate the speeds using in your lan transferring files.

[@Dino860]

Is the NIC physical limited or can it be increase via firmware updates in the future?

@@Dino860 physical

[@ls1powered240sx]

I found with mine I was getting like 150mbps right near but found a far corner in the basement was getting 280mbps which surprised me but perhaps that has to do with the angle of antenna.

[@Dygear]

Funny timing for this video. I just got installed in my network.

[@Tibadude]

I have been trying to get the higher spec U6-Pro-US but is has not been in stock in long time

[@KamalSingh]

Hi, I would like to add UniFi6 Long-Range to my existing UniFi network at home. Is it compatible with UniFi Switch 8 PoE (60W) for power?

[@mikebroom1866]

Speed is never what I want out of wifi. If I need speed I'll hardwire. I need max range.

[@BrucyJuicy]

And stability

[@shiftnsix]

The LR 6 has impressive range and stability. It’s the best UniFi AP I’ve used residentially by far.

[@joshuaspencer5508]

Any considerations for doing that "upfiring" basement mounting? I'm about to do a residential setup and this would save me a tremendous amount of effort as attic access is a pain in my home. I've got plaster and some different brick/stone walls that make wifi terrible across the house. I ended going with more of the lites vs. LR. I'm holding out for the flex for an outdoor unit.

[@qrcline]

You could also do wall mounted. Or the in wall

[@craigcoffman69]

Question: Can I bridge 2 of these to put a switch in my garage wireless? Thanks

[@JustSomeGuy009]

Unifi had TONS of problems with DHCP with simply a Windows DHCP server, which is the most common in businesses alongside AD/DNS

[@markchambers7147]

Cant you now control / set up a single Unifi Ap,. from their mobile app for home installation

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

I am not sure if that is supported anymore, but as I said in the video you want to have the controller running to get the most out of the devices.

[@rsmakishi]

I was about to comment this, you can configure one as a standalone unit with the mobile app.

[@laloajuria4678]

yes. standalone in app, we run a solo AP AC Lite.

[@markchambers7147]

I just did an update on a Nano station I use to back hall to the office on he other side of my garage . and it well died... the app Works Quite well for a Single Access point , just installed a Ubiquiti Unifi AC MESH UAP-AC-M to get me up and running and for a single house that does just want a better access point it works nicely , witch is what i would imagen 80 % of home users need

[@TheSecurityAgency]

Yes, you absolutely can, I ran it standalone, then adopted on my Server and I don't see any benefits besides of the fancy animations and bugs with AI and mesh. The only important thing you lose in standalone mode is the ability to restart the device, the only options is to pull the cable or to push the reset button.

[@kencee9213]

Great video thanx. Are the ubiquiti APs mesh capable if you set up a couple in a house. With using a udm pro

[@samuelscheetz]

I know it's debatable (and I don't care to debate about it so don't bother) but I would like to see more bandwidth on the uplink between the AP and the switch. I don't really have a reason to upgrade until they do, and probably not a reason to upgrade even if they did, but I would like to see hardware where the link between the AP and the switch is closer to the max throughput of the AP (even if it's some marketing number they produced in a lab). Yep, that's all. Then I will buy what's on sale because it was last year's model, haha.

[@wildmanjeff42]

Thank you for the video, and information

[@beardrn]

Are these routers backward compatible with a/b/g/n/ac devices?

[@kc0eks]

Wonder why you didn't run into the dhcp issues, with pfsense. I use netgate devices in multiple sites, and had a horrifyingly bad few months with that bug. Yet it didn't affect other sites with identical setup.

[@tron21net]

Yeah I only had an issue with a customer site that had 22x UAP-AC-Pro APs across four floors (issue occurred within an hour of site coming online). Apparently the issue showed up pretty quickly in an environment where stations roamed from AP to AP quite easily vs having a few APs spread far out (majority of our UniFi deployments). Unfortunately it took Ubiquiti a couple months to get a working AP firmware update out and customer was not happy with us.

[@rayk32]

Do they plan to introduce WiFi6 AP's with multigig ethernet?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

not sure

[@robbymoeyaert7482]

Hi Tom, how is the temperature of your U6 LR? I've been looking into this model, but I've also come around a lot of posts reporting very high operating temperatures of the AP, with the most extreme case I've seen some light scorching of the drywall where it was mounted.

[@fastdyna]

running about 86 to 88F here

[@soarah]

how does this stack up to the AC-HD?

[@hernanriospinedo]

Do you have the DHCP option?

[@SycsFinest]

I like the basement mounting solution. (3:29) Would you see any issue reaching the second floor? I've only installed these on the ceiling of the second floor usually in the stair well area. I have a few houses that a basement install would be great but only if the reception is good two stories up. Thanks!

[@bravogalaxy1]

How does it work at 3gbits on wifi with 1gbit ethernet rj45 connector ?

[@skorpion1298]

You answered it by yourself. Wi-Fi connectivity speed 3GBit. Between Wi-Fi devices not over LAN.

[@Vootie]

Just added 2 lr wifi 6, 2 wifi 6 lite, dream machine pro to replace an orbi mesh setup, immediately my macbook pro started to disconnect. Disable all Unifi beta features and minimum rate controls. BUT the biggest thing is the new UI is total crap, disable and deactivate it, it cannot so simple tasks. I needed to change the default LAN to 192.168.2.x the new UI refused to do it.

[@ArthursHD]

Why UniFi still puts only a gigabit up link on WiFi 6 device? How would Xiaomi Mi AX6000 WiFi 6 and TP-link EAP660 HD stack against it.

[@TheSecurityAgency]

I've been running one U6-LR for 7 month with following issues. No connection to my NAS using DHCP on my non Ubiquity router, only static IP is the solution. Time to time "no internet access" sign especially on Huawei devices Mate 30/40 pros, connections drope on my S21 Ultra, all devices use static IP. After July update I get around 6000 NTP queries per day on my Pi-hole. AI is a bad joke, few time a day it dropped a bandwidth from 80 to 20 till someone advised me to switch all automation off because it cause only issues. I didn't watch the video because I already have experience on my own, just sharing my experience.

[@hernanriospinedo]

Does the access point not have dhcp?

[@perfect.stealth]

Am I doing something wrong? I just got one of these and I swear to God my ISP router delivers faster speed than this. Please tell me I'm doing something wrong because at this point I feel so scammed.

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

Seems likely you are doing something wrong

[@ofloo9661]

Does it support dynamic vlans?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

It does support VLAN's but more advance automatic VLAN assignments are not controlled by the AP.

[@ofloo9661]

@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS So what you're saying as long as the controller supports it the AP does too?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

Dynamic VLAN assignments is generally controlled by the routing device.

[@notsure7874]

Sonicwalls are garbage. No idea why some companies seem to love them so much.

[@blusensation2350]

he repeats himself to much

[@TechySpeaking]

First