Unifi 6 LR Review

[@sontran502]

Looking forward to that 6 lite vs. 6 LR. Thanks for the videos.

[@dereknoll]

Unifi U6 Lite I get 700mbps consistently using my M1 MacBook Air with Xfinity gigabit internet. Interestingly, this is faster than what I get when using my iPhone 12 which hits max of 600mbps.

[@clintonelliott340]

Thank you for doing this video. I am waiting for these to be back in stock.

[@lagpc8347]

Thanks for showing the RGB feature... this helped determine if I was going to install in our most occupied area. I was able to see in your demo that it can be turned off. Probably viewed 20 videos trying to see if the light remained on after install.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Hey, Any Unifi AP you can turn the LED off

[@KyleRiley721]

Anxiously awaiting my x2 U6-LRs and U6-Lite. Still can't believe you got your before I got mine and I even pre ordered ;P

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Ya I’m surprised also! Hope you get yours soon

[@jeffm2787]

Running a couple U6-LR's for some time now. The range on them is fantastic. The higher gain antennas let them hear really well also. So many people don't understand that antenna gain is bi-directional.

[@treloarw]

I have a question. Just ordered one of these and I’m wondering if there is any advantage to mounting it on ceiling instead of wall. From a standpoint of signal range reliability. Ok make that two questions. Never heard the term Poe injector. But from what I can tell, I won’t need one considering my switch has a few Poe ports. Right? Great video! Thanks in advance!

[@JoATTech]

Does diod color changing need some kind of paid subscription? I do not have that option in my Unify Network :(.

[@Protechguy]

Would love to see this against the nanoHD

[@MactelecomNetworks]

I sold my nanoHD. I may get another one

[@iowapipe]

I second that request ;)

[@tookster7483]

I just got myself 2 X 6 lites and a hd beacon for my house. so excited!

[@MactelecomNetworks]

They 6 lites are great. Also love the HD beacon

[@Pabula]

Great review, thanks for sharing. What im looking forward is between brands, i would like to see U6-LR-US vs higher end / enterprise solutions like Ruckus R750 or EnGenius ECW230.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

I’ll have to look at getting some of those. Although I believe they are quiet expensive. I’ll reach out to my contact and engenius and see if they can ship me one

[@Pabula]

@@MactelecomNetworks Dont sweat it bro, while it would be a nice comparison, specially sub $200 AP vs $700 APs, its not a big deal. If you have contacts on those companies and they lend them to you would be great, else dont worry, your video was more than enough for me to buy ubiquiti.

[@KumaSan66]

Cody, great video I'm still waiting for mine to ship.

[@brothersnetworksolutions9545]

Excellent work and info. I'm curious if Ubiquiti will also follow up with an HD mgig wifi 6 model.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

I’m hoping they do

[@griffinjiujitsu]

I have the Orbi RBK850 with 1 satellite. I had a satellite fail shortly after my 1 year. How does UI Wifi 6 devices stack up against those? I have UI camera and cloud key running on PoE so I could easily ditch the orbis for some UI wifi 6 so long as I still get the wifi bandwith I am accustomed too. I would look at pairing them with a dream machine pro if I went the UI route, this would replace my cloud key.

[@Walterz930]

Thank you for the vid hopefully one day I can get hold of one as I am running ac lite on one property and the 1st gen on a different property

[@jmurray0220]

I just got around to opening my U6 LR that I picked up when it first hit the EA store. The size of the AP is very similar to the size of the Nano (much smaller than the AP AC Pro). I did not receive an accessory pack but it did come with wall anchors. I also received a very nice POE injector with cable. Also, I do not have the option to change color wheel settings like the official release version of the U6 LR. I will eventually get around to performing iperf test between the AP AC Pro and the U6 LR and compare the stats to your results.

[@theequalizer2727]

On old iphone 8 and moto phone U6 lite capped at 130m Mb/sec, ac pro 230Mb/s. In new Lennar home with ATT fiber 900/900 and ruckus AP getting about 600/600 with HP laptop with Wifi 6. With U6 lite, 450/450. For the price U6 lite not bad for newer devices, but I need U6 LR.

[@jeffrey8859]

Thanks for this video, in regards to the outdoor performace could you comment on the distance between the AP and where you metered the connection? And could you comment on isolation of your house? Are these concrete walls / HR++ windows?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Hey so the when I am outside the AP is about 200 feet away from me. Its in the second story of my home which is brick, Insulation ,drywall and wood. No clue about the windows

[@DavideStagni]

Can we suggest the best configuration for this AP?? Tnk for the video... You are great!! 👍🏻

[@misubear]

Good Job on the video...What is the approx. distance from AP to where you did the speed test in backyard?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

About 200 feet but going through brick, concrete, drywall and wood

[@sNaKeEeDK]

I am using iPhone 12 Pro Max with nanoHD APs. With iPerf3 I get 450 Mbits download and 620 Mbits upload. Shouldn't these wifi 6 results be much higher?

[@DesignitBuilditRepairit]

Do you have monitor wireless link off under the site settings I'm just wondering if you would actually pull more if it was off because I pull about 500 on the HD Nano

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Yup I turned it off. There could be a ton of reasons for my speeds. My iPhone does have wifi 6 but I also have a tonnnn of access points running in my office for setting up and testing. I also didn’t optimize the channels. I am planning on doing another video with my whole home with Unifi 6 gear. Just need to get a few more APs

[@DesignitBuilditRepairit]

@@MactelecomNetworks I really like to see it with a compatible Wi-Fi 6 device connected to it

[@MactelecomNetworks]

@@DesignitBuilditRepairit my iPhone is compatible lol I have a wifi 6 wireless adapter in my pc as well I’ll run some more test

[@MactelecomNetworks]

@@DesignitBuilditRepairit I set it to 80hz and now getting a consitant 680-710 down and 525-575 up

[@DesignitBuilditRepairit]

@@MactelecomNetworks thanks for the update just trying to see if it's worth upgrading to Wi-Fi 6 yet I appreciate the info

[@RGressick]

Also as some base data, you should include mention what your Internet speed is. Also, it would be cool to see what a Wireless AX device's speed were too in comparison to the Wireless AC phone.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Good call my internet speed is 1gb up and 1gb down. Was just using my iPhone for the test

[@KevinReinartz]

Hmm. Should I consider one of these for my entire house? Or should i go with 3 or 4 of the standard wifi 6 APs.? 3000 sqft, single story? I haven't bought my unifi setup yet, still configuring what I want/need

[@ChristophRomer]

@mactelecom I‘m right now buying network equipment for my new house (4 floors, each about 60 square meters, brick walls). Would you recommend the U6 LR over a couple of U6 lites?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Yup. These have 4x4 MU-mimo for the 5ghz and 4x4 mimo for 2.4ghz . Would be worth the extra cost

[@ChristophRomer]

Thanks for the quick reply :-)! Do you have any information why they call them „Long Range“? From what I see they mainly have more channels, but I don‘t think this increases the range, right? Do they have better signal to noise ratios which would imply a higher range? From the throughput point of view I would fully agree with your answer from above... but do you think it is possibility that I can cover my house with fewer LR‘s than Lites?

[@wamote6867]

just got mine, but the transmit power is only 17/20 and 20/23 dBm - not matter what settings I configure. My FlexHD has 23/26 and 26/29dBm. Clueless at the moment.

[@AdityaChugh1]

I’m looking to get a hold of a few of these in the Toronto area, but I’m struggling to get a hold of them. Any recommendations on where I can find them in stock?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Hey honestly not really. Make sure you have email alerts on for when they re-stock through UI.com (you’ll need a Ubiquiti account for this) I’ll check with my distributor tomorrow to see if they are getting any

[@AdityaChugh1]

@@MactelecomNetworks that’d be great if you could check, thanks Cody! 😊

[@tzabbi]

I love your Ubiquiti Videos! Can you do a Security Setup Video for the UDM Pro?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

I pretty much did one in my latest full unifi setup 2021. I am going to be doing a unifi g4 dome video soon

[@wgb2004]

Could you try 80mhz channel width speed test instead of the 160? Should be stable. Thanks

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Sure ill let you know in the morning

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Hey William so I tried 80mhz and im getting 680 download and 525 upload

[@kevinhughes9801]

Great vid thanks. Can u configure this to only accept wifi 6 clients please?

[@antoinedurand737]

Hi Cody, have you done a video where you set up the mactelecom.me as domain to access your UDMP ?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Hey I did that on my Pi-hole. I won’t do a video on it because KZbin doesn’t like you posting that. You can find other creators though who show it .

[@Reedith]

waiting for nano HD 6 or whatever they call the more dense business-focused one

[@jordanc8926]

That will probably be a few years out still.

[@craig4]

Really good video, take a look at my reviews on the LR 6 if you get a chance!

[@dogger99]

can this be connected to Bell"s 3000?

[@jimporter]

What is the point of all that Wifi if it only has a 1Gbps ethernet?

[@lifegivesulemonsmakelemonade]

Please do standalone set up with wifi 6 lr.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

I believe it would be the same way as with any other AP. I just release a stand-alone video two weeks ago

[@lifegivesulemonsmakelemonade]

@@MactelecomNetworks I try to that with flex hd but new updated unifi network won't ask for qr code. I am wondering something got change after you post your videos. Like new update to app on Android and iOS

[@forid200]

I need one of those release tools, getting these APs off is a mission.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

They are super handy! you can also use a tie wrap

[@norcobf]

Just need to figure out how to get my hands on one, or two 🤔

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Make sure your email notification are on ( and hopefully they work ) not much else you can do Atm

[@norcobf]

@@MactelecomNetworks email notification is ON, but it has never worked for anything, for over a year 🥺

[@MactelecomNetworks]

@@norcobf I only had it work for me once

[@robertcoleman7071]

Thanks for the video. How do the speedtests compare with the LR6 versus the AC-PRO from the various locations?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

I get about 220mbps when I’m right beside the pro and when I’m two floors down about 75mbps

[@lkfng]

Which phone case are you rocking?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Honestly no clue just bought it from a kiosk a long time ago

[@Olivierinoz]

Which iperf app you're using? Thanks

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Hey it’s just called iperf on the IOS app

[@Olivierinoz]

@@MactelecomNetworks awesome thank you

[@markhuf]

@@MactelecomNetworks Hi Cody, Searching for iperf on the iOS store brings up several apps. Can you either share a screenshot or the link to the app? Much appreciated ✅👍

[@matthewcampbell1092]

Does your phone not have wifi 6? You should expect around 800 with HE80 on a wifi 6 device.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Yup it has wifi 6 it’s an iPhone.

[@markhuf]

@@MactelecomNetworks I wonder what results you get when you take your iPhone out of its case? I suspect it will make a significant difference but don’t have the hardware to test myself... Keep up the good work Cody!

[@MactelecomNetworks]

@@markhuf Thats a good call I will give it a try tomorrow

[@markhuf]

@@MactelecomNetworks were you able to give it a try ✅👍❓

[@MactelecomNetworks]

@@markhuf I took the phone out of the case didnt make a huge difference a few mbps. Im releasing another video today with Unifi 6 lite vs the LR for speed test and iperf. Everyone's results will be different but i was getting closer to 700mbps

[@Larimuss]

I had to buy the lite because there is no stock in AU 🥲

[@dereknoll]

Unifi U6 Lite I get 700mbps consistently using my M1 MacBook Air with Xfinity gigabit internet

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Could be my iPhone as wel as interference from other access points I have in my Home

[@PatrickHunlock]

Seems incredibly pointless to have a 3gbps throughput going into a 1gbps ethernet. Seriously, seriously pointless.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Does it not! Let’s hope for multi-gig ethernet support in the future

[@New_Identity]

Lies, you didn't have studs for all the holes. Awkward your ceiling has popcorn over plywood. Just goofing with yah. Short of an earthquake I'm sure it's fine. Have a good one!

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Lol there is most definitely a stuck where the access point is only one screw goes into it mind you