UniFi U6 Indoor/Outdoor Mesh Access Point

[@lthemanl]

The speeds of the Mesh are likely due to being stuck on the 40MHz channel width. If you bumped that up to 80MHz you'd see the same speeds that you're getting with the LR. Source: I just tested this on my network. 1 U6 Mesh. One hop through a switch to the IPerf server (Windows 11). All at 1Gbps. Channel width set to 80Mhz. Connected to iPad mini on channel 112. 5 stream download test for 30 seconds. I got an average of 747Mbps.

[@MikeFaucher]

Great results, thanks for the feedback.

[@Joshv918]

I am getting this especially to see how it preforms outside!! Id like to hear about the updates on temperature. Subscribed! Thank you

[@MikeFaucher]

It has been up for almost a month and it has stabilized very well at mostly 105-110. Very happy with it. Thanks for the SUB.

[@pawpaw7646]

Thanks, good video. How has the U6 Mesh AP performed over the last 10 months (this post made in March 2023)? Have firmware updates improved the upload/download speeds? My wife prefers the small form factor over. the U6 Pro AP for indoor mounting. Do you think this is suitable for indoor wall mounting?

[@MikeFaucher]

It has performed great and it is used everyday. I still have it outside and have no complaints. Definitely a nice device. Thanks for the feedback and the question.

[@jragadio]

@@MikeFaucher Any improvement in speeds in comparison to the 6LR?

[@MikeFaucher]

@@jragadio They are roughly the same but are the indoor/outdoor versions. If you want more speed, get the 6E.

[@santiagodelbono1]

Great Video Mike, thanks for sharing. I have a doubt, I need to buy one AP for indoor but I am not able to mounting on the roof. I assume that for the form factor the U6 Mesh covers better in a 360 radio than the standard form factor like U6 Pro, U6 Lite or similar. Thanks!!

[@MikeFaucher]

It does cover a 360, but whether or not one AP will be enough depends on the environment and your speed expectations. When if comes to WiFI, you often have to overlap quite a bit to get good coverage. Thanks for the feedback, and good luck in whichever direction you go.

[@lindathomas-fowler6486]

I have a couple of these indoors and they do work well though the heat concerns me. I want to put one outside on a pole about 8 feet up. It would be in direct sunlight without any shade. Do you think this would survive summer 80-95F temperatures based on your experience with it mounted to the side of your house?

[@MikeFaucher]

It should. I have mine outside though it is only in the sun for part of the day. Mine runs cooler outside then inside. Hard to say till you try it.

[@lindathomas-fowler6486]

@@MikeFaucher Thanks!

[@xVertigo101]

Depending on the range of the units I might replace two UAP-ACM outdoors that are meshed together and cover about 300'

[@MikeFaucher]

Hard to determine range but as near as I can tell the U6 is better.

[@dacook1987]

I ssume the only limitation on how many of these you can add is POE supporting these? Any noticeable impact to speeds with multiples in after the devices have "meshed" together for coverage?

[@MikeFaucher]

Yes, just limited by the switch. No, the more you have lowering the power levels helps smooth out the signal and get better coverage.

[@sush26283]

Hi Mike. Great video. I wanted some of your insight, I got the U6-UniFi-Mesh but after connection it to PoE and internet I do not see it on my UniFi controller when opened in browser. I see that you were able to, can you guide with steps

[@MikeFaucher]

Are you using the UniFi controller or trying to access this direct? Did it show in the controller and were you able to adopt?

[@sushantkumar9182]

@@MikeFaucher I am using it directly. On the phone app, 6Unifi-Mesh shows up parallel to controller as Independent Device. On the web portal, it doesnt even show up. I have an existing AP-PRO (in a controller) and wanted to bing the AP-PRO and new Unifi-Mesh together to create a mesh network, but not able to do so.

[@biggig8548]

Hey Mike great video. I'm in the process of doing an outdoor installation for a customer who has an inground pool in his backyard and built a pool house but has zero coverage. I've been debating going with this Mesh U6 AP or its predecessor the AC Mesh Pro and curious if you were familiar with that AP. I've managed to run cabling to the pool house so I'll be able to hardwire the outdoor AP's. Thanks.

[@MikeFaucher]

Sure, I have been using their APs for about 8 years and have tried them all. Either of them will do the job but I would ask what you are connecting this too. If you are using Wifi 6 then use this one but if you hare using wifi 5 then consider the predecessor as it is much less and unless they need WiFi 6 it is not worth it. I got because I wanted a WiFi 6 everywhere and could extend the network everywhere. BTW, I did a video on the previous one as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX6mm3Smq9FlZ7c. Thanks for the question and let me know what you decided. Good luck.

[@biggig8548]

@@MikeFaucher Mike thanks for such a quick reply. I suppose I should've been a bit more clear. This customer only has a single Xfinity wireless router in the main house and absolutely no coverage outside which is why they're hiring me. I've worked with most of the Ubiquiti products but mainly indoors. I have run a direct burial feed from the main house to a pool house that's currently being built and installing a POE switch there and have run a couple of additional direct burial feeds at different spots of his pool and yard from the pool house. I'll also be installing a UDM-Pro in the main house and additional switch as they're not only looking to increase their wifi coverage but also add surveillance cameras (but that's a later project). The AP I was considering was not the one you listed but the larger rectangular bigger brother, the AC Mesh Pro (UAP-AC-M-PRO) store.ui.com/products/unifi-ac-mesh-pro-ap?variant=40480057037. That's the one I was curious if you had any involvement with. However I too was looking at Wifi6 to extend the network everywhere not that it can't be done with Wifi5. But to answer your question, since all they have is a basic wireless xfinity router running wifi5, that's all I was planning on running. I could go wifi6 as well which is why I liked your review. Cost really isn't an issue for this customer but rather getting right right AP so entertaining different options. Thanks again.

[@MikeFaucher]

​ @Big Gig Thanks for clarifying as I have not run the pro version. If cost is not an object, then I would go with WifI 6 so they are future ready. The U6 Mesh is nice and small blends in much better than most APs, and since it is a 4x4 it has good capacity and speed. I doubt you would be disappointed with it.

[@kevinwhite9919]

Hi Mike - thanks for this video, the ISY994i video, and all the rest of the Ubiquiti vids. I have a quick question - when the U6 is in mesh mode and WAN access is through wireless only, can the wired network cable act as a bridge to the mesh network? So the proposed network topology would be: cable modem ER-X PoE injector U6-Pro-US U6-Mesh-US PoE injector network printer. I'm just wondering if the network printer, if hooked up this way, could get a DHCP assigned IP address from the ER-X and be accessible by other devices in the same subnet (wired to the ER-X or wirelessly via connection to the U6-Pro or the U6-Mesh. Thanks again!

[@MikeFaucher]

Hi Kevin and thank for the feedback. If I understand correctly, it should work but latency and performance may be not be great. It is not ideal but it should work.

[@kevinwhite9919]

@@MikeFaucher thanks! this would be replacing an ethernet over powerline system that's been super buggy since my father in law installed a bunch of wifi based smart switches in his home - whatever they're doing bleeds into the same bands the powerline stuff uses, and so any additional noise injection anywhere in the home kills the powerline stuff (and he likes purchasing cheap electronics). this mesh system sounds like it'll side step that issue and we can sunset the powerline stuff - latency and performance shouldn't be an issue, as long as we get even 1Mbps.

[@MikeFaucher]

@@kevinwhite9919 Good Luck and let me know.

[@kevinwhite9919]

@@MikeFaucher Hi Mike! Just wanted to follow up - the above topology worked great to connect the network printer to the LAN. No issues as yet. I did have to reboot the printer to get an IP address, so DHCP might not work seamlessly over the wireless bridge setup, but it could just as easily have been an issue with the printer itself. Print jobs do their thing, and the printer driver on a bridged Windows machine doesn't complain. Success!

[@MikeFaucher]

@@kevinwhite9919 Awesome and great to hear. Thanks for the update.

[@Martin-ot7xj]

Hi there , it was perfect tutorial video . keep it up . thnx

[@MikeFaucher]

Awesome, thanks for the feedback!

[@michaelflamingsword3131]

Where u gonna sit, at the bottom of the garden 😉😁

[@MikeFaucher]

😀, No just nice to get a stable 5ghz signal to stream with and not have my pool controls drop out.

[@BOBService417]

Awesome video. Are you interested in 5.8G Outdoor CPE380 wireless bridge? Waiting for your reply via email.

[@MikeFaucher]

No thank you.