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I have always viewed Ubiquiti and UniFi as serving only the business and enterprise market, not consumer grade individuals like me. I have gotten frustrated wit

by hbarka 1y ago

I have always viewed Ubiquiti and UniFi as serving only the business and enterprise market, not consumer grade individuals like me. I have gotten frustrated with the Netgear and TP-Link grade of WiFi equipment available to the consumer customer and have now ventured into UniFi. My main challenge was just getting a single SSID to work around a large home. Mesh WiFi held a promise until I found out that they really aren’t that good unless you are using backhaul wiring. Companies have been using single SSIDs for decades and that’s where the solution was.

EvanAnderson 1y ago
> I have always viewed Ubiquiti and UniFi as serving only the business and enterprise market... I've gotten a lot of mileage out of Ubiquiti gear in SMB space, but enterprise it is not. Ruckus, Aruba, and to a lesser extent Cisco (Meraki) own that space. I wouldn't trust Ubiquiti gear to handle the densities that Ruckus gear can, for example. For your home frustrations some cheap Ubiquiti gear and spending the money to cable all your APs will do what you need.
syntaxing 1y ago
I used to do a wireless mesh with U6 (wifi 6) and I 100% agree with you. But with WiFi 7, everything changes. WiFi 7 wireless mesh is actually faster than hardwiring (mainly because my second AP is connected to a 1G flex mini). A WiFi 7 mesh can actually exceed 1G (using Wifiman, I get about 1.5G). Meshing with a WiFi 7 AP works great for me too since all my devices are only WiFi 6 compatible (for now). Highly recommend replacing your APs with a U7-<whatever you want>
- hbarka 1y ago
  Interesting. That’s sounds really promising. Please tell me more. Are there any YouTube videos or resources you can point to?
  - syntaxing 1y ago
    Not much to it! Buy any Wifi 7 Pro stuff. Don't get the lite, its just not worth it. Especially confusing with Lite because Wifi 7 still works on Wifi 6 stuff but they call it Wifi 7? Hardwire the one closest to your gateway, remotely adopt the others, and youre good to go. Also, double check your frequencies. 1, 6, 11 for 2.4 Ghz. No DFS for 5 Ghz. Scan the environment and try your best. Wifi 7/ 6 Ghz must be same frequency though which is another plus since no ones really has it yet.
- tobyhinloopen 1y ago
  But my wired network is already 2.5G and some devices are 10G compatible.

by hbarka 1y ago

EvanAnderson 1y ago

> I have always viewed Ubiquiti and UniFi as serving only the business and enterprise market... I've gotten a lot of mileage out of Ubiquiti gear in SMB space, but enterprise it is not. Ruckus, Aruba, and to a lesser extent Cisco (Meraki) own that space. I wouldn't trust Ubiquiti gear to handle the densities that Ruckus gear can, for example. For your home frustrations some cheap Ubiquiti gear and spending the money to cable all your APs will do what you need.

syntaxing 1y ago

I used to do a wireless mesh with U6 (wifi 6) and I 100% agree with you. But with WiFi 7, everything changes. WiFi 7 wireless mesh is actually faster than hardwiring (mainly because my second AP is connected to a 1G flex mini). A WiFi 7 mesh can actually exceed 1G (using Wifiman, I get about 1.5G). Meshing with a WiFi 7 AP works great for me too since all my devices are only WiFi 6 compatible (for now). Highly recommend replacing your APs with a U7-<whatever you want>

hbarka 1y ago
Interesting. That’s sounds really promising. Please tell me more. Are there any YouTube videos or resources you can point to?
- syntaxing 1y ago
  Not much to it! Buy any Wifi 7 Pro stuff. Don't get the lite, its just not worth it. Especially confusing with Lite because Wifi 7 still works on Wifi 6 stuff but they call it Wifi 7? Hardwire the one closest to your gateway, remotely adopt the others, and youre good to go. Also, double check your frequencies. 1, 6, 11 for 2.4 Ghz. No DFS for 5 Ghz. Scan the environment and try your best. Wifi 7/ 6 Ghz must be same frequency though which is another plus since no ones really has it yet.
tobyhinloopen 1y ago
But my wired network is already 2.5G and some devices are 10G compatible.