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It make a complete and utter mess at one of our sites where there's 32 AP's and a similar mess at a much smaller site. We keep it disabled.
It's connecting via 5 GHz.
Free Space Path Loss, as the client moves away from the AP the power will be halved and thus the data rate will drop. Depending on the distance, you may want to look at a second AP if you want near Gbit speeds.
I understand that. I’m probably less than 10 feet away from the AP, direct line of site. iPhone gets 900, Mac gets 400.
Did you set your U7 to 160mhz, high power and channel 100 just to see how it performs?
I am currently doing a test with a M1 air, u7 lite is on the upstairs ceiling and getting 800 down on the ground floor through the floor and a wall and about 20 feet away.
Different radio pattern but not sure it would change that much.
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I’m moving to a new 2gbps up/down fttp setup and wanting to replace my WiFi setup. Been thinking unifi.
Thinking of unifi 7 express for gw.
Here then comes my problem. House is ~3,500 sq ft over 3 floors. The gw would be in the ground floor near fibre entry point.
Next 2 floors have Ethernet to each room but really need to be wall mounted at roughly socket high or table based, ceiling mounting isn’t gonna be a pain. What’s the best solution for this ? The in walls seem very directional based which would give poor floor wide coverage.
Thinking of unifi 7 express for gw.
Here then comes my problem. House is ~3,500 sq ft over 3 floors. The gw would be in the ground floor near fibre entry point.
Next 2 floors have Ethernet to each room but really need to be wall mounted at roughly socket high or table based, ceiling mounting isn’t gonna be a pain. What’s the best solution for this ? The in walls seem very directional based which would give poor floor wide coverage.
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U7 Pro Wall has a table mount if you don’t want to wall mount it.
uk.store.ui.com
I’m sure cheaper 3rd party options will be available.
U7 Pro Wall Table Stand - Ubiquiti Store
Lightweight, aluminum table stand for the U7 Pro Wall.
uk.store.ui.com
I’m sure cheaper 3rd party options will be available.
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The wall mount isn’t the issue more it doesn’t provide good coverage 360 degrees if I recall? Unless I’m wrong ?U7 Pro Wall has a table mount if you don’t want to wall mount it.
U7 Pro Wall Table Stand - Ubiquiti Store
Lightweight, aluminum table stand for the U7 Pro Wall.
I’m sure cheaper 3rd party options will be available.
Locate multiple in-wall APs around the floor to get coverage? Any AP that wall mounts is going to throw the signal primarily forward, the antenna plots are all here https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005212927-AP-Antenna-Radiation-Patterns#2
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The u7 Pro Wall seems to have decent range and a fair fan of coverage from the front and sides. I have mine sat on top of a kitchen cabinet and its covering a good proportion of the house from there including reaching the UDR7 in the study which is just off 90 degrees from where its sat.
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Too expensive that route
was ideallyHoping for one a floor.
If i read that right, the u7 outdoor Siri omni antenna might work.
Alternative is u7 express everywhere ?
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It would likely be cheaper and better to have 1 gateway unit and APs for the rest.Too expensive that route
Hoping for one a floor.
If i read that right, the u7 outdoor Siri omni antenna might work.
Alternative is u7 express everywhere ?
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Yeh but the issue is which APs can be omnidirectional without being ceiling mounted or requiring multiple per floor.
i cover the whole of my downstairs with a UDR7 and the u7 Pro Wall (not in wall) the only reason i have to do that is that the fridge and cooker are in the middle of the house and they block all wifi signals so use 2 APs to get round it and the upstairs have laminate flooring with metal backed insulation that does a great job of totally blocking wifi signals of all types...Without those issues I'd get away with an AP per floor and can get 700+ from the UDR7 in most places in the house
Why would anyone want this?
If you ceiling mount an AP, you want the signal to go underneath it, 180 degs ideally. Same with a wall mount, you don't want the signal bleeding through behind it.
The ony UniFi AP I can think think of that does 360 is the U6-Mesh?
