New WiFi - mesh?
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Soldato
You do realise that sustained high throughput is almost irrelevant in most home situations where you burst download data more than you stream it?
I would honestly rather have 3 AP-AC-Lites and fabulous coverage than 1 AP-AC-SHD and poor coverage.
And even if you are streaming, most websites can't supply data as fast as your internet connection can accept it. So, in my case, my office has a 2Gbps symmetrical leased line but I can only upload at 85-110Mbps so their line effectively runs at whatever I can send it. As far as my use-case is concerned, 1.9Gbps capacity is wasted.
I would honestly rather have 3 AP-AC-Lites and fabulous coverage than 1 AP-AC-SHD and poor coverage.
And even if you are streaming, most websites can't supply data as fast as your internet connection can accept it. So, in my case, my office has a 2Gbps symmetrical leased line but I can only upload at 85-110Mbps so their line effectively runs at whatever I can send it. As far as my use-case is concerned, 1.9Gbps capacity is wasted.
Hello chaps
Just revisiting this. I think I will wait for the new UAP WiFi 6 models for the WiFi and do them in 1 go, however in terms of a router I might as well do that now.
So in terms of Ubiquiti, I guess I am looking for a USG? I am particularly interested in strong security/firewall so if there are any other options that would be recommended please let me know.
I will keep the RT-AC87U as an AP for now, and replace when the UAPs are released
Just revisiting this. I think I will wait for the new UAP WiFi 6 models for the WiFi and do them in 1 go, however in terms of a router I might as well do that now.
So in terms of Ubiquiti, I guess I am looking for a USG? I am particularly interested in strong security/firewall so if there are any other options that would be recommended please let me know.
I will keep the RT-AC87U as an AP for now, and replace when the UAPs are released
Soldato
For security/edge threat protection then the USG is pretty ordinary. A Netgate pfSense device, Untangle device or Sophos device will be better. Personally, I like Untangle.