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[BattFink]

I'm getting more & more impressed with my AC-PRO's everyday I use them

I'm currently rebuilding my PC in the garage at the bottom of the garden (no LAN connectivity), fired up the PC on the test bench & connected it to the wireless, card is reporting a 1.3Gb/s link with a "real" throughput of 400-500 Mb/s

The old wireless router couldn't even make it to the garden

 

[HEADRAT]

Well to be honest for wireless performance that pretty damn good.

 

[BattFink]

Has anyone tried installing the controller software on a Raspberry Pi 3?

I'm currently running the controller software on a spare desktop machine, which is a little wasteful (not interested in a cloud controller), was thinking of using my Raspberry pi instead (if anything to cut down on electrical consumption)

 

[the-evaluator]

I had it running on a Pi 2 for a while and it was running absolutely fine until the SD card in the Pi failed.

 

[HEADRAT]

Meh, just bought a Cloud Controller, couldn't be bothered messing about.

 

[Nick1881]

What do you gain with the cloud controller?

I currently have the control software running on my Windows server which is up all the time, would I gain anything?

 

[the-evaluator]

I've enrolled in the beta program so I'm running the betas of the Unifi controller and firmware on the USG and AP-AC-LR's.

No problems yet which is nice. One big improvement is the routing and firewall stuff for the USG is now available in the controller so no need to mess about with config.gateway.json files.

 

[bremen1874]

What do you gain with the cloud controller?

I currently have the control software running on my Windows server which is up all the time, would I gain anything?

Not really.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Would one of these as an AP be enough to cover a medium-size house?

 

[the-evaluator]

Hard to say without knowing the construction of the house but a single AC-LR covered all but one bedroom and en suite in my large 4 bed house.

 

[Craigius]

I have two in my house and one in the garden and I have tuned the transmit power down on them and it works a treat moving from the garden to the house and back again the coverage in my house with the 2 inside is fantastic full bars of signal on 5ghz!

 

[leigh_boy]

I recently recommended and installed a LR unit at a small language school with very solid walls, and i am very impressed with how its preforming and how simply the installation was.

 

[ChrisD.]

Would one of these as an AP be enough to cover a medium-size house?

Mine is fine in a 4 bed detached house, great signal everywhere.

 

[booyaka]

Mine is fine in a 4 bed detached house, great signal everywhere.

same - one should be fine.

 

[welshboy]

I got two pros and an outdoor+ for our 3 bed.. bit overkill, but plenty of coverage now

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

What sort of speeds are you getting with just the one?

 

[ChrisD.]

What sort of speeds are you getting with just the one?

It max's my broadband everywhere in the house which is 45 mbps.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

It max's my broadband everywhere in the house which is 45 mbps.

Goodness.

What's the TX power of one of these?

 

[ChrisD.]

Goodness.

What's the TX power of one of these?

Absolutely no idea. I installed it a few months ago and have logged onto it once. It just works and I don't have to think about it.

 

[booyaka]

Goodness.

What's the TX power of one of these?

on my AC-LR

Maximum TX Power
2.4 GHz - 24 dBm
5 GHz - 22 dBm

Same - max's my fibre anywhere in the house. Also brilliant live support - wanted to check something this morning - live chat immediately with Unifi, problem solved, even a follow up email later today to check everything was ok.

Can't fault mine since I hooked it up. Been superb.