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Bought a U6-Pro to replace the UDM WiFi I was relying on. I didn’t think the UDM WiFi was the best but at the same time I didn’t think it was bad. The U6-Pro is significantly better. All my devices now have Excellent WiFi connections and those that did before with the UDM now how much stronger connections. A worthwhile upgrade! I’ll retire the UDM to just running network duties.
 
WiFi is all about location location location.

A bang average access point in a good location will out perform a top of the line access point in a poor location.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
WiFi is all about location location location.

A bang average access point in a good location will out perform a top of the line access point in a poor location.
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100% this and since having ceilings skimmed and other work done, I'm looking at adjusting placement myself and maybe dropping an AP.

I know it also depends on the environment factors such as building materials and whether other devices are operating in the spectrums, I'm not just thinking other APs, I'm thinking heating systems, Phillips Hue, Sonos, SkyQ type devices and so on. (Could well be talking ***** re this).

Out of interest, what - dBM level do people target, sub 60?
 
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Bluecube said:
Bought a U6-Pro to replace the UDM WiFi I was relying on. I didn’t think the UDM WiFi was the best but at the same time I didn’t think it was bad. The U6-Pro is significantly better. All my devices now have Excellent WiFi connections and those that did before with the UDM now how much stronger connections. A worthwhile upgrade! I’ll retire the UDM to just running network duties.
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what power does it output on Channel 155 80 wide ?
 
Dangerous said:
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I can only guess at what your post is pointing to ie 23dbm 200mw but we all know guessing is useless.
I'm told the info on that site is out of date.
 
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Dangerous said:

Power limit should be set via the region set on the AP/WLAN controller, that's why we have the region codes.
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Yes fully aware thankyou, I was looking for clarification for example those tables I've post below are mine. Can anybody show similar for the U6 pro is what i was asking to confirm.

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interface/wifi/radio/reg-info country="United Kingdom" 0 
  ranges: 2402-2482/20
          5170-5250/23/indoor
          5250-5330/23/indoor/dfs
          5490-5730/30/dfs
          5735-5875/14
 
Hi
My virgin media router is not able to keep up with the amount of devices I have.
I used to use dd wrt flashed routers but I am thinking about ubiquiti now.
I already have one AP.
I will need either a router with ap or a dream router (or whatever they are called)

Which would be a better way?
 
Chaos666 said:
Hi
My virgin media router is not able to keep up with the amount of devices I have.
I used to use dd wrt flashed routers but I am thinking about ubiquiti now.
I already have one AP.
I will need either a router with ap or a dream router (or whatever they are called)

Which would be a better way?
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What do you mean it can't keep up? What's your incoming download and upload speed?

What AP do you have?
 
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I used to have virgin media hub 4 and everything was fine. It failed and I was upgraded to hub 5.i keep getting short moments when it looses connection.
I can't use my smart home stuff or when I play the division 2 people see me going offline and online etc.

I have UAP-AC-Lite and I never had an issue with it.
 
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Chaos666 said:
I used to have virgin media hub 4 and everything was fine. It failed and I was upgraded to hub 5.i keep getting short moments when it looses connection.
I can't use my smart home stuff or when I play the division 2 people see me going offline and online etc.

I have UAP-AC-Lite and I never had an issue with it.
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It's more than likely the Hub. I went from hub 4 > 5 and had disconnections, you can verify in the Hub logs for MDD message timeout. A few peeps over on the VM forums have had the same issue with the Hub 5. I had many eng visits but they couldn't fix it and refused to send me a Hub 4 to prove it was the Hub! Support blamed my 3rd party router... Fortunately, FTTP arrived in my area so I jumped ship and never had an issue since.
 
Chaos666 said:
Well.. Thanks for confirming.
Are you saying setting your hub 5 in modem mode and using another router didn't help?
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I always use my router (in this case, the Hub 5 was in modem mode), but even when using the Hub 5 as the router, I had constant Internet dropouts (Not Wi-Fi). This was whilst connected to the LAN. Maybe your issue is different, but the Hub 5, in my experience, was worse than the Hub 4.
 
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