Yeah wouldn't argue that the BT system was bad, of I'm being totally honest in the four months I've used it, it's been pretty decent. WiFi signal was pretty solid although all around my house. The Amplifi system has improved my WiFi speed by around 15 to 20 meg on the download. I'm on 76meg fttc and using the BT system would get along 35-40meg on WiFi all over my house, just by changing to the Amplifi HD system this is now 55-60meg all over my house.
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I quite often come home from work to discover that my system has been firmware updated by a 4 year old. That's how easy it is to do on AmpliFi.
But whhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyy?I quite often come home from work to discover that my system has been firmware updated by a 4 year old. That's how easy it is to do on AmpliFi.
You might say you've got a car that has an engine so easy to swap your 4 year old can do it.
But it begs the question why on earth does your engine need swapping to often?
Basically I reject the idea that regular firmware updates are a good thing. I think it smacks of either unfinished or unstable product or a ln appliance being way too needy. You're my WiFi.. shut up and work..
I understand what your saying about a product being released and being fit for purpose, but it is a pretty simplistic way to look at things. Yes we could all mention numerous different products where the manufacturer has released them to early and the product hasn't been right. It is also reassuring when a company continues to support a product longer term and improve/ offer new features.
There will always be people that what something to just work and there is nothing wrong with that, but to say updates shouldn't be needed is as I said a bit too simplistic.
There will always be people that what something to just work and there is nothing wrong with that, but to say updates shouldn't be needed is as I said a bit too simplistic.
Sorry I'm somewhat derailing this but it's mostly pedantry around the point that something having regular firmware updates being a feature.. It's not.. neither is the ease of updating, because that should be a rare to never thing anyway.
The sorts of features etc I was thinking were guest networks/throttling devices on demand/device priority/diagnostics for dish location/proactive reporting of unusual usage etc etc
Being able to update the software on something is either something that is necessary so should be easy or more to the point is unnecessary because you have a finished product in one.
This sounds a bit like flashing an android phone.. yes you might get AOSP and have a couple of extra tweaks but in exchange you kind of have to get used to updated and dealing with issues because that's the flip side of going for something that isn't really expected to just work reliably out of the box.
The sorts of features etc I was thinking were guest networks/throttling devices on demand/device priority/diagnostics for dish location/proactive reporting of unusual usage etc etc
Being able to update the software on something is either something that is necessary so should be easy or more to the point is unnecessary because you have a finished product in one.
This sounds a bit like flashing an android phone.. yes you might get AOSP and have a couple of extra tweaks but in exchange you kind of have to get used to updated and dealing with issues because that's the flip side of going for something that isn't really expected to just work reliably out of the box.
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Updating my Amplifi HD routers is really simple. *shrug*
The couple of times it's happened, the router tells me there's an update on the screen, I tap the screen and it installs, done.
I've only owned them since the beginning of the year but I've had zero issues. They just work.
I think the Ubiquiti guys are ex-apple engineers.
The couple of times it's happened, the router tells me there's an update on the screen, I tap the screen and it installs, done.
I've only owned them since the beginning of the year but I've had zero issues. They just work.
I think the Ubiquiti guys are ex-apple engineers.
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I rest my case. It’s not a core UBNT product. Do a bit of checking about UBNTs track record with products and they very regularly launch and then discontinue products.
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Yet. It’s not abandoned yet. But it’s not a soaraway sales success and the normally very pro-UBNT press have essentially branded it a disappointment. If the guy behind Crosstalk Solutions reckons it’s a bit “meh” then it’s probably a pretty average product at best.
I recently picked up a Netgear Orbi system, one of the reasons I wanted the netgear is because it's supposed to have one of the stronger wifi signals. Unfortunately though it's getting sent back, the ethernet backhaul is completely broke - to the point that it takes down the whole network. I should have done more research into it before I bought as there's plenty of feedback on the same issue.
Unifi mesh points aren’t exactly convienient to install in an average house. The simple mesh products like Google WiFi, AmpliFi, BT whole-home are much more friendly to the average user. I install UniFi AP’s at work in residential houses and it’s a lot of hard work and expense doing it properly.
I’m not sure I can agree. The primary Mesh AP is plugged into the router and the mains - just like the Amplifi base station. The secondary or slave Mesh APs are plugged into the mains and acquire their provisioning data from the primary Mesh AP.
What’s harder to configure? Sure, you need to start up a controller but essentially you also need that with Amplifi.
Amplifi stops right there but with Unifi you can add cables and because the units are not restricted by having to look ‘residential’ they work an awful lot better. And you can even use the Mesh APs outdoors to get WiFi in your garden because they are waterproof. Try doing that with an Amplifi unit and see how long it lasts.
And if you want with Unifi you can get a PoE switch and run cables for cameras and power the APs that way as well. It’s the start of something infinitely expandable and PROPER rather than some sideline product by a big industrial networking company that fancied having a play about in the consumer market.
Anyone posting on these forums ISN’T your average home user. They have some interest in computing and generally they want better than just the normal consumer single box AP/router/switch/Modem. They won’t get that with Amplifi. In pretty much every test where Amplifi is tested against competitors, Amplifi not only doesn’t win the test, it’s usually third best out of three.
I really dislike having to keep having this discussion because anyone taking a dispassionate look at the reviews and YouTube videos can easily see that Amplifi isn’t as good as Orbi or Google Whole Home WiFi. And it’s an order of magnitude worse than a couple of proper Unifi Access Points that have repurposed for Mesh use.
What’s harder to configure? Sure, you need to start up a controller but essentially you also need that with Amplifi.
Amplifi stops right there but with Unifi you can add cables and because the units are not restricted by having to look ‘residential’ they work an awful lot better. And you can even use the Mesh APs outdoors to get WiFi in your garden because they are waterproof. Try doing that with an Amplifi unit and see how long it lasts.
And if you want with Unifi you can get a PoE switch and run cables for cameras and power the APs that way as well. It’s the start of something infinitely expandable and PROPER rather than some sideline product by a big industrial networking company that fancied having a play about in the consumer market.
Anyone posting on these forums ISN’T your average home user. They have some interest in computing and generally they want better than just the normal consumer single box AP/router/switch/Modem. They won’t get that with Amplifi. In pretty much every test where Amplifi is tested against competitors, Amplifi not only doesn’t win the test, it’s usually third best out of three.
I really dislike having to keep having this discussion because anyone taking a dispassionate look at the reviews and YouTube videos can easily see that Amplifi isn’t as good as Orbi or Google Whole Home WiFi. And it’s an order of magnitude worse than a couple of proper Unifi Access Points that have repurposed for Mesh use.
I've got personal experience of using Orbi, Google WiFi and AmpliFi. AmpliFi is by far the best. Stability is the most important thing not performance, in that AmpliFi is king. Orbi is a joke, it's full of firmware issues and problems, users constantly having to reboot the router / meshpoints. AmpliFi just works and has the same reliability as a UniFi AP because essentially it is a UniFi AP. Most of the AmpliFi reviews on youtube are from over a year ago, it has changed a lot in that time with updates but even in the early days it has always been extremely stable.
I manage loads of UniFi installations at work and I agree with what you are saying but to install them properly without putting trunking all over your house it's expensive.