The dream router has a pretty high antenna gain (higher than the LR), so it should be able to cover the same area. But that being said, an access point is often mounted to the ceiling or high on the wall. The Dream Router is most likely placed on a side table or in a closet. Furniture in line of sight between the DR and the client will reduce the signal strength. So if the DR can replace the LR really depends on the placement.

The Benchmark Summary below shows the average of throughput measurements made in all test locations. The 2.4 GHz values in the summary correspond to 2.4 GHz values (20 MHz B/W) measured with the previous test methodology. Since its APs are designed to be used in larger multi-AP installations, Ubiquiti’s APs run on its UniFi software controller. Also, I will give you some tips on choosing the right Unifi Access Point, where you should place your AP, and how to get the most performance out of your Unifi access points. Bandwidth steering helps dual-band clients, like laptops, mobile phones, tablets, etc. to use to less-congested and higher capacity, 5 GHz band. This will result in better WiFi performance for those devices. You can enable and configure bandwidth steering per device in the Unifi Controller.I have seldom come across such a well written article. Most I.T. professionals have technical skills, but their writing skills leave much to be desired. Well done Ruud. Thanks for clear and precise instructions.

if they ever spec it out ,then maybe , seems its “after thought device to me” to answer “way are WAP so hard to setup, home users.” Do you have any experience with implementing that and could that be done with e.g. a single Unify AP?

Setting up a Unifi Controller is really simple and can be done in a couple of minutes with this beginner’s guide. We are going to walk through the initial setup of the controller, connecting the access points and getting the most performance out of it. We have reset one of our Unifi switches (minus the “forget” step) but find that it is still within and controlled by the ISP’s network. We have not done the same with any APs yet. This is also still the case after we had taken this switch off the microwave connection and physically connected it to the outside world through the Fibre connection.