The U6-LR is still a good and powerful AP, but it’s place in the lineup isn’t as clear as it used to be. As an example, every 1/10th of a second an AP sends out a beacon frame, which advertises the network to nearby clients.

Most people don't commute on drag strips, and 99% of the time you're not going to be pushing an access point to it's throughput limit with a single client. They can be used in a protected outdoor area, like under a porch roof, but you wouldn’t want to install them in an unprotected outdoor area. The three models I've tested aren't the best to compare because I don't have a AC-In-Wall-HD, or a Wi-Fi 5 model from Omada.iPerf is a tool for testing throughput on wired and wireless networks, but it is easy to misinterpret these numbers, or put too much importance on them. The U6-Mesh is a Wi-Fi 6 update to the FlexHD, and is my default recommendation for outdoor UniFi networks. Klarna Bank AB (publ) is Authorised by the Swedish Financial Services Authority (Finansinspektionen) and is subject to limited regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority. With Ubiquiti UniFi's user management, you can see exactly who is on the network and the location of connected devices on your WiFi network.

After it was released, the U6-Lite had a hardware revision which lowered the maximum 5 GHz transmit power from 23 dBm to 17 dBm, further reducing 5 GHz range. The Ubiquiti U6-Pro seamlessly integrates with the UniFi Network Application, ensuring that managing your network is both convenient and efficient. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Looking for example demo sites to practice your test automation against with Selenium, Cypress, or NightwatchJS?Finance is only available to permanent UK residents aged >18, subject to status, terms and conditions apply. Wider channels also impose a noise penalty, and are generally worse at range than narrower channels. In most networks other clients and nearby Wi-Fi devices are consuming airtime as well, and little chunks of time are wasting switching back and forth. One of its notable features is Guest Traffic Isolation, which aids in managing network traffic efficiently.