I also added a ceiling box on the 1st floor in the center of the house in kitchen area. Plus one in the Garage. I was doing the work so I ran cables to anywhere I thought I would want cameras or WAPS. Using 5 GHz at close range, the U6-Lite and U6-LR are faster than Wi-Fi 5 access points by around 10-20%. 2.4 GHz performance is not improved. Even though the new Unifi 6 access points don’t support WiFi 6 on the 2.4 GHz band, we can still see a clear improvement in speed between the old and new models. The new U6 LR is slightly faster than the U6 lite, but you won’t see many differences here. Doubling your channel width increases the noise floor by 3 dB, reducing SNR and your range by around 30% each time.

The UniFi 6 Lite is a 2x2 Wi-Fi 6 access point that delivers up to 1.5 Gbps aggregate radio rate with 5 GHz (MU-MIMO and OFDMA) and 2.4 GHz (MIMO) radios. The UniFi 6 Lite can be mounted horizontally in a ceiling to cover a high-density environment, or vertically on a wall to extend its range. The UniFi 6 Lite has a compact and nano-sized design, so it can use nanoHD covers and mounting accessories. I am torn between a 6 Lite and a 6 LR for a bar area guest wifi. The room is about 25’x45′ with 12′ ceilings. I was going to place one of the AP’s in the center of the room to hopefully provide good signal to the 75 guests inside.Both the AC Lite and 6 Lite are 2×2 MIMO radios, dual band supporting 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. The AC Lite has 3dbi of gain on both antennas with a max output power of 20dBm on both frequencies, whereas the 6 Lite has 2.8dBi of gain on 2.4GHz and 3dBi on 5GHz with a max output power of 23dBm on both frequencies. For this review, I have done some speed and signal strength tests with the new and old Unifi Lite and Long Range access points. I wanted to compare the new and old models in a normal use-case scenario. The U6-Lite doesn’t support 160 MHz channels with the two firmware versions I tried. The other models do, so I tested them for comparison. I wouldn’t recommend using 160 MHz in a typical 5 GHz network. There’s only 2 effective 160 MHz channels in 5 GHz, and they both intersect with DFS. Also, using 160 MHz channels reduce their 4 spatial streams down to two. That said, I did manage to nearly match gigabit Ethernet speeds in my controlled scenario. In this extreme situation, a single gigabit uplink became a limiting factor. This is especially true for the U6-LR.

Both access points don’t come with a PoE adapter, so make sure you have a switch that can deliver the PoE to your access points. Testing the new access points We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.The size of the U6 LR on the other hand is increased a lot compared to the old model. It’s the same size as the old Unifi HD access point. The new long-range access point is splash and dust resistant (IP54 rated), which means you can place it semi-outdoors under a porch for example.

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons: You can also run the test with multiple threads, which can increase the total speed that you can get, to do this use the -P switch: iperf3 -c 192.168.1.10 -P 5 -t 10 Wrapping Up Please Note: If you require a PoE Power Adapter, please see the Ubiquiti PoE Power Adaptor 48V 802.3af (U-POE-AF). Ubiquiti UniFi WiFi 6 Lite Access Point (U6-Lite) UniFi is Ubiquiti’s all-in-one, enterprise Wi-Fi portfolio and is supported by a fully integrated software-defined network (SDN) platform for all UniFi Wi-Fi, surveillance and networking devices. The unique features of each UniFi device provide you with the freedom to deliver the ideal solution for your application, whether it be large-scale enterprise Wi-Fi deployments or home Wi-Fi deployments. MiRO’s partnership with UbiquitiI just wanted to compare the old access points with the new Unifi WiFi 6 access points in a real world scenario.

Wi-Fi 6 Access Point with dual-band 2x2 MIMO in a compact design for low-profile mounting. UniFi 6 Lite is a 2x2 Wi-Fi 6 access point that delivers up to 1.5 Gbps aggregate radio rate with 5 GHz (MU-MIMO and OFDMA) and 2.4 GHz (MIMO) radios. Mount UniFi 6 Lite horizontally in the ceiling to cover a high-density environment, or mount it vertically on the wall to extend its range. UniFi 6 Lite has a compact and nano-sized design, so it can use nanoHD covers and mounting accessories. Without the advantage of 4 spatial streams or Wi-Fi 6 enhancements, the U6-Lite falls behind. I couldn’t get my MacBook Pro to associate to a 40 MHz channel on any of these APs, so I excluded those results from this test. I believe Apple uses the “ fat channel intolerant” setting on their devices. As always, 5 GHz is the best option for speed, and 40 MHz channels on 2.4 GHz should be avoided in most situations. Our brands include: Cambium Networks , Ubiquiti , Grandstream , BDCOM , MikroTik , Siklu , Tenda , Ring , TP-Link , Mimosa , Ignitenet , Acconet , Edge-corE , Radwin , RF elements , AjaxTip To control your Unifi Access Points you can also use a hosted Unifi Controller. This way you don’t need to buy additional hardware and worry about keeping your network up-to-date. The Unifi 6 Lite and the U6 LR are the first WiFi 6 access point from Ubiquiti. And even though they are both WiFi 6 access points, they are completely different when it comes to size, specifications, performance, and usability.