Ubiquiti Networks UAP-AC-LITE WLAN

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DTIM stands for Delivery Traffic Indication Message, which is a message that is sent along with beacon frames. The role of the DTIM is to let a sleeping client know that it has buffered data waiting for it.

User Group is now called bandwidth profile, for restricting maximum bandwidth for connected client devicesOptional: APs will use PMF for all capable stations, while allowing non-PMF capable stations to join the WLAN. UniFi Talk - A new approach to business telephony. UniFi Talk is a plug-and-play phone system and VoIP subscription service designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Powerful call routing and admin features ensure you never miss another call. Our thoughtfully designed, touchscreen phones offer breakthrough user experiences and bring smartphone-level usability to desk phones.

Effect: Enables OTA (over-the-air) Fast BSS Transition, which allows devices that support it to roam between APs faster. Without this setting enabled, roaming from AP to AP may take a few seconds, and during that time data cannot be sent or received. In most cases you won’t notice this, but latency-sensitive and real-time applications like a voice call can perform poorly. Slow roaming with a VoIP call may result in gaps in the audio. With 802.11r fast roaming enabled, the roams should be nearly unnoticeable. This does not limit the range of your AP, and the details are complicated. Rob Krumm has a great analysis of what changing your rate does and does not change if you want more details. Multicast Enhancement (IGMPv3) is on under Wi-Fi settings → multicast management. This allows multicast traffic to be converted to normal unicast traffic when possible. Transmit Power allows you to set TX power for your radios to low, medium, high, auto, or a custom value. The actual dBm values for low, medium, and high are based on the AP model and what they are capable of.The U6-Lite is designed for efficient power delivery, utilising Gigabit Ethernet and powered with 802.3af/48V PoE. This not only simplifies cabling but also ensures reliable and consistent power, enhancing the overall performance and stability of your network. Enhanced Flexibility Secure multi-factor authentication, including our seamless single-touch solution with UI Verify ( iOS / Android).

Standalone Mode should only be used when configuring a small quantity of APs because they do not support seamless roaming. Instead, you will need to manually connect to each AP as you move out of range. Also, APs must have a wired connection to your network; wireless meshing is not possible. Finally, remote management is not possible because it is done entirely through the UniFi Mobile app while locally connected to your WiFi. Jumbo Frames allows for the use of Ethernet frames larger than 1500 bytes, which is the standard size of an Ethernet frame. Recommendation: Leave enabled, unless you have connectivity or roaming issues. As a normal troubleshooting step, disabling band steering is a good thing to try. It’s possible that band steering causes issues for your devices on your network, even though it doesn’t cause issues on mine. Effect: Higher numbers buffer longer, potentially saving battery life. Altering these values can cause a variety of issues though, so change them at your own risk.

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Recommendation: Turn on if battery life is important, and older/IoT device connectivity is not. Disabling this is a good troubleshooting step if you have performance or connectivity issues. This is another setting that relates to multicast traffic, typically coming from streaming or smart home devices such as AirPlay or Chromecast. It trades latency and support for non-registered multicast traffic for a reduction in bandwidth usage. For dense networks with 4+ APs, 20 or 40 MHz width and a manual channel plan to minimize overlap usually leads to the best results. For normal home networks that prioritize speed, 40 or 80 MHz is usually best. If you have modern clients, a use case that would benefit from a several hundred Mbps, aren’t worried about interference or your Wi-Fi neighbors, or just wanna go fast: try 160 MHz. You’ll still want to set switch priorities individually if you have a network with several switches or links between switches. The lowest priority wins, so your core switch should be 0 or 4096, and the 2nd tier of switches should be 8192, etc.

AP Exclusions is a list of APs that are excluded from the global rules. You can hit the “X” on the right to apply the global rules, or go to their device settings panel and toggle the global rules there. IGMP Proxy and IPTV Support allows you to proxy multicast traffic across networks, setting a source network and networks that are allowed to receive it. Recommendation: Auto is a good default, but usually results in maximum power. If setting manually, use the lowest power level that still results in good coverage and signal strength. Keep 2.4 GHz around 6 dBm lower than 5 GHz or 6 GHz in multi-AP networks if you want to keep their coverage area roughly the same. Connectivity Monitor Type controls what mesh APs attempt to reach, to determine if they are online. This is only available when wireless meshing is enabled. Spanning Tree enables rapid spanning tree protocol ( RSTP) or the older, regular spanning tree protocol ( STP) on your UniFi switches.If you have a UniFi Gateway or UniFi Cloud Gateway, you can use the WiFiman Mobile app ( iOS / Android) to measure signal strength and latency as you walk around your environment.