Ubiquiti U6-LITE UniFi 6 Lite Access Point

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While you may see a data rate of 1200 Mbps, you won’t ever get 1200 Mbps of throughput. There is a lot of overhead in Wi-Fi. Actual TCP throughput is usually 60-70% of your data rate. There are many reasons for this:

This item comes without PoE injectors and must be bought seperately if you are not using them with a PoE Switch.Here you can really see the performance improvement of the new U6 LR. The speedtest are done on 40Mhz for the 2.4Ghz band and 80Mhz for the 5Ghz band. The performance improvement of the U6 lite is between 20% and 30%. We are a responsible supplier to the growing IP convergence industries, distributing and supporting technologies such as Wireless Broadband, Wi-Fi, Networking, Routing, VoIP, IoT, Fibre, Access Control and IP Video. We only supply best-of-breed products, deliver strong pre and after-sales technical support, internationally-certified trainings, as well as finance solutions to our customers. We serve and support business partners in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho, and Swaziland.

So I have used iPerf3 to measure the throughput of the access points and used only a single thread. I connect a notebook directly to the switch and used another notebook with an Intel AX201 WiFi 6 Adapter to measure the speed. It only has a 2×2 antenna, so it won’t fully benefit from the 4×4 mu-MIMO radio of the U6-LR. I wonder how much separation would be needed for two Lite WAPS. Would 20 feet be enough? My work is a University and they run Aruba APs for density and some are quite close together. But the Aruba controller is true Enterprise and better at management. The Ubiquiti UniFi6 Lite is a 2x2 WiFi 6 access point that can reach an aggregate throughput rate up to 1.5 Gbps with its 5 GHz (MU-MIMO and OFDMA) and 2.4 GHz (MIMO) bands.

Before running the tests I first connected both notebooks with an ethernet cable to the switch, run the test, which resulted in a 960Mbit connection speed.

airFiber is Ubiquiti's own proprietary custom silicon and implements the most efficient use of licensed and unlicensed-band spectrum – a vital attribute in increasingly crowded RF environments. Featuring a unique dual-antenna design and proprietary self-interference cancellation algorithms, airFiber solutions extract more usable channels out of the available spectrum than any other radio system. airFiber’s built-in configuration tool guides the selection of RF channel bandwidths, transmit power, and other parameters to minimise potential interference and optimise link budgets. Ruud, thanks for sharing your tests. Please kindly advise on my situation. We live in the U.S. in an L-shaped single-story, wood framed/drywall home. The current router/AP is a Orbi which I want to replace with a hard wired router/switch that will accept 5-6 wired devices (presently using 4) and add a Unifi 6 AP and am between the Lite and LR. The current Orbi is positioned at the “corner” of the L-Shaped floorplan on the floor. The bedrooms are located off one wing of the home with the furthest about 35-40 feet away from the AP. The family room is the furthest room on the other wing of the home, about 55 feet away. We have horrible cellular reception here and rely on WiFi. Probably 25 wifi clients in total connected to the network. I had a satellite Orbi connected to main Orbi but were getting constant dropouts so unplugged it. The stability improved greatly. Would you recommend the Lite or LR? What would be a good wired router/switch to use with the Unifi AP? I had previously tried an Edgerouter with the Orbi in AP model and could not get it working. I’ve since removed the wired router and am using the Orbi for both routing and AP. Thoughts on which Unifi AP and what type of wired router to use? Thank you ~ MikeUsing 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. Analogy: Instead of sending “H E L L O”, Wi-Fi devices send “Hotel Echo Lima Lima Oscar”. The receiving device can then understand the transmission even if a few characters are dropped. The Ubiquiti U6-Lite WiFi 6 Access Point delivers up to 1.5 Gbps aggregate radio rate with 5 GHz (MU-MIMO and OFDMA) and 2.4 GHz (MIMO) radios. You can mount the U6-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 (sold separately, see accessories tab). Key Features