Best Long Range Wi-Fi 6 AP

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  Delmlund on 04/02/2023 - 19:52

  Is your ap-lite mounted to ceiling?

  Would the UDR be in same room as where ac lite is?

  Ac-lite and udr could work in tandem. I have a UDM and a Ac-LR. The Udm does front of house located in office and LR is over living room and serves back of house.

  UDR might be a good upgrade and could work with aclite either as wired ap or could always move to wing of house and operate as a mesh wireless point if no Ethernet is run to that wing of house.

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    Realest-Whale on 04/02/2023 - 19:59

    AP-Lite sits on top of an audio amplifier next to the edgerouter lite, approx 1.6m off the ground. The UDR be in the same place as the edgerouter and current AP are.

    No ethernet is run anywhere in the house, which is why I'm hoping to be able to brute-force the problem with one new, stronger AP. Ideally I would be taking the AP-Lite to provide wifi in the shed, depending on if the coverage provided by the new AP reaches to it.

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      Indomietable on 05/02/2023 - 20:12

      No ethernet is run anywhere in the house

      Any reason for avoiding ethernet?

      I'm hoping to be able to brute-force the problem with one new, stronger AP.

      You get better outcomes if you can add additional access points in different rooms using ethernet as backbone.

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        Realest-Whale on 07/02/2023 - 13:39

        Any reason for avoiding ethernet?

        I would love to run ethernet, but the cost of it is prohibitive. In an ideal world I'd absolutely run multiple APs with an ethernet backbone, but as we're a very light-usage household there's no way I can justify the cost.

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  Mikgsxr on 04/02/2023 - 19:59

  +2

  This site has all the info you need to make an informed decision. https://evanmccann.net/blog/2021/9/unifi-speed-tests

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    Realest-Whale on 07/02/2023 - 13:46

    Thanks for that, that's very in depth. I'll peruse the rest of the site too.

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  Delmlund on 04/02/2023 - 20:31

  +1

  Hmmm UDR might help. One slightly more powerful AP might help but little fearful would only slightly help.

  What’s the ac lites 2.4ghz band set to 40mhz or 20mhz?

  Have you done any wifi analysis to see if any inference could be killing the range?

  I’d lean towards AP6 LR for a single device setup. But also mounting on ceiling would be good thing as well.

  But if your connection is 500+mbps upgrade to UDR might help. From what I’ve seen UDR isn’t best for GB speeds.

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  Silvershark on 04/02/2023 - 21:05

  Gday,

  Have a look at TP Link Deco Mesh Wifi System, I got the Deco XE75 and that is working great through brick walls, great units. Wifi 6E too.

  I also have the U6-LR at a different property which works very well too, can't say much about brick walls performance as the property doesn't have many brick walls that it's at.

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    Realest-Whale on 07/02/2023 - 14:24

    Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check them out

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  avoidfullprice on 04/02/2023 - 21:57

  +3

  leaving approximately half the house with no signal.

  The device like your mobile phone needs to penetrate the brick wall too, not just the router. It’s a duplex communication. Do you hear me loud and clear?

  Mesh will help as both units will speak as loud

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  guidedlight on 05/02/2023 - 07:57

  +3

  Few wireless access points will penetrate brick walls very well. Australia does have much higher permissible wifi signal strength than other countries. i.e. 4W on 2.4Ghz channels, versus 1W in the US.
  So you might be able to find an access point that allows you to legally transmit 4W of power, but they would be rare. Even then the receiving device would unlikely be able to communicate back at 4W.

  This is a uniquely Australian problem, and it’s due to high iron content in many Australian-made bricks (iron is what gives Australian soil a deep red colour).

  There are two solutions:

  • Run ethernet to other parts of the house, where you can add more access points as required.
  • If ethernet cabling is not an option, then investigate Ethernet-Over-Power (also called Powerline Adapters). e.g. https://www.jbhifi.com.au/collections/computers-tablets/powe…

  Good luck.

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    Realest-Whale on 07/02/2023 - 14:25

    Huh, TIL! Thanks for the info, I'm familiar with powerline adapters so I may have to look into them.

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  [Deactivated] on 05/02/2023 - 12:23

  +1

  Since you already have Ubiquiti, try their wifi app: https://blog.ui.com/2021/06/28/the-wifiman-mobile-app-introd…. See where the blind spots are and go from there.

  You might have to consider more than one AP to cover the entire house.

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    Realest-Whale on 07/02/2023 - 14:26

    I had forgotten about Wifiman, I'll take it for a spin again!