Wifi 6?

Sinbad

Sinbad

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So... is it really as good as they make out?

Moving into a new house soon, and the fibre termination point is in a utility cupboard, and I am not sure I want to try to run ethernet cables out of this cupboard into the office room (which is across the hall).
Most likely will go for a symmetrical 1gb service on the internet provider. I'm not overly stressed about running most of the house via wifi (3 storeys, but wood floors so I reckon signal penetration to the top floor will be OK from an AP on the middle floor, which has an ethernet connection to the utility cupboard built in). However, I do want my gaming PC to have minimal latency, and I want max reliability for my work from home laptops (which support wifi6).

So, if I add a Unifi wifi6 AP to my network (which is all unifi already), and a wifi6 PCIex card to my gaming PC, how close will the experience be to wired? Distance from AP to laptop/PC will be no more than 4 meters, with 2 drywalls between them...
 
My UniFi WiFi 5 network is already pretty much as good as wired in the same room.

Not sure if it would be worth the upgrade if you are already running all of that.

Not to mention how often do you actually need the full bandwidth?

I can honestly day pretty much never.

All that being said I haven’t used WiFi6 to compare in the real world.
 
SauRoNZA said:
My UniFi WiFi 5 network is already pretty much as good as wired in the same room.

Not sure if it would be worth the upgrade if you are already running all of that.

Not to mention how often do you actually need the full bandwidth?

I can honestly day pretty much never.

All that being said I haven’t used WiFi6 to compare in the real world.
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I don't think I have 5..? Lost track of all the standards. Ap ac lite and ac mesh...

My server will be in the utility cupboard, biggest traffic volume is from desktop to that server, for backups, large file copies etc

Latency is more of a concern I think
 
Does your clients support it?

WiFi 6 makes sense in a mall or smart home, I have about 40 wifi devices connected in a 100sqm flat

It makes sense for my setup, granted only 6 of the devices are actually wifi 6 capable so probably not needed either.
 
Thor said:
Does your clients support it?

WiFi 6 makes sense in a mall or smart home, I have about 40 wifi devices connected in a 100sqm flat

It makes sense for my setup, granted only 6 of the devices are actually wifi 6 capable so probably not needed either.
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As mentioned my work laptops do, and I'll get a nice pci adapter for the desktop
 
Sinbad said:
I don't think I have 5..? Lost track of all the standards. Ap ac lite and ac mesh...

My server will be in the utility cupboard, biggest traffic volume is from desktop to that server, for backups, large file copies etc

Latency is more of a concern I think
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Those should be Wifi5 devices. I have 2 Unifi 6 Aps that i bought to future proof. currently in a household of 50 devices only 3 support Wifi6 - all of them are Apple devices none of which are mine

Is it worth it? Probably not right now and if you can rather get cable to the gaming PC. If you are in PTA I could lend you one of my APs to test for a day. The true value is seen in very client dense environments
 
powermzii said:
Those should be Wifi5 devices. I have 2 Unifi 6 Aps that i bought to future proof. currently in a household of 50 devices only 3 support Wifi6 - all of them are Apple devices none of which are mine

Is it worth it? Probably not right now and if you can rather get cable to the gaming PC. If you are in PTA I could lend you one of my APs to test for a day. The true value is seen in very client dense environments
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Thanks for the offer. Pta is a bit far away ;)

Wire will be a last resort unless I can find a way to do it invisibly
 
Look at the new Tenda Deco units, kark expensive, but very good.
 
Thor said:
Look at the new Tenda Deco units, kark expensive, but very good.
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Tenda is Nova, Deco is TP-Link. Which one?

Remember I have a considerable investment in Unifi kit (switches, APs, gateway, controller)
 
Sorry I meant TP-Link


I'm also full Unifi, USG pro, uap AC pro x 3, POE stitches g3 cameras, the works

If I can do it all over I would do Tplink deco mesh and uniview cameras

Ubiquiti is... Hypish / not ideal for home use.
 
Hypish my ass.

Only time UniFi doesn’t make sense for home use is if you don’t own the property and therefore can’t easily lay down the back haul infrastructure.

Otherwise it murders any consumer Mesh setup out there.

That being said, the TP-Link Deco is a great product for that market and actually quite reasonably priced I think.

People just expect to pay for a potato and get a granadilla.
 
Sinbad said:
Tenda is Nova, Deco is TP-Link. Which one?

Remember I have a considerable investment in Unifi kit (switches, APs, gateway, controller)
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Wouldn’t make any sense either financially or logically to switch to TP-Link Deco over just adding WiFi6 UniFi’s to your existing setup.

I believe there is still only one TP-Link WiFi6 model which is the X60 or AX3000 in full kit form.

I mean if you need to upgrade or add an AP now it would be silly not to get a WiFi6 one. But if there isn’t any need for more coverage I couldn’t justify it personally.
 
Thor said:
Ubiquiti is... Hypish / not ideal for home use.
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One of the few times I agree with Thor .

Ubiquiti are good - great even - but I've never really found them murdering / killing / flattening / slaughtering the competition . Sometimes they're faster and sometimes they're slower . I think their current WiFi 6 devices are slower than the Zyxel WiFi 6 devices ?

But obviously, no one would ever believe that ;)
 
OP, here's an out the box suggestion. Sell off the unifi kit (while it still has value) and get yourself a Huawei AX3 or two. You can supplement this with additional WS5200 as needed (these are available for about R500 on marketplace).

I have a reasonably large double storey (concrete floors) with one AX3 and one WS5200. I've never had a moment's failure.
 
Thanks for the suggestions. Not really wanting to move away from unifi for various reasons, some rational, some not. Just trying to figure out the best way to get reliable network to my gaming and work pcs at as high a speed as possible, with minimal latency. Without drilling holes in brand new walls preferably
 
Thor said:
Sorry I meant TP-Link


I'm also full Unifi, USG pro, uap AC pro x 3, POE stitches g3 cameras, the works

If I can do it all over I would do Tplink deco mesh and uniview cameras

Ubiquiti is... Hypish / not ideal for home use.
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strange , isnt that were there main target market is ? The only stuff i use from them in the work place is the wireless stuff.Switches , routers i prefer the established brands.
 
Sinbad said:
Thanks for the suggestions. Not really wanting to move away from unifi for various reasons, some rational, some not. Just trying to figure out the best way to get reliable network to my gaming and work pcs at as high a speed as possible, with minimal latency. Without drilling holes in brand new walls preferably
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why not upgrade to the unifi AC HD or you already have the unit already ?
 
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