Wifi 6?

[Sinbad]

Pros or HDs ?

AP AC Lite and Mesh (https://store.ui.com/products/unifi-ac-mesh-ap)

These will serve most of the needs for wireless data in the house (phones etc). They're probably also OK for my nvidia shield, but that's a problem for another time.

 

[ubercal]

dont have experience with either of these lites or that mesh unit.However if it were me i would move into your new place first and then assess it.Maybe your current setup might be fine in the new house.Once you in the new location you can start tweaking things.Iam sure you know with wifi there are so many parameters involved that its sometimes a lottery.Things like building composition , number of other devices using the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz range , overlapping channels etc etc.

 

[Sinbad]

dont have experience with either of these lites or that mesh unit.However if it were me i would move into your new place first and then assess it.Maybe your current setup might be fine in the new house.Once you in the new location you can start tweaking things.Iam sure you know with wifi there are so many parameters involved that its sometimes a lottery.Things like building composition , number of other devices using the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz range , overlapping channels etc etc.

Yup. I'm sure my current equipment will do fine, but again I am looking for a specific solution for the gaming desktop, in terms of latency and bandwidth. I don't think the 5th gen stuff will cut it for that.

 

[ubercal]

Yup. I'm sure my current equipment will do fine, but again I am looking for a specific solution for the gaming desktop, in terms of latency and bandwidth. I don't think the 5th gen stuff will cut it for that.

what latency are you wanting , something under 15ms ?

 

[Sinbad]

what latency are you wanting , something under 15ms ?

Definitely. Under 10 even...

 

[ubercal]

Definitely. Under 10 even...

on a side note , we certainly are spolit these days.Used to have latency between 1000ms and 3000ms back on dialup

 

[Sinbad]

on a side note , we certainly are spolit these days.Used to have latency between 1000ms and 3000ms back on dialup

for sure
My vumatel/CISP connection gave me 1ms to google DNS servers... I'm hoping the fibre at the new place will be similar...

 

[Ziadhorat]

Definitely. Under 10 even...

I get under 10 on Wifi6, I'd like to still run ethernet to my PC to test the actual difference. But I'm lazy.

 

[Soul Assassin]

It's not the most accurate testing but won't the latency you get on your phone be pretty much the latency you get on your gaming PC with a wireless adaptor?

 

[Sinbad]

It's not the most accurate testing but won't the latency you get on your phone be pretty much the latency you get on your gaming PC with a wireless adaptor?

Sure if I were to use the existing wifi stuff. But this topic is about wifi 6 Which I can't test as I don't have a wifi6 phone or access point yet.

 

[Soul Assassin]

Sure if I were to use the existing wifi stuff. But this topic is about wifi 6 Which I can't test as I don't have a wifi6 phone or access point yet.

I was talking about your existing system, surely you get less than 10ms like you want with it?

 

[Sinbad]

I was talking about your existing system, surely you get less than 10ms like you want with it?

lol can't remember. It's been packed in a container since November

 

[Soul Assassin]

lol can't remember. It's been packed in a container since November

If I do a speed test on my phone I get 4ms and if I test on my PC on LAN I get 3ms, this is with a cheapy Tenda router as AP.

I'm sure you won't have any issues but then there is the case of the Wi-Fi 6 being cool and new and you want it.

 

[roskib]

Hi guys,
Any Apple networking specialists here? I've got an issue with various Mac phone and laptop iOS clients dropping the Wi-Fi signal in a very large house.
Have just replaced the free RSA Web TP-Link router with a new Tenda AC2100 which cables to a Netgear Gigabit switch (about 60m away) and from there to POE injectors and 4 new UniFi AP LR access points, each about 40m further cable from the switch (so not a cable length issue). Updated firmware of Tenda AC2100 as well as all UniFi APs via Ubiquiti console. Using WPA/WPA2-PSK. Clients are far away from the Tenda router which is next to the ONT box, and router has a different SSID so no chance the wifi clients are connecting to that.
The router is running the DHCP server, lease time 1 day.
The Apple clients can connect to the UniFi APs but randomly drop the Wi-Fi connection, even in the same room only a few meters away from a UniFi AP where the signal is hideously strong. They then spin the wheel of death (as per attached iPhone screenshot) on the connection for a few minutes and then randomly just reconnect on their own a while later, or you can successfully force it to rejoin.
Forgetting and rejoining doesn't help. MAC/IP binding doesn't help, it's not a DHCP/IP lease issue. I can see the devices registered and listed in the DHCP client list on the Tenda router.
This seems like a security or Wi-Fi protocol issue. Trouble is they've got old iPhones and Macbooks and brand new ones too so can't limit it to newer protcols only (6 or WPA3), have to cater for all Wi-Fi clients.
This has me stumped at the moment. Would appreciate any thoughts.

 

[powermzii]

Hi guys,
Any Apple networking specialists here? I've got an issue with various Mac phone and laptop iOS clients dropping the Wi-Fi signal in a very large house.
Have just replaced the free RSA Web TP-Link router with a new Tenda AC2100 which cables to a Netgear Gigabit switch (about 60m away) and from there to POE injectors and 4 new UniFi AP LR access points, each about 40m further cable from the switch (so not a cable length issue). Updated firmware of Tenda AC2100 as well as all UniFi APs via Ubiquiti console. Using WPA/WPA2-PSK. Clients are far away from the Tenda router which is next to the ONT box, and router has a different SSID so no chance the wifi clients are connecting to that.
The router is running the DHCP server, lease time 1 day.
The Apple clients can connect to the UniFi APs but randomly drop the Wi-Fi connection, even in the same room only a few meters away from a UniFi AP where the signal is hideously strong. They then spin the wheel of death (as per attached iPhone screenshot) on the connection for a few minutes and then randomly just reconnect on their own a while later, or you can successfully force it to rejoin.
Forgetting and rejoining doesn't help. MAC/IP binding doesn't help, it's not a DHCP/IP lease issue. I can see the devices registered and listed in the DHCP client list on the Tenda router.
This seems like a security or Wi-Fi protocol issue. Trouble is they've got old iPhones and Macbooks and brand new ones too so can't limit it to newer protcols only (6 or WPA3), have to cater for all Wi-Fi clients.
This has me stumped at the moment. Would appreciate any thoughts.

do you have High performance devices selected on your wifi network settings on the Unfi APs?

Also what DTM settings are set for your 2.4 and 5ghz? Also leave WPA3 unselected