Thanks for the video Cody. I just performed the same test on my AC Pro and U6-LR. For the U6-LR and channel width set at HE80, my speeds are horrible by my standards. I stood 10' feet in front of my U6-LR pointing directly at me and ran the test several times but my download speed never exceeded 210 Mbit/s. Full disclosure, I purchase my U6-LR when it first appeared in the EA store. Moving forward, I'll wait until Unifi officially release their hardware before purchasing it. No more beta testing for me anymore.
Hey Cody! Are you surprised by the speeds you're getting on VHT40? With 1Gbps up/down, I'm just trying to determine if you "should" get something closer to that?
Thanks for the great side-by-side! I think this solidifies the fiscal choice of going to WiFi-6 just to have the forward support. I love my fleet of nanoHD AP's and will still use them where a small distribution is needed for general 5GHz devices; I just love the size factor. But for personal (home & lab) and customers requesting the W6 support it's a no-brainer now. I do like the U6Lite, but really desire deploying the 4x4 radios... wonder if UBNT will compress a second gen W6 4x4 MU-MIMO back down into the nanoHD chassis? Thanks again for the excellent side-by-side with iPerf & Speedtest. I'm curious if you would find similar performance results with a Laptop running 802.11ac and 802.11ax cards? Usually the radios in a laptop are even more robust than the iPhone. PS - love the repurposing of your other test spreadsheet... the titles in your chart make me want you to combine the results of all three AP's (LR6, U6lite, nanoHD) into one view from your combined testing!
Out of curiosity, what width are you running your APs at? On a larger environment, it seems the HE80 width is a slight trade off for speed vs stability?
Could’ve been an interesting comparison but you have to setup a proper test. Same channels, bandwidth and also controlled channel spectrum. Compare the PHY rate on different devices towards the AP’s etc. Not just go full auto, it’s way to many uncontrolled parameters.
Not sure I like Speedtest as a good metric vs. iPerf on local network. Also once Ubiquiti goes to 2.5gb NICs in the APs we may see some more improvement.
@@MactelecomNetworks I upgraded my servers to Intel X550 NIcs that support all 5 multigig speeds, not to decide if I add in the Enterprise switch that has 12 1gb and 12 1/2.5 ports with 2 10gb SFPs or go for a small Netgear switch that has 8 multigig ports. Unifi Controller takes some getting used to with network switches as they do profiles and the profiles have the subnets in them which just odd. Netgear is more traditional switch config terminology.
So I replaced my 2 NanoHD with U6-LR and wow I am impressed. Real world performance is up across the board. On my 4x4 devices I can speed test at 800mbs through my Xfinity 1GB Internet, where before I would top out around 500-600. I have an EV charger in basement garage in the corner of the house and the nanoHD would struggled to maintain a stable reliable connection. More a problem with the client than the Nano.The client would reconnect to network every 8-18 hours. Since putting the U6-LF in the clients have been connected 6+ days. While the AP only has a 1gb NIC I can get very close to that performance. Would prefer 2.5gb NIC, but in day to day usage the 1gb will be fine. Any modern clients are seeing higher connection rates on the 5GHz band mostly due to the increase from 433-600Mhz per stream increase. WiFi6 4x4 devices are seeing as much as 1.7-2.0 connection rates about 15 feet and 1 wall from the AP. Many of my devices are seeing their max or close to it radio rates. Truly impressive device. Other than the size (which is fine) there is no reason to get a NanoHD anymore as these are the same price.
Methodology problem. First off, the LR is a specialized product, why use that? Your phone antenna is the limitation here, not the AP. secondly the real advantage of WiFi 6 is with multiple devices, as it uses spatial frequency sharing, so for a real demonstration of the increase of WiFi 6 you need quite a bit high WiFi consumers running at the same time, THEN you will see a real boost.
Did you just watch Chris’s video and come out with this comment lol almost direct copy paste. I’m aware of what wifi 6 is good at. My phone has a wifi 6 chipset but it’s the only testing device i have so can’t test on multiple devices at the same time. Why am I using the wifi 6 LR cause it’s cool and I wanted to try it out. Yes to get the real benefits you need multiple clients and so on and so fourth. Either way still get better speed and range
@@jcb5388 I can't see how pro version is better for home use - its worse in 2,4 and for 5ghz its just dual radio - still maximum speed for single ssid is 2400
And here I have TP-Link RE200... on AP mode 😂😂 btw good comparison between those 2 ap's. My school have Unifi 6LR, and the speed it's always above 150/200 Mbit/s on download and upload, even with multiple phones on the same AP. #stay_safe
That’s the only wifi 6 capable device I currently have. If you’d like to support the channel and buy more then I’d be more than happy to do some heat maps scans. If not go buy your own gear and test yourself :)
May I suggest you lose the backward ball cap ( at least when you are doing videos. It doesn't exactly convey a professional look. I do enjoy your videos, they are one of the reasons I am switching everything to Unifi.
Well I do appreciate your opinion I will leave the ball cap on. I have alopecia and some spot of my hair " were bald" but are now white. If you don't like the ball cap there are other tech channels out there
Could you please do a test with HT160 ?
Do it reaches the 1Gig ?
Thanks
I really like our nanohd but starting to struggle on the perimeter of the house with wifi cameras. Would the LR do better reaching these areas?
Great video. How is it that I can get just shy of 500Mbp/s on Nest WiFi, but the NanoHD real world tests are at best 300Mbp/s?
Thanks for the video Cody. I just performed the same test on my AC Pro and U6-LR. For the U6-LR and channel width set at HE80, my speeds are horrible by my standards. I stood 10' feet in front of my U6-LR pointing directly at me and ran the test several times but my download speed never exceeded 210 Mbit/s. Full disclosure, I purchase my U6-LR when it first appeared in the EA store. Moving forward, I'll wait until Unifi officially release their hardware before purchasing it. No more beta testing for me anymore.
Are you using a device that has a WIFI 6 chipset?
@@MactelecomNetworks Good point. I checked and I thought my iphone was Wi-Fi 802.11 ax compatible...nope it's 802.11 ac. Darn, my mistake.
@@jmurray0220 no worries. For wifi 5 I typically get around 250-300mbps
Hey Cody! Are you surprised by the speeds you're getting on VHT40? With 1Gbps up/down, I'm just trying to determine if you "should" get something closer to that?
Great video. Thanks Cody.
Thanks for the great side-by-side! I think this solidifies the fiscal choice of going to WiFi-6 just to have the forward support. I love my fleet of nanoHD AP's and will still use them where a small distribution is needed for general 5GHz devices; I just love the size factor. But for personal (home & lab) and customers requesting the W6 support it's a no-brainer now. I do like the U6Lite, but really desire deploying the 4x4 radios... wonder if UBNT will compress a second gen W6 4x4 MU-MIMO back down into the nanoHD chassis? Thanks again for the excellent side-by-side with iPerf & Speedtest.
I'm curious if you would find similar performance results with a Laptop running 802.11ac and 802.11ax cards? Usually the radios in a laptop are even more robust than the iPhone.
PS - love the repurposing of your other test spreadsheet... the titles in your chart make me want you to combine the results of all three AP's (LR6, U6lite, nanoHD) into one view from your combined testing!
Out of curiosity, what width are you running your APs at? On a larger environment, it seems the HE80 width is a slight trade off for speed vs stability?
The first test it was default so channel width 40 and the second test was HE80
How do you have an option for HE160 on your unifi 6 lr? Mine is limited to he80!
Are you at the latest firmware ?
Could’ve been an interesting comparison but you have to setup a proper test. Same channels, bandwidth and also controlled channel spectrum. Compare the PHY rate on different devices towards the AP’s etc. Not just go full auto, it’s way to many uncontrolled parameters.
Any specific reason why you haven't set the AP's to VHT 160?
VHT80 is more stable and less interference
Because thte Smartphone cat use this. Only AX200/201 from Intel or the Samsung S21 Ultra 5G, the norma S21 cant do VHT160
Not sure I like Speedtest as a good metric vs. iPerf on local network. Also once Ubiquiti goes to 2.5gb NICs in the APs we may see some more improvement.
Yup waiting for the 2.5gb now that I have the enterprise switch
@@MactelecomNetworks I upgraded my servers to Intel X550 NIcs that support all 5 multigig speeds, not to decide if I add in the Enterprise switch that has 12 1gb and 12 1/2.5 ports with 2 10gb SFPs or go for a small Netgear switch that has 8 multigig ports. Unifi Controller takes some getting used to with network switches as they do profiles and the profiles have the subnets in them which just odd. Netgear is more traditional switch config terminology.
So I replaced my 2 NanoHD with U6-LR and wow I am impressed. Real world performance is up across the board. On my 4x4 devices I can speed test at 800mbs through my Xfinity 1GB Internet, where before I would top out around 500-600. I have an EV charger in basement garage in the corner of the house and the nanoHD would struggled to maintain a stable reliable connection. More a problem with the client than the Nano.The client would reconnect to network every 8-18 hours. Since putting the U6-LF in the clients have been connected 6+ days. While the AP only has a 1gb NIC I can get very close to that performance. Would prefer 2.5gb NIC, but in day to day usage the 1gb will be fine. Any modern clients are seeing higher connection rates on the 5GHz band mostly due to the increase from 433-600Mhz per stream increase. WiFi6 4x4 devices are seeing as much as 1.7-2.0 connection rates about 15 feet and 1 wall from the AP. Many of my devices are seeing their max or close to it radio rates. Truly impressive device. Other than the size (which is fine) there is no reason to get a NanoHD anymore as these are the same price.
Is your ISP a fiber line?
It comes into the home as fiber and then there is a media converter that changes it to copper
@@MactelecomNetworks I noticed it was fiber when I saw the upload speed.
Great video! Thanks!
Maybe try comparing TP-Link AP such as EAP245 or EAP660 HD with Unifi equivalent (similar price point)?
I'm planning on doing another video in a few weeks comparing unifi, tp-link and engenius
Check if your link to Canadian Amazon is not broken! Thx for video.
Same for US Amazon. Think it is broken.
I have the LR and am really disappointed. Throughput is poor as is range. My four year old BT mesh system generates better results
thanks a lot !!
wifi 6E is the game changer.
Have you tried it ?
@@MactelecomNetworks My router Tplink has 6e, Hopefully Iphone 6e will be my first device.
Methodology problem. First off, the LR is a specialized product, why use that? Your phone antenna is the limitation here, not the AP. secondly the real advantage of WiFi 6 is with multiple devices, as it uses spatial frequency sharing, so for a real demonstration of the increase of WiFi 6 you need quite a bit high WiFi consumers running at the same time, THEN you will see a real boost.
Did you just watch Chris’s video and come out with this comment lol almost direct copy paste. I’m aware of what wifi 6 is good at.
My phone has a wifi 6 chipset but it’s the only testing device i have so can’t test on multiple devices at the same time.
Why am I using the wifi 6 LR cause it’s cool and I wanted to try it out. Yes to get the real benefits you need multiple clients and so on and so fourth. Either way still get better speed and range
@@MactelecomNetworks No, sorry, I didn't see his video yet, but it would be so much more interesting to have that tested :-)
@@kennethfribert6074 take a look he did a good job testing and has multiple device. I’m working on getting more but everything cost money
I cancelled my order for the 6LR. I see they are coming out with a 6 Pro model. I'm going to get that.
Still in EA you may have to upgrade to beta controllers which could cause issues. Also EA gear isn’t always released to general
@@MactelecomNetworks I'm going to wait until they are out of EA.
@@jcb5388 I can't see how pro version is better for home use - its worse in 2,4 and for 5ghz its just dual radio - still maximum speed for single ssid is 2400
Muito bom
Thats "Very good" for you non Picanha eaters :)
Very bad throughput results.
My cheap Mitrastar and my old Cisco router does the same, seems overrated
Lmao of course it does
@@851995STARGATE compare to the first part of the test (in auto) does
And here I have TP-Link RE200... on AP mode 😂😂 btw good comparison between those 2 ap's. My school have Unifi 6LR, and the speed it's always above 150/200 Mbit/s on download and upload, even with multiple phones on the same AP. #stay_safe
Thanks Bruno
YES 🙌🏼 THANK YOU 🙏🏼 FOR THIS but it’s my 1am here in Asia lol 😂 shall watch later
Thank you kind sir for uploading this
😂 get some sleep
Professional uses iphone and single device to test 802.11AX,.. euhm.. ok then
That’s the only wifi 6 capable device I currently have. If you’d like to support the channel and buy more then I’d be more than happy to do some heat maps scans.
If not go buy your own gear and test yourself :)
May I suggest you lose the backward ball cap ( at least when you are doing videos. It doesn't exactly convey a professional look. I do enjoy your videos, they are one of the reasons I am switching everything to Unifi.
Nothing wrong with some uniqueness. His videos speak clearly for his experience.
Well I do appreciate your opinion I will leave the ball cap on. I have alopecia and some spot of my hair " were bald" but are now white. If you don't like the ball cap there are other tech channels out there
That comment was at The Tango not you Adam