UniFi U6-Lite WiFi 6 Access Point - Review and Benchmarks!

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Taking a look at the new UniFi U6-Lite WiFi 6 access point. In this video, we discuss and unbox the U6-Lite, talk about our testing architecture, and benchmark this access point on its own and up against the old standard UniFi UAP-AC-Pro.
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00:00 Intro
00:44 U6-Lite-US specs
04:38 U6-Lite-US unboxing
07:13 AP mounting and orientation discussion
09:25 U6-Lite-US adoption into UniFi
10:26 WiFi 6 testing architecture
16:29 WiFi 6 PCIe card compatibility with X16 PCI bus
19:37 iPerf3 testing
23:12 OpenSpeedTest testing
24:43 Sustained throughput testing
28:40 U6-Lite-US vs. UAP-AC-Pro iPerf3 testing
30:58 U6-Lite-US vs. UAP-AC-Pro OpenSpeedTest testing
31:39 U6-Lite-US vs. UAP-AC-Pro sustained throughput testing
33:00 Final thoughts
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@kittysreview9055 3 года назад

Crosstalk is the man! Finally got the review I have been waiting for!

@jordanc8926 3 года назад

Great video on the Lite. I appreciate the effort you put into this. Can't wait for the LR video.

@hilljd23 3 года назад

I really appreciate your empirical approach to these evaluations. Thank you!

@gomerpylevw 3 года назад

Thank you for the sound effects when throwing the packing materials. Sometimes the videos can be a little dry and that added just enough comedy relief to make the video quite enjoyable. All joking aside, I appreciate every single video that you do.

@miles5600 3 года назад

Yesssss finally was waiting for this so long

@breakfast-burrito 3 года назад

Finally decided to switch to UniFi two weeks ago. I grabbed a USW pro PoE and two of these guys to add to the house. I’m finally getting the one thing I cared about- maxing out my 400mbps internet connection from every point in the house, and at least 200mpbs around the property. These things do phenomenal, couldn’t be happier. I went very overkill, but merry Christmas to me. 💀

@peterleblanc4727 3 года назад

Love your videos Chris, thank you so much for all you do!!! I only have one of the EA Wifi 6 APs and I have had some real throughput / connectivity issues with my older Wifi 5 clients. So to add on to what others have mentioned I would love to see older Wifi 5 clients added in to the mix. This after all is what everyone is going to be dealing with for some time to come.

@skigeek 3 года назад

Excellent job on the tests!

@RAKRail 2 года назад

Thanks for doing the real world test and sharing them with us.

@cheema33 3 года назад

Excellent video. Thank you for putting it together.

@Richard_GIS 3 года назад

I like the intro sound a lot, its so driving you into the video and you are ready to watch - of course the content for sure as well ;-)

@mytube7473 2 года назад

I RARELY sign in to like a video, but you Sir did an EXCEPTIONAL job. Thank you very much. Liked and Subbed.

@GaryDeardorff 3 года назад

Enjoyed the video and can only imagine all the work that went into the testing. As mentioned by others if some of the test machines could have 802.11ac adapter in addition to the 802.11ax.

@aarkaybirdsview7718 3 года назад

Very informative review. Thank you. Currently I am using AC Lite and it’s great.

@HenrikJanssonFilipstad 3 года назад

I have pre ordered two Unifi 6 LR. Replacing my ISP router, (I also ordered a Unifi DM) I can't wait to go all Unifi at home. Nice review, thank you. Cheers from Sweden

@fjdelahoz 3 года назад

Very interesting!! I enjoy your channel very much. Happy New Year and the best to you and your family in 2021.

@d3m3tr3s 3 года назад

I recently bought the UDM Pro as my first device from Ubiquiti and my first AP was this device that I got from their early access program! I happy that you mention that at the end of your video Chris. If you start now, then get the wifi 6 AP.

@progamernl1560 Год назад

Thank you, for your time and effort.

@damian.ferrari 2 года назад

Great test! It helps me a lot to learn about Unify access points. Thanks!

@jnattress 3 года назад

I’ve been waiting for your video on this, thanks a lot! Looking forward to your video on WiFi6!

@markthornton3007 3 года назад

Great video - well done

@rogerosb2u 3 года назад

Excellent review, Chris, as always. A lot of thought went into those tests, so thank you for making the output relevant and more “real world.” I saw the U6-LR-US AP’s were available for pre-order last week, so I ordered two for my home. Can’t wait to get them in place and test them out. I have about 40-45 wireless devices throughout the house, and the nanoHDs have been working great, but I like staying a little more on the “bleeding edge” of technology. 🙂 I’m really looking forward to your review of the U6-LR. Suggestion: I think it would be awesome to see how the nanoHD compares to both the Lite and the LR, as well.

@Strogge_1988 3 года назад

would be interesting the same test with WIFI5 Clients on the WIFI6 AP. Just for comparison to the UAP-AC-PRO

@NatesRandomVideo 3 года назад

Agree. That’s the upgrade path for most folks handling serious numbers of clients.

@CalmingWinds 3 года назад

Ya, I tried this ap in a large home and got weaker signals than the UAP-AC-PRO over distances and through walls.

@philipp1960 3 года назад

Is my question too. I have a lot of IoT devices, but none of them are Wifi6. I don't think they exist yet. So What did he mean by "improvement" with a Wifi6 AP?

@RicardasZ 3 года назад

Yes yes yes !!

@exh4l3 3 года назад

yes, this!

@RickJohnson 3 года назад

Great review. New sub. Love the TIA-568-B painting behind you!

@GunderValle 3 года назад

I was browsing through the comments to find the first one to observe that.

@spartan3070 3 года назад

It’s such an amazing video I really appreciate it

@tomkelly1486 3 года назад

Chris - Great test! I also have the UDM-pro with 2 nano HD APs and was thinking of going to one of AP6 ap's. Thanks for the information 👍.

@otacon72 3 года назад

I upgraded from the UAP-Lite to U6-Lite today and after some tweaking to the settings I saw a 60% increase in download speeds on wifi over my gbit internet connection. My M1 MacBook Air went from ~340 down to ~550. I was thinking about waiting for the U6-LR but I have a modest home network and didn't think it was the worth it. I have a small house lot in AZ and I would get decent wifi coverage throughout the property but now I get strong signal 2 houses down. Very impressed with the U6-Lite.

@gunawansaputragun 3 года назад

you are great ! many thanks for the explanation !

@mrhoratiu 3 года назад

Nice touch with the cat and broken glass :D

@karljohnston 3 года назад

Great video, I'm about to replace a school full of the old UAPs with the U6-Lite's and this video confirms choosing them over the AC-Pro's. Thanks

@dwtj01 3 года назад

Helped with my decision to upgrade. Thanks!

@CPTWi-FI 3 года назад

Great testing project Chris. Yes, please make these public. I would like to use your results in my Ubiquiti training classes. You approached the speed aspect from the client NIC processor, which I hadn't thought of. I'd like to see tests on different channel widths, (20 MHz for both 5/6). Really good stuff!

@jyss60 3 года назад

Definitely a good AP for home network upgrade. The results for the AP Pro are expected because it works on 2x2 streams instead of 3x3, so you can get about 433mbps on AC standard. The AP can of course access to 650mbps realistically but with a wifi client usine 3x3 streams

@AaronMcHale 3 года назад

Thanks Chi’s, this was a really useful video as I’m looking at replacing my home network with UniFi gear. I would also be really be really interested in some additional comparisons involving mobile devices, and I’m looking forward to seeing you testing the LR access point as well as future ones. Thanks.

@brunosalezze 3 года назад

Great video Cris, really liked the benchmarks. We know that is a ton of work, but you cold do the tests with many other APs, but try to keep the same channel.

@mrpcakes 3 года назад

currently have an ea9500 and yes its been working great BUT im planning on going full unifi. great video :-)

@NavidianAbyss 3 года назад

This is great.. Thank You.

@GrilledAnimal 3 года назад

Great video Chris! I would love to see more reviews like this. I understand that it took a lot of time to gather all the data, but I really enjoyed it. Extra thumbs up for using multiple clients in different places. I have a few thoughts that potentially could improve the following review or provide an interesting perspective. 1. When you tested with all clients dowloading the video files at the sime time, a baseline with all four clients connected over wire would give an interesting perspective on the speeds 2. A comparison with the nanoHD to see what the MI-MIMO does would also be interesting, expecially for the review of the Unify 6 LR. Idealy, add the AC Lite and maybe the AC HD as well. 3. Since most clients today are still WIFI 5, it would be interesting to add a WIFI 5 client to the mix. Looking forward to your review of the Unify 6 LR!

@JacobKelly02 3 года назад

I've got one in my network, great little AP!

@JamesGreerMedia 3 года назад

What does your range look like?

@JacobKelly02 3 года назад

@@JamesGreerMedia brilliant! Better than my ap ac pro

@rollinthedice7355 3 года назад

Can’t wait for the premier, I’ve had my eye on the WiFi6 version. Gonna have to rush to make sure I’m at my desk when it starts 😁

@drumrboynoid 3 года назад

What is thus Premier you speak of?

@wiziek 3 года назад

@@drumrboynoid This video was released as "youtube premier", kinda like prerecorded livestream. There was live chat, video was streamed.

@compudude 3 года назад

Great video, great test, but yes, I agree with the others: We REALLY need to see this same testing done with standard WiFi 5 (ac) clients, since it's going to be a lot slower to bring all the clients up to WiFi6 than it will to just replace a few access points. I hope the price on the WiFi6 version of the UAP-AC-PRO is not a big jump up, because that's what I'm holding out for!

@kimsonvu Год назад

Thanks you Chris!

@davidbailey1666 3 года назад

This was AWESOME! Thank you!! Some feedback on my experience... I had to replace an aging UAP last month and had the opportunity to purchase the U6. I decided against it and replaced the UAP with an AC-PRO for the following reasons: - I get 450 on my AC-PROs. (Dunno why Crosstalk was so low. Might be 5Ghz settings) - Wifi6 was updated in late 2019 to Wifi6e which introduces a brand new 6Ghz frequency (waiting to future proof). Hardware expected 2021. - I dont have a lot of clients and only have one wifi6 client. Love your show!!

@MrBamboozel 3 года назад

Hi and thanks for a great video. What model of Corsair chassi do you have for your fileserver?

@BenErridge 3 года назад

Great video

@TimothyZahn77 3 года назад

Thank you! I have a lot of UAP-AC-PRO's out there. I moved to the nanoHD, In-WallHD, and FlexHD (depending on use case, mostly nanoHD) when they became available because of the 4x4. I'm planning of using going to the U6LR (because of the 4x4) when they become available, but would still love to see the WiFi 6 lite compared to the nanoHD.

@PatrikGillgren 3 года назад

Love the Amiga 1000 desktop in the network chart :D

@thomasnederman 3 года назад

Thanks for a great review! Just one question, you need to change the wall mount piece ? Looks smaller then the AC-PRO wall mount ? Is that correct ?

@beauregardslim1914 3 года назад

Thanks very much for this. Big sale on Ubiquiti stuff at my local supplier but now I think it might be good to wait for the 6-LR.

@darkgtprince 3 года назад

dang, this is tempting. i fitted myself with AP-AC-PRO, but those WiFi6 device speeds are nice

@marcuslohmar 3 года назад

Hi Chris, any chance for a comparison vs. a UAP-AC-HD? Maybe with the U6-LR to see worth switching?

@512SolidSnake 3 года назад

I agree, I want to see how this unit does toe-to-toe with the older big daddy access point.

@russelvann8806 3 года назад

Just put in the Wi-Fi 6 LR in and really impressed with speed with 40+ devices although most are ac not ax, but even the ac devices have shown an improvement.

@lpjerry21 3 года назад

Yep I also just intalled the new LR and also this Lite one. So far is runnig okay.

@LD1971 3 года назад

Thank you for video. :) Did you try ATF on vs off with multiple clients downloading?

@myatix1 3 года назад

Nice video Chris! Would love to see the same comparison with a nanoHD. :)

@coryhyatt2035 3 года назад

I have 2 of the 6 lites up and running they are great. I have preordered the 6 LR. Mid Jan I should have it.

@jdtoledo 3 года назад

impressive performance for a 100bucks AP. thanks for the video

@BadgesForTheCross 3 года назад

Time for my UAP's that are at the end of their life are about to hit the door. This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Chris.

@RashidFarhat 3 года назад

I have these U6 Lites and trying to fine tune what did you have the radios set on? Frequency and channel? Did you leave channel on auto? Did you use 40mhz or 20mhz for 2.4GHz? Did you set it to 80Mhz or 40Mhz for the 5GHz? Or everything left to auto? Thank you.

@damaliamarsi2006 2 года назад

Tests were not perfect, but damn revealing. I look at it this way. Going from the PRO wifi5 to Lite wifi6 you save KWH, get more speed, more network expand-ability and a well built reliable access point. Normally I am a Cisco fan boy but with the free controller software that I am running in a LXC (Linux Container on Ubuntu) on a Raspberry PI that is also m PIhole server and network test box, running all running on POE (Including the PI with a POEhat), I am spending 30 watts to run 2 AP's and a controller. Sick. I think this review was excellent by the mix of software and hardware and was well planned using IPERF. Ten thousand people could come up with ten thousand reasons it could be better but this is just a fantastic general environment and most should be able to extrapolate from it. Very good explanations and very good job explaining what you were doing and why. 9.7/10 if I was rating this!

@northeastoutrider2124 3 года назад

I’ve just ordered this as a system to resolve the issues I’ve created adding more than 50 WiFi switches and lights to my entire home. With as many as 106 devices in my home, I’m hopeful the UniFi Dream Machine Pro with several UniFi 6 AP will resolve the issues with plenty of room for future additions.

@JamesBergeron 3 года назад

Do you see these improvements if your devices are mostly wifi5 though? Will you still benefit from the mu-mimo in this case? And would you need to replace ALL access points or if you replace a couple will those points improve (assuming they are wired to the source).

@reflex191 3 года назад

I really liked your testing methodology! Was expecting the Pro to beat the U6-Lite at the end too. Would love to see the U6-LR compared as well esp with the sustained test to see if it can pull ahead of the U6-Lite and by how much. Also if it provides a speed boost to some of the further devices.

@James_Knott Год назад

That drop ceiling mounting bracket is called a "doubler plate" and is used to reinforce the weak material those ceiling tiles are made of, so that the mounting screws don't pull out.

@sergeyp5115 3 года назад

Hi, very useful and nice video. Just one question - does U6 AP support fast roaming with old APs (for example AC lite or AC pro)?

@jorisdevriese8350 3 года назад

Lol, love the cat ;-)

@jessica45qt1 3 года назад

Waiting to buy one

@JuanLopez-db4cc 3 года назад

Hey, Great Video. Maybe a follow-up video on how to install and configure Open SpeedTest? Great tool!

@Fergo101 3 года назад

Love the Amiga 1000 you got there :-p. Nice touch.

@raysrcsandtech 3 года назад

Thats interesting I have the UAP-AC-PRO so I might get this lite unit.

@mikebroom1866 3 года назад

I'd really like to see AC wifi results on the newer AP, not just wifi 6. The majority of everyone's devices will be older tech for a loooong time.

@mika2666 3 года назад

For people who buy expensive phones every 3-4 years wifi 6 will be in their smartphone already or in the next 1-2 years, the 2019 qualcomm snapdragon 855 and 2019 apple A13 chips Both have wifi 6

@real_andrii 3 года назад

@@mika2666 my OP 7 Pro has Snapdragon 855, but OnePlus decided not to utilize WiFi 6 capabilities, stopped on AX. Just saying: if you have the latest silicon, that does not automatically make it latest standard. Made me mad for a while.

@drumrboynoid 3 года назад

Dont they have both radio bands? If I hook up all wifi6 WAPs throughout my house, will I run in to any issues running my usual 2.5 and 5G suspects(

@wiziek 3 года назад

@@mika2666 You don't need wifi 6 in your smartphone, laptop maybe? Desktop without cable? Maybe. You could already get 300-600 with 3x3 ac and decent range.

@mikebroom1866 3 года назад

@@real_andrii yup. I have a 7t. Same boat.

@angeltaveras6806 3 года назад

hey Chris do you know which POE injector do I need to the Wifi 6 lite AP. The ones from ubiquiti are out of stock

@victorrael8714 3 года назад

my first Ubiquiti product is the UniFi Dream Machine (not Pro), and so far I like it. Thinking of this access point for the other end of house. reviews are great to watch.

@antok86 3 года назад

you mention that its the same form factor for NanoHD...wondering if the unifi retro fit kit will work for the wifi6 lite to adapt to ac pro ceiling mounts

@davidstievenard6313 2 года назад

very nice test for radio settings in 5ghz did you use vht40 or vht80 ?

@chadmarkley 3 года назад

The picture of the "crosstalk desktop" in the diagram is the best lol

@SunnyCheang 3 года назад

Agree!

@JBoy340a 3 года назад

Thanks for doing this test. Sounds like it is time to retire my UAP-AC-Pros!

@cbremer83 3 года назад

Nice vid! Will you be getting one of the new USW-Aggregation switches? It is a short depth 8 port 10gig switch. Thinking of getting one for my setup.

@JanG-bq3qv 3 года назад

Amazing job. Question if you don’t use a UniFi controller and adopt this stand alone to your modem it works probably fine, but if you want to ad another access point wireless (mesh) is this possible or does de second one need to be wired to?

@jameshall5314 3 года назад

I just ordered mine

@Czecher262 3 года назад

I appreciate the way you fool around with stuff and sometimes use less than state of the art equipment in less than ideal locations to test performance. I’ve got some equipment that by all rights should be scrapped yet here it is! Thank you for this.

@cdoublejj 3 года назад

@Crosstalk Solutions where did you get the 568b color code painting on the wall in the office there?

@BradHeckey 3 года назад

Thanks for the video and notification of the new devices... finally the Wifi6 devices are out (not that I have many clients that can use it) I think you might be able to optimized your AP setup and get much better throughput. On my Unifi (4) AP LR using my Cellphone I get almost 460 Down and about 400 Up and that's going through my old USG to the Speedtest servers. It could be a little higher if I would quit being lazy and migrate my setup over to the UDM Pro.

@Zomby_Woof 3 года назад

Does the vertical orientation for range hold true with the uap-ac-pro? I have a couple at my daughter's house as a wireless bridge until the rain stops so I can run some cable outside. I guess I can just test it and see.

@damd6792 3 года назад

Wow. Thanks alot for making this work to give us so much information! I will be interested how the situation will be if one or more wifi 5 involved in this situation. Does it ruin the performance win?

@michaelhopper3654 3 года назад

So i take it nano hd mount is the same as said, so it should also allow an ac lite mount to work with the new 6?

@deejaybaze 3 года назад

Can you please do a similar test with a cisco or Aruba point?

@aarkaybirdsview7718 3 года назад

Very useful comparison. Thank you for sharing. Have you done any comparison between Unifi AC Pro vs Unifi 6 AC LR ? I don’t think Unifi 6 AC LR is available in the UK yet.

@adrianwindo 3 года назад

It's a very interesting test many thanks. Many of us still have many WiFi5 devices, in that case, would you buy the WiFi6 Lite or AC Pro?

@KannonRomano 3 года назад

Just pre-ordered the Wi-Fi 6 LR AP

@simonread4263 3 года назад

An interesting video, I have just updated my home WiFi5 using AC Pro's to WiFi6 using U6-LR's, it will be interesting to see what real world difference it will make. I appreciate the Amiga 1000 in your diagram, kudos :)

@robertf863 3 года назад

I have some in the wall hds I use behind a couple TVs and for accessories. Is there way to make them just be switches and utilize U6 AP as WiFi AP I stand of the in wall hds? I would like to keep the wall switch availability.

@chrisleslie1988 3 года назад

In the bios for x16 did you try changing it from auto or x16 to x1?

@russellford9016 3 года назад

Great video. Was really hoping to see you add in a Nano-HD in the mix. Guessing the 4x4 Nano HD wifi 5 would out perform the 2x2 Wifi 6 Lite in the combined throughput test.??

@beyondfubar 3 года назад

Thinking of moving to this or rather the LR version. Would love to make my network hot zone the size of a football field. Probably going to need some additional outdoor antennas but I'll see when I get there! UBM Pro + 2 of those and probably a 16 port switch. 2021 is gonna rock!

@ghostedwaffle2151 2 года назад

Do you need UDM pro to run these units? Or can I just buy it and setup out of box with a regular switch?

@GabrielRodriguez-um8fi 3 года назад

Couple days ago, I’ve bought a bunch of Unifi stuff since I’m upgrading my home network. The AC Pro is part of my items. After seeing this, I might just return and get the Unifi WIFI 6 Lite adapter instead.

@BadServo 3 года назад

Great coverage, sir! If I’m currently using a UniFi Dream Machine (non-pro), and the coverage has been fine, I assume I’d want to disable the built-in access point before deploying this in the same area? Your insights are appreciated.

@reidlanham2011 3 года назад

Can these be utilized with internet service from a cable company where I am using cable into my cable modem/wireless router? Thanks for the info!

@wiebowesterhof 3 года назад

Most clients I have are still 2.4GHz or 5GHz on AC, they don't support WiFi6 - it would be great to incorporate that too. I used to have the old 2.4GHz only APs (2 left only) and on replacement with UAP AC PROs, I noticed a significant improvement in speed and roaming performance. Likely due to the 'AI' optimizer working better with the newer stuff. I have the AC Lites at my parent's place (2 of them, 1 per sub-building), my house only has AC Pros; I think the light model would be great for new installs and the price is pretty awesome. Unsure if there is a WiFi6 'pro' version + what the price of that would be. I've not checked EA for a bit as due to the human malware I can't buy anything here without 3x costs. Appreciate the research/comparisons, it shows the newer standard has a lot of potential and newer phones are likely to take advantage first.