Ubiquiti Networks UAP-AC-LITE WLAN

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Optional: APs will use PMF for all capable stations, while allowing non-PMF capable stations to join the WLAN. This setting enables BSS Transition with WNM, which stands for Wireless Network Management. WNM allows the AP to send messages to clients to give them information about the network, and details of other APs they can roam to. This includes the current utilization and number of clients, allowing the client to make more informed roaming decisions. Recommendation: Leave on dual-band, unless you have connectivity issues with 2.4 GHz devices or want manual control. Enable 6 GHz and change to WPA3 if you have the option. By default it is the IP of their gateway, typically a UniFi or 3rd party router. You can change this to be any IP you’d like. Connectivity Monitor Type controls what mesh APs attempt to reach, to determine if they are online. This is only available when wireless meshing is enabled.

Secure multi-factor authentication, including our seamless single-touch solution with UI Verify ( iOS / Android). Transmit Power allows you to set TX power for your radios to low, medium, high, auto, or a custom value. The actual dBm values for low, medium, and high are based on the AP model and what they are capable of. Ensure that your power and network connections are secure. If they are, but your issue persists, we recommend using our UniFi cables for optimal compatibility and performance. Verify Your UniFi Console's Internet Connection Wi-Fi Speed Limit allows you to restrict the amount of bandwidth available for clients connected to the network.Although it is a convenient way to extend WiFi coverage, it is much more susceptible to high interference and each "wireless hop" results in at least 50% reduced throughput. If a device support 5 GHz but still connects to 2.4 GHz, move the device closer to the nearest AP or add an additional AP to expand WiFi coverage. For dense networks with 4+ APs, 20 or 40 MHz width and a manual channel plan to minimize overlap usually leads to the best results. For normal home networks that prioritize speed, 40 or 80 MHz is usually best. If you have modern clients, a use case that would benefit from a several hundred Mbps, aren’t worried about interference or your Wi-Fi neighbors, or just wanna go fast: try 160 MHz. Effect: Enabling this might improve performance with smart home products such as smart speakers or streaming devices.

IGMP Proxy and IPTV Support allows you to proxy multicast traffic across networks, setting a source network and networks that are allowed to receive it. Recommendation: Turn on if battery life is important, and older/IoT device connectivity is not. Disabling this is a good troubleshooting step if you have performance or connectivity issues. Required: APs will use PMF for all stations. Stations without PMF capability will not be able to join the WLAN. These settings used to be part of the global AP rules, but have migrated to Settings -> System -> Advanced . Band steering can be set to off, prefer 5 GHz, and balanced. With off, the AP doesn’t do anytime to encourage clients to join 5 GHz, and clients may prefer to join the 2.4 GHz radio due to it having longer range and a higher RSSI. Those clients may be closer to another AP and a stronger 5 GHz radio, but a lot of times the Wi-Fi client device will stay connected to the 2.4 GHz radio. Setting band steering to prefer 5 GHz can sometimes help with that. It can also cause issues with some IoT or 2.4 GHz-only devices, so balanced is sometimes a safer choice. This is one more knob to turn when you’re having issues with roaming. IP Settings and MiscellaneousThis article explains the best practices for reducing wireless latency (i.e., video buffering and prolonged loading times) and wireless disconnections. Often times, degraded wireless connectivity is a result of physical AP placement, environmental interference, or poor manual configurations. As you follow the steps in this article, keep in mind that improving connection quality will often result in lower maximum throughputs. Effect: Enabling band steering encourages client devices to use 5 or 6 GHz, and not connect to the slower 2.4 GHz network unless they have to. This has caused connectivity issues in the past, but recently the feature was reworked to be less restrictive and should cause less issues with IoT or older 2.4 GHz-only clients. Perform a radio-frequency (RF) scan of your environment in UniFi Devices > select an AP > Insights > Scan Channels. UniFi Protect - A constantly evolving, AI-driven camera platform capable of recording high-quality video for local storage. Sorting through footage has never been easier thanks to our smart detection capabilities. It brings versatile control over recording schedules, camera access, and even how notifications are sent to administrators. GHz: Faster, shorter range, less wall penetration. Limited device support, but lots of available spectrum to use 80 and 160 MHz channels. This requires a Wi-Fi 6E access point. See my U6-Enterprise Preview for more details.

Effect: Enables OTA (over-the-air) Fast BSS Transition, which allows devices that support it to roam between APs faster. Without this setting enabled, roaming from AP to AP may take a few seconds, and during that time data cannot be sent or received. In most cases you won’t notice this, but latency-sensitive and real-time applications like a voice call can perform poorly. Slow roaming with a VoIP call may result in gaps in the audio. With 802.11r fast roaming enabled, the roams should be nearly unnoticeable. The Ubiquiti U6-Lite WiFi 6 Access Point delivers up to 1.5 Gbps aggregate radio rate with 5 GHz (MU-MIMO and OFDMA) and 2.4 GHz (MIMO) radios. You can mount the U6-Lite horizontally in the ceiling to cover a high-density environment, or mount it vertically on the wall to extend its range. UniFi 6 Lite has a compact and nano-sized design, so it can use nanoHD covers and mounting accessories (sold separately, see accessories tab). Key Features IGMP Snooping allows a layer 3 UniFi device to query for multicast clients, and only send multicast traffic to the clients that should receive it. Effect: Enabling this can reduce broadcast traffic, and therefore airtime usage and latency. This is mainly relevant in larger or higher-density networks where broadcast traffic overhead is a major concern.

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If you have a UniFi Gateway or UniFi Cloud Gateway, you can use the WiFiman Mobile app ( iOS / Android) to measure signal strength and latency as you walk around your environment. Note: A new feature added in version 7 is a warning, letting you know applying these changes is going to disrupt users that are currently connected. That’s why you might see a little triangle with an exclamation mark on the “Add New Wi-Fi Network” button in the bottom right. Recommendation: For smaller networks with only a few APs and no need to limit which APs are broadcasting, use the default “All APs” group. For larger networks, group APs by area or function, and limit the amount of SSIDs as much as possible. Each additional SSID adds overhead and reduces capacity, so the less SSIDs the better. UniFi APs have a limit of either 4 or 8 SSIDs per band, per AP group. Some older models like the AC-Lite only support up to 4 per band. Most models can have up to 8. This means you can have up to eight 2.4 GHz and up to eight 5 GHz networks, or eight dual-band SSIDs. The same applies to 6 GHz. Change Transmission Power to Auto. This is globally configured in Settings > WiFi, or individually configured in UniFi Devices > select an AP > Settings.