Ubiquiti UniFi AP AC-LITE
867 Mbit/s
Question about Ubiquiti UniFi AP AC-LITE
I recently bought this device and set it up. I have 1000 Mbps in my network, but the device transmits at most 80 Mbps. Signal strength at the end device is maximum. When I test the socket with cable, I have the full 1000Mpbs there. Have I configured something wrong? Would be nice if someone could help me :)
Hello,
WLAN is always lossy and the data on the data sheets are always theoretical values. The AP AC Lite has 300MBps in the 2.4GHz band and 867MBps in the 5GHz band.
You can safely halve these values, or even triple them, to get the "normal" internet speed (it is slightly faster between WLAN and LAN).
Furthermore, the patch cables must be normal eight-core cat 5 or higher (so don't take any four-core cables that are lying around) because then gigabit is also possible. Up until about 3 years ago, ZyXEL still supplied four-core yellow ones with 1/2/3/6 assignment, which you can dispose of.
From experience I can tell you that on a 1Gbps internet connection we get between 220 and 300MBps per device via modern WLAN AC phones like Huawei and iPhones, which is about a third to a quarter of the 5GHz band.
If your network drops back to 2.4GHz then the performance drops again.
Furthermore - in UniFi, the 5GHz band must be explicitly selected during the initial installation, otherwise it is under "Settings" --> "Wireless Networks" --> "Your WLAN Name" --> "Edit" --> "Advanced Options" --> "WiFi Band: Both".
WLAN is always lossy and the data on the data sheets are always theoretical values. The AP AC Lite has 300MBps in the 2.4GHz band and 867MBps in the 5GHz band.
You can safely halve these values, or even triple them, to get the "normal" internet speed (it is slightly faster between WLAN and LAN).
Furthermore, the patch cables must be normal eight-core cat 5 or higher (so don't take any four-core cables that are lying around) because then gigabit is also possible. Up until about 3 years ago, ZyXEL still supplied four-core yellow ones with 1/2/3/6 assignment, which you can dispose of.
From experience I can tell you that on a 1Gbps internet connection we get between 220 and 300MBps per device via modern WLAN AC phones like Huawei and iPhones, which is about a third to a quarter of the 5GHz band.
If your network drops back to 2.4GHz then the performance drops again.
Furthermore - in UniFi, the 5GHz band must be explicitly selected during the initial installation, otherwise it is under "Settings" --> "Wireless Networks" --> "Your WLAN Name" --> "Edit" --> "Advanced Options" --> "WiFi Band: Both".