Review on 📡 Superior Performance and Reliability: Ubiquiti UniFi UAP-PRO WiFi System by Danny Badasz

Quick comparison between UAP and UAP-PRO: The main difference between UAP-PRO and regular UAP (besides the price) is this. that the PRO comes with a second radio (5GHz band) and can serve more users per device if split evenly between the two radios. In addition, the PRO works with standard 48V PoE and has two Gigabit Ethernet ports (instead of one 100Mbps). For the past few months I've read everything I could read about wireless access points and various manufacturers on demand. to upgrade our wireless network in the office. Before that, we got by with a few wireless home routers that were individually best-in-class (when purchased), but when they tried to support a business user's network, home routers really started to feel the pressure as more and more devices were connected to the network. Typically, you can expect around 20 users on each wireless access point before the quality of service falls below an acceptable level. The exact number depends on so many variables and concessions that it is impossible to give exact and quick figures. However, keep in mind that even if an access point claims to be able to handle 500 simultaneous connections, it is very unlikely that these devices will get usable bandwidth unless they are just sitting idle. With our home routers it was difficult to do the following: - monitor the signal quality - monitor the number of users using Wi-Fi - monitor the number of users per access point - set up access points / update the software All this is now possible for solved me by deploying some UAP access points -PRO. With Ubiquiti's free centralized management software, I can instantly see the status of my wireless network, the number of users connected, their signal strength, their capabilities, and the access points they're connected to. I am very happy with the quality of the network I was able to put together with the UAP-PRO devices at a price below the cost of a real enterprise access point (not even considering the price we would have to pay). Do have a couple of criticisms of the UAP-PRO/Ubiquiti Unifi networking product: while the controller software is great, it can be a bit confusing to navigate and find the settings you want to change, and restart all hotspots immediately without warning reconfigure to warn you that this is about to happen. This makes working with the controller software somewhat dangerous during the workday. Now I know this should be configured beforehand in the lab, but measuring network quality under load and setting parameters for the experiment is difficult to simulate in a small office environment. The zero handoff functionality (still in beta, here with 3.1.9) worked well for us, but at the cost of a much less reliable connection. I won't blame the hardware 100% as we have a lot of interference in our office and zero handoff requires all APs to be on the same channel so they are likely to interfere with each other as well as nearby noise. ZH was nice to balance the APs because without this you have devices that pick an AP and move when you want, allowing more devices than necessary to stay connected to the first AP they see when entering a building. Aside from the above, I've had a few weird noise spikes/signal loss issues, but I'll attribute it to interference in our environment, not these devices. Despite the above issues, I am happy with this product and find it to be excellent value for money. If you want more robust stats, more robust controls, and more business management features, you can look elsewhere, but you'll be paying A LOT more for those features.