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May not be the best price ever but seems reasonable for a Wi-Fi 7 Access Point.
Ubiquiti UniFi Wi-Fi 7 U7-Pro Access Point $314.10 Delivered @ Wireless 1
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ColdFusion on 11/06/2024 - 00:06 wireless1.com.au (1210 clicks)
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Wouldn't it better to wait for final Wi-Fi 7 standard ratification later this year, before purchasing any hardware based on it?
They prob feel like they lost out hitting the Wi-Fi 6 game late. Jumping in early this time
The hardware is very unlikely to change. The raitification of the standard would likely require only a firmware update.
Can you even use this in Australia yet?
When I bought my 6E AP, the update to use it had only just released and it had been on sale for some time here already.
Yes you can. Been using one for a few weeks.
They were handed out for free at the UniFi World Conference in Sydney.
Yep, working well for over a month now. Switched from a Nano HD so pretty big improvement in speed and range.
From memory they were slower on the uptake for Wifi6, now it appears they've jumped the gun for Wifi7?
Unfortunately the Quest 3 doesn't support Wifi7 (as far as I can tell), though it's already pretty good on Wifi6.Hopefully Unifi make multigig ports standard across their unifi switch range and not just X or other special variants.
Wifi7 is backwards compatible with 6E so you'll still max out your Quest 3.
Good deal, but as others said… I would be waiting for the spec to be ratified, would not be surprised if there is a revision.
Isn't Wifi 7 going to be faster than their own routers and switches can handle through a single port?
Or many other manufacturer's switches and routers. You don't hold back on upgrading one level of your network just because another happens to be slower, unless you've got the budget for a massive rip and replace.
That’s fair but it’s just SOO much faster. Isn’t Wifi 7 40Gbs and most gear is only now just getting to 2.5Gbs? It’s just seems like a huge leap to pay a premium for at the moment.
Looking at the specs, it only has a 2.5Gb uplink. Realistically, in a domestic setting (what most people here would be buying one for) that's more than enough for all but a few users. If you're looking at getting the next step up from a 2.5Gb capable switch, even a low cost MikroTik switch is $1,500+
Another thing to look at is where is the service that you're wanting huge speeds for located? On the Internet? Your NBN link is going to be the bottleneck.
@BlueSkyAPI: Yes, but I was talking about the next step up from 2.5, which was prompted by the comment about WiFi 7 being capable of more than that. RB5009 is a great little switch, we use them by the bucket load at work.
@banana365: Got your point about Wifi 7 is being constrained by the 2.5G port. What's the alternative? 2.5G with PoE is the most accessible PoE at the moment.
To get around the 2.5G, we'd need Wifi7 APs with SFP+, and have to powered it with a separate DC adapter? Not having PoE will lose a lot of the location flexibility. And for SFP+ we are starting to talk about fibre which is also an additional constraint for many people.
And there is heat. 10G over RJ45 runs hot, for an AP that already needs a fan. To be fair it's not just unifi AP - having to power all three frequency antennae and haivng enough processing capacity means all the Wifi7 APs are all going to require much more power than Wifi 6
@BlueSkyAPI: Realistically, I can't see the limits of WiFi 7 being an issue in the consumer space for at least a decade. There just aren't the services that require that throughput. Gigabit wired connectivity has been the standard for end user devices for over 2 decades, WiFi has slowly been catching up on that speed. There's more scope for limits being neared in the commercial/industrial space (the space I work in) but even then, the demand for higher speed is very niche.
That said, I'm well aware that looking back on this comment in a few years may look like the old "Nobody will ever need more than 64KB in a computer" comment from the '80s.
No this supports 2.5g eth
Thank you OP for sharing, itching to pick this one up. This is enough for me rather than the U7-Pro Max
- Don't forget to pick up a PoE+ injector,
- there isn't one in the box: https://techspecs.ui.com/unifi/wifi/u7-pro#in-the-box
- )
If you want to future-proof proof, you may want to get a 2.5G injector or TP-Link TL-SG105PP-M2 5-Port 2.5G PoE++ Switch $157.5 + Delivery/Free for orders over $200
Cheers for your future-proofing tip ! Love the PoE++ ports ready for future additions.
My plan is to offload the wireless AP duties off my UDM (the R2D2 looking one) to the U7-Pro in my apartment.
This will exhaust all 4 ports off my UDM (1 WAN - 1 main computer - 1 NAS - 1 work laptop - {1 Unifi AP})the 2.5G ports upgrade is tempting but likely further down the road since UDM only carries 1G ports anyways
Ebay seller has them for $304.30 if you use the current Zip pay 15% off discount code.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/276392834733?_trkparms=amclksrc%…
But then you have to use zip pay 🤮
I just logged into Zip afterwards and paid it all off immediately. Worth a $20 saving imo.
$10?
This or TP-Link Omada EAP772.
As a standalone device?
Probably the TPLink.
But if you've already got other Ubiquiti Unifi devices, then this fits into the same ecosystem.Unifi ap but it's wifi 5. Nothing else unifi and thinking maybe changing.
Thanks for the response.
The Unifi WAPs work totally fine as standalone. You manage them via their app which works well.
This is exactly where I'm at, I'm ready to buy but don't know if I should get a Unifi or Omada stack. I'm leaning towards Unifi right now because of it's popularity, but Omada hardware is just so much easier to get.
They also have a firewall that is managed under the same controller which my mate was getting good speeds on his gigabit wan. Where my EdgeRouter doesn't fit in the Unifi ecosystem and appears to be end of life. I was also annoyed when they stopped supporting my previous access points in new unifi controllers versions (although was a couple of years ago, it left a sour taste).
Apparently these get too hot to touch and have an internal fan. They also don’t have Ethernet pass though :(
Picked up one of these yesterday from Scroptec for the same price.
Tested with the S24 Ultra and WIFI 7 speed was very impressive.
My existing Unifi POE+ Inject worked fine with 2.5G port, I think it's just passing through the switch port so as long as you are using a good quality cable the injector should be a bottleneck.
Only downside is that 2x2 MIMO on the 5G band, other APs meshing with the U7-pro is technically slower, not a big deal if all wired.
scorptec and centrecom has it in stock for a few dollars more at $319 with free shipping or click n collect. Just ordered a couple from centrecom, but still waiting for the UCG-Ultra pre-order to ship ( ≧Д≦)" been waiting for over a month.. hopefully I don't have to wait much longer..
Thanks OP. I have one of these already, On a gigabit NBN plan through HFC my router has a 2.5GIG port and I can confirm the speeds I get on my S24 Ultra is consistently 980 down. It usually bursts over 1Gig and then slowly comes down to 980-950 down on wifi 7.
$322.13 for me as it insists on adding shipping insurance which I can't remove. Also on back order.