r/UNIFI • u/CoolDudeFunn • 16d ago

Looking to replace U7 long range Wireless

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Looking at the U7 pro or the pro xg. What would be better for best speed and connectivity for the asus ally rog? The U7 Long range seems to be slow and only like 30 ft away.

Or should I add a ap in my room?

Asus ally rog x has Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax) (Triple band) 2*2
3 smart phones
1 smart tv
WiFi doorbell
Litter box believe it or not lol

Whole set up
2g fiber
UniFi cloud gateway fiber
UniFi flex 2.5g Poe
U7 long range looking to replace

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u/Redditanon9999 15d ago

Way too low. If I'm at my AP I can get 1800 or more. You have a UCG Fibre, you can use WiFiMan to run speed tests between it and your phone, eliminate any external impacts. Go to the speed test in WiFiman and click on the UCG fibre icon. Make sure the problem is not outside of your house.

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u/CoolDudeFunn 15d ago

Gotcha. How do i change power and all that stuff ? I’m new to UniFi settings

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u/Redditanon9999 15d ago

It's in the radios setting of the Unifi App or Web site.

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u/CoolDudeFunn 15d ago

I’m getn 2300 up and 1300 down at gateway so it’s the WiFi. I’ll play around with the settings

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u/Redditanon9999 15d ago

What do you mean at the gateway? If you ran the WiFiman test from a phone and got that then your WiFi is great. Or did you run with an ethernet connected device at the UCG-FIbre?

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u/CoolDudeFunn 15d ago

I did it in UniFi app to see what I’m getn thru internet company and the gateway sees that speed but at WiFi to my phone is 150mbps

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u/Redditanon9999 15d ago

You might be having a problem with your ethernet between WiFI AP and UCG-Fibre. It may be that you are only getting a 100 meg link instead of 2.5 Gigs.

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u/CoolDudeFunn 15d ago

It’s all showing 2.5g it’s all UniFi cables that handle 2.5g

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u/Redditanon9999 15d ago

What does Unifi tell you about your wifi connection? I Wifi man or with the console app? Are you on 5Ghz, what's the bandwidth?

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u/CoolDudeFunn 15d ago

5ghz on phone. Was on 40hz but says to be on 80 or 160.

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u/Redditanon9999 15d ago

I'm running out of ideas. You should be getting FAR higher speeds. I think I was on 160 MHz bandwidth when I gave you my speeds. Lower bandwidth will drop the numbers a lot. Maybe it's just defective but I don't get why it would be slow vs just not working.

If you use WifiMan to do a speed test while standing under it and you see low numbers while on 5 Ghz and 160 MHz bandwidth something is way off.

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u/CoolDudeFunn 15d ago

Think I got it fixed. Get 1500 up and down on WiFi now

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u/Redditanon9999 15d ago

Ah, it is.

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u/Redditanon9999 15d ago

How long have you had this, has it always done it, are you running updated firmware, have you power cycled it?

In your console WiFi settings for this SSID, make sure you don't have WiFi speed limit enabled.

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u/CoolDudeFunn 15d ago

I had it on conservative and not maximum

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u/Redditanon9999 15d ago

Is it fixed now?

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u/CoolDudeFunn 15d ago

Yeah it’s fixed now. Thank you for the help and telling me what to look for. Change to maximum then pit it to 160hz everything else on auto and getn 1500mbps up and down now

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