UbiQuiti UAP-AC-LITE

I am delighted with this piece of kit. After getting a 4K TV, we needed a 5Ghz Wi-Fi signal in order to deal with the higher bandwidth required for 4K streaming with Plex, etc. Initially I purchased a Netgear router with all the bells and whistles for £149, which turned out to be junk as it would refuse to allow any wireless device to connect to the network due to an unfixed firmware bug, so back it went. Then I purchased an Asus router for £89, and this failed too! 5Ghz network dropping... yet another firmware bug, still unfixed. After doing some research I heard about Ubiquiti's APs. Since all I needed was a 5Ghz network, I went against getting against a router. Instead of getting a device that's trying to do a hundred things at once, I went for this little device which was designed to be an AP and nothing else. What a great buy it's been. It has performed flawlessly, with great network speeds to boot. Wi-Fi range with 2.4GHz is much farther than before, and 5Ghz is more than fast enough to do what I needed to do. The only hiccup I had was trying to configure the device, as it doesn't have a Web-UI like most consumer-grade routers have, but you have to bear in mind that this device is designed for enterprise environments so it doesn't spoon feed you in terms of setting it up. I couldn't seem to get connected to it on my PC with their management software (which uses Java) so I ended up getting the Unifi app from the app store on my iPhone, which discovered the device instantly and allowed me to set it up with no hassle. It comes with a little power brick to provide Power over Ethernet, so all you can see is one cable running to it which looks rather lovely. I have it connected to a router running DD-WRT with the Wi-Fi radio turned off - couldn't be happier. No drop outs, no fuss. TL;DR - If you want a Wi-Fi signal that just works, get this little device! Steer clear of consumer-grade stuff.

August 2021 Well my joy with the UAP-AC-LITE lasted around 3 years. No issues with it and still working fine. Lockdown and more people working from home meant we needed to update which we did to a Deco X20 mesh kit. Nothing wrong with Ubiquiti. A little more technical to set up. Solid performance but was showing its age. The upgrade was to a TPLink Deco X20 which is wifi 6 this means more devices and faster speed. The Deco X20 has three units which allows more flexibility in terms of placement and coverage. It is also far easier to set up and maintain with filters and easy equipment grouping if you are OCD or a concerned parent. This gives more consistent coverage and faster overall speeds in this lump of a house. October 2018 Virgin Media user in a large Victorian House. Thick walls, floorboards and so poor wifi range. Bought to solve as fed up with plug in extenders as they work poorly in our situation. Its not posted anywhere but here is the 5 minute set up. Best to know how to configure your Virgin Media Router though as you will need to turn off its wifi signal. Download the Ubiquiti app to your phone Plug in the power socket Plug in the ethernet cable from your router into the power pack socket marked LAN (you will need to buy 2) Plug in the other ethernet cable into the POE socket on the power pack Plug the other end of that cable into the device Power on - device lights up Wait a minute or two Launch app Click on "configure without controller" Click on the screen away from the login popup, go to status screen Select the device (top line) - it will find it Configure the device select security rather than open and give the device the same name (ssid) and password as you were using before select save settings Log into your Virgin Media router You may have to turn off the Ubiquiti device to access the Virgin Media router Go to advanced WIFI settings Turn off wifi on the Virgin Media router (else some devices just constantly switch between the two wifis) Job done Once set up you can site the device anywhere that suits so long as it is plugged into the router and power 40Mbits per second on wifi throughout the house Fantastic bit of kit If you want more advanced features download the controller software onto your pc, set up an account at Ubiquiti Cloud before setting up the device. Launch the software and set things up. This is far more complicated than the app method which is probably all us home users would want. Hope this helps someone

In one sentence: This is a superb product. Longer review: My Virgin Superhub is installed in a room with a double brick wall, effectively killing the wifi signal. After a few years of persevering with powerline extenders, and an el-cheapo access point I decided to tidy up my home networking and fix the issues of drop outs and poor connectivity once and for all. I watched a few videos on Youtube and did some reading and decided this would do for me as it was the right price and theoretically powerful enough for three individuals WiFi needs. I have a four bedroom house that is roughly split in two by the hallway and stairs so I decided to install this AP on the ceiling at the top of the stairs, running an external grade Cat6 cable from the router, through the outside wall an up into the loft. The signal is epic, and the performance doesn't seem to suffer, watching netflix on the TV, and two Echo dots streaming music. With my AC WiFi laptop I am maxing out my 100 meg Virgin connection when I use speedtest.net I did install the Unifi software to manage and install the AP - this is not consumer grade hardware and there are many features of which I am not getting close to using all of them. I believe you can configure from a mobile or tablet device, but as I say I didn't do this. Two or more of these can be meshed together, as long as the connecting AP is wired (you can't go wired - WiFi - WiFi), I think this makes them a good alternative to other meshing APs. I am very happy with this device, and so it the wife as it means no more buffering of iPlayer.

Świetny sprzęt - robi robotę - stabilny i niezawodny.

I love it all. Nooit geen problemen mee. Werkt super goed en snel. Wifi van mijn eigen modem heb ik uitstaan. Gebruik enkel wifi van acces point.

Tecnología y Manufactura de total confianza

Excellent AP capable of good performance for great value. Came with old firmware so I had to manually flash each AP to update. Comes with POE injector and wall mount. Hooked 8 of these up to US-16-150W and ER-4. This is not a plug and play solution so only buy this if you are familiar with computer networks.

There are not enough good things I can say about these access points. It deserves more than 5 stars. I chose this AP over the Pro primarily due to the price. I would consider the Pro you need to insert the WAP along an existing network run or need a network run near where the WAP terminates. Otherwise, the performance of the 2x2 radio on the AP is more than sufficient for most installations where cost and a working WiFi network are the primary concern. I started with this access point about 3 years ago by installing 2 of these in my home. I went from a two mid-level TP-Link router/APs configured to be used as APs and I had nothing but issues for years, to using two of these APs with zero since switching. The only reason I ever have to power cycle these APs is to install a firmware update, or the power went out for an extended period of time. They are that rock solid / reliable / stable. At a previous job, after an unnecessary amount of pleading with my manager, I was permitted to install 3 of these APs in the office. We went from having constant issues with the WiFi and poor coverage, to no reported issues. For a side job, I installed 3 of these for a business that was very dependent on WiFi for the 30+ wireless devices they used for their operations throughout the day. The issues they had previously had with their 3 home-grade router/wireless devices went away overnight, dramatically simplified their network setup, and they have been very happy for 2+ years with no WiFi issues! Detecting a pattern yet? These WAPs are nothing short of amazing. They cost as much as a decent mid-level router/wireless device, but offer better coverage and many more features over a standard router/wireless combo. All without having to hack and install open source firmware. Ubiquiti regularly release firmware updates to improve performance, stability, and address security vulnerabilities. All firmware updates are provided free of charge, and do not require a monthly/yearly subscription like many vendors are doing these days. They also support their devices with firmware updates for many years. Even their "legacy" products still have current firmware updates as of March 2021. It's refreshing to see a company support their products, and in turn their customers, for many years without gouging them for support or forcing obsolescence by abandoning the software on perfectly good hardware. When the AP is installed on the ceiling or a wall, it looks like nothing more than another smoke detector if the status LED is turned off in the management settings, though I like to leave the status light on in most cases to know if the access point is powered on and working. I have also seen some "installations" where the AP is setting on a shelf, but this doesn't seem to affect performance much if at all. If there is a "con" to the UniFi line of products, it is that there is a bit of a learning curve to figure out how to install and use the UniFi management portal software and configure the devices, but any network or systems administrator shouldn't have too much trouble getting everything up and running in a matter of an hour or two at most. It is best to install the software on a server that is always on. You may also consider installing the controller on a Raspberry Pi, or you can use the Cloud Key as the controller. Though the controller is not necessary to use the WAPs after they are configured, it is advisable to keep the controller running to quickly make configuration changes, and you get a large amount of visibility into the connected devices, signal levels, data sent/received and also provides logs that can be used to troubleshoot issues. I continue to preach the greatness of these access points, and all of Ubiquiti's products really, to anybody that will listen. The price to performance ratio is out of this world in my opinion, and you can easily spend 4 to 10 times the money on the big guys' equipment, and get very little more to show for the money besides the name, and maybe a few specialty features which all home and almost all small/medium business just don't need.