The best WiFi access point you can purchase for the price. Do not purchase this for your house unless you are really, really good with networking equipment and can follow instructions and read manuals and use Google to help you (for your first time). Besides this device you will need a POE injector or POE switch. They sell another model without the E at the end that does include a POE injector. You will also need a Unifi Cloud key or install the software onto a computer, preferrably one that is on 24x7 in order to manage the device. Requirements aside some things that you get with this device
1. Rock solid stability. I've setup these units in very large warehouses and the great thing is I don't have to go back and ever reset any because they crash. They just work and work and work. I do try to make sure they get restarted if I see they have been on for over a year but they don't seem to crash.
2. Ease of use of DFS 5 Ghz channels. If you are in a crowded apartment you may not have any open channels on the standard 5 Ghz bands. With these units you can use the other channels that you may see some people using if you run a WiFi scanner. There are some strict requirements that need to be met and these units will scan for radar signals if you do use those channels. But now that most consumer routers are coming with 5 Ghz channels the ability to use channels that no one else is on helps a lot with speeds when you are on the lower end of the signal strength range. Of course out in the middle of a large warehouse you may not see any other signals so this won't be necessary but I see crowded airspace for those that live in apartments all the time.
3. Pretty slick looking if you can run the wires yourself. This looks like a cool smoke detector in my house as I ran the cables so it's in the ceiling. If you just have this by your router sitting on a shelf it probably won't look as nice.
Downsides
1. As mentioned - harder to setup and more time necessary to do the install. I'd recommend getting the cloud key for ease of installation but then you'll probably also just want to get a POE switch as well. Also - if your router sucks and crashes these units don't crash but of course if your consumer grade home router crashes your wireless won't work for Internet use. So you may also want to invest in a Unifi Security Gateway as well as those don't seem to crash. So a large expenditure of cash to get what you need to set this guy up properly and to have a stable environment for it.
2. Kind of not meant to be sitting on a shelf. No problems with doing that but it would be like putting your smoke detector on a shelf. It's designed to be ceiling mounted so sticking it on a shelf it will still work but doesn't look right in my opinion. Some people may not want to run cables to their ceiling though, or I assume most people wouldn't want to.
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