UbiQuiti UAP-NANOHD

These are great APs, but you have to research which AP(s) suit your needs best, as there are APs in the range for all different scenarios. I went for the NanoHD as I didn't need the range of some of the other APs, I am using 1 downstairs and 1 upstairs and as I don't have a large house, I knew this would be more than sufficient.The Unifi software is generally easy to use and setup, however, some of the options do need a bit of researching, but thankfully there is a good community forum and there are a lot of answers on there. Part of my reason for purchasing these was to start learning a bit more about deploying/using APs with more advanced options than you can get on your standard routers and the Ubiquiti range seemed to fit the bill as a quality, cost effective solution.So far, I have found the APs to be excellent and reliable. I have not had any issues with connectivity with any of my devices and I have quite a few different smart home devices, amongst other things. Everything has just worked, which is exactly how you want it to be.

After putting in time researching the best options for upgrading from Airport Extreme network to a more up to date high speed network I eventually settled on a pair of UniFi NanoHD AP's. Part of the reason for selecting the UniFi NanoHD AP's is that they could be configured to use the Gigabit interface for a Wired backhaul. I already have multiple drops of gigabit ethernet running to each room in the house so it made sense to utilise it rather then spend money on a triple radio Mesh network where one of the 5GHz radios gets used for backhaul.I'd been happy from a personal perspective before the lockdown with the home network, but since then I've been spending more time working from home and I don't see that changing even after lockdown has been eased. Working from home so much has made me realise that the home WiFi could and should be better. 1st world problems I know.The Airport Extreme setup had lasted a good few years and had been 100% reliable over that time, the only reason for replacement was the fact that as my home internet connection has been upgraded (currently 500Mb/s), the speeds I'm getting via Wifi have not kept up.With the Airport Extreme setup my work laptop was getting on average around 70Mb/s on downloads and 36Mb/s on uploads, which isn't bad for WiFi, however I know that the internet connection will support higher speeds than that and that I needed to do something about the AP's to get any decent increase.I already use a Synology NAS for storage and decided to use that to host the UniFi Controller via a docker package. Once that was setup, the new AP's were adopted into the management system, firmware upgraded to the latest versions and then provisioned. At that point I turned off the Wifi on the Airport Extremes and joined the new network on my work laptop.Carrying out the first speedtest wasn't that impressive, it topped out around 90Mb/s which concerned me initially. However, I repeated the test a few times over the course of 30 mins and started to observe an upward increase in speed. Currently I'm getting around 290Mb/s from the WiFi connection now which is a little over a 3.5 times increase on the Airport Extreme setup.Using the UniFi Controller application I'm going to do some fine tuning and see if I can improve on the speeds as contrary to what some people believe, turning up the WiFi signal to maximum output does not make things faster, it can sometimes make things slower for yourself and everyone around you. It sometimes pays to dial down the signal strength so that covers the areas you need. The advantage with UniFi AP's is that if you identify a blackspot that isn't receiving any coverage you can resolve it by adding another AP. The UniFi Controller software will take care of configuring/provisioning it once the AP has been adopted.

I'm using this to provide wifi coverage to most of my house - and I can still get a 2.4GHz signal through two ceilings and a number of solid walls. It is really easy to add to an existing unifi controller, and the management UI (web or phone app) is great.The nano HD is smaller than I was expecting too and a really nice little bit of kit.

What can i say! This AP is super powerful.Got this to replace an old(ish) Meraki MR33 AP, which was struggling to get wifi everywhere in the house. This blows it out the water!So setup can be a bit challenging so you need to know up front if you want to run this via a controller or standalone. If you want a controller you have more choices, VM with the software installed, dedicated PC/Laptop with the software installed or standalone CloudKey. My suggestion would be in you want to see you AP and manage it from anywhere get the CloudKey (ok it's going to cost you extra), it's the least complex setup. If you're more into IT then you could install on a VM or on a laptop/desktop. Note, that once installed you can't install the controller software on another device, it's a one install only.If all you plan on having is one AP, and you don't want to make use of any of the more complex features, then you can configure and setup via an app on a mobile device. This does restrict what you can do, but for the basic setup it's all you'll need.Coverage and speed on the new AP is fantastic, with the MU-MIMO it's great for shifting slower devices over to the 2.4Ghz band while keeping the hi-speed stuff into the 5Ghz.All in all, if you're in the market for a some better wifi coverage, and were on the fence with mesh stuff, this did the trick for me!

I had been using my Virgin Hub for wifi and thought it was normal for the microwave oven to knock out the wifi in the kitchen. This plug and play device is wonderful! No more interference knocking out my favourite tunes on my Echo speaker whilst cooking! It's fabulous. So far so good! I highly recommend it. I can even get my Wifi up the road on my phone with 4 out of 5 bars.

These access points are really amazing. I previously had two TP-Link 225EAP-Outdoor points and had nothing but problems, with random drop outs, throughput issues to devices and just really bad inconsistencies.I’ve since swapped to these APs from Ubiquiti and I’ve been seriously surprised with the realibility, consistency and speed from these.I have one setup wired back to the router providing a access point then another on a remote outhouse meshed to the house AP with a switch attached to the meshed AP running a Sky Q Mini Box, PC and Xbox with no issues at all.Would definitely recommend.