How many Unifi U6 Pro for 350m2 house?

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#3162361 22-Nov-2023 11:18

steve98: Thanks everyone. I took your advice and changed to high transmit (I previously had this set to medium at the advice of someone else) and set RSSI to minimum to -75dB. The difference is immediately noticeable. Whereas I was getting typical speed test results of around 190Mbps it is now around 400Mbps on newer devices. Happy to stick with existing units now as this is likely as fast as I’ll need for the foreseeable.

Thanks again!!

Glad we could help. :)

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#3162568 22-Nov-2023 18:59

steve98:

Hey Team, in my single-storey 350m2 house

The question is not how many square metres, but how many walls one has.

My rules for designing great wifi

- All living "positions" to be considered (bed, couch, desk, office, kitchen bar etc)

- No more than 1 wall to any living position

- No more than two walls to low-priority areas (bathroom, garage etc)

- Reflective or blocking walls then need to be considered as total dead zone creators (tin, tinted glass such as windows or kitchen splashbacks, concrete/cinderblock)

- Wifi isnt planned to go through floors, so a second story requires its own consideration based on walls

- I try to avoid putting an AP in the bedrooms, usually go for the hallway outside the bedroom doors.

In a typical situation for most house designs I go

- Small House: One AP in lounge end of hallway
- Medium House: One AP in lounge, one in hallway
- Large House: One AP in lounge, two at each end of hallway
- Extra Large House: Add more as required

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#3162595 22-Nov-2023 21:44

raytaylor:
steve98:

Hey Team, in my single-storey 350m2 house

The question is not how many square metres, but how many walls one has.

My rules for designing great wifi

- All living "positions" to be considered (bed, couch, desk, office, kitchen bar etc)

- No more than 1 wall to any living position

- No more than two walls to low-priority areas (bathroom, garage etc)

- Reflective or blocking walls then need to be considered as total dead zone creators (tin, tinted glass such as windows or kitchen splashbacks, concrete/cinderblock)

- Wifi isnt planned to go through floors, so a second story requires its own consideration based on walls

- I try to avoid putting an AP in the bedrooms, usually go for the hallway outside the bedroom doors.

In a typical situation for most house designs I go

- Small House: One AP in lounge end of hallway
- Medium House: One AP in lounge, one in hallway
- Large House: One AP in lounge, two at each end of hallway
- Extra Large House: Add more as required

This is very handy and my positioning does fit into these guidelines, so that’s reassuring . The signal and throughput is great all over the house now with the changes suggested here so thanks all again!

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#3162727 23-Nov-2023 10:04

Oh and I forgot this....

https://design.ui.com/

There you can pretty much plan what you have. Below is what mine looks like. You can see how walls and windows affect signal. But in saying that reception in the whole house is excellent and there are only a few dead spots outside.

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