U7 Pro Max

I had the Orbi 970 (with two satellites) for two years, and it was a horrible experience. Everything on the router was so restricted. The WiFi kept dropping randomly, or it would be connected but have no internet. Every night around 9 p.m., for some reason, the internet would completely go out for 15–20 minutes. Last Friday, I switched over to a Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Pro with three UniFi U7 Pro Max access points. Not only is this setup WAY cheaper, but it also works so much better, and the customization options feel endless. I honestly feel dumb for not switching over way sooner (I thought it would be a pain to migrate everything), and even dumber for not skipping the Orbi 970 entirely. Since switching to UniFi, I’ve had ZERO WiFi drops and my internet hasn’t disconnected once, which you can actually see easily and conveniently on the dashboard.

I recently upgraded my APs to ubiquity U7 pro, I can really recommend an UniFi setup

Unifi is great, but if you rely on wireless mesh backhaul, I think Eero performs better. If your home is wired for Ethernet and you can get the access points where you want them, then Unifi is the better overall system as long as you don’t mind tending to it. Unifi really seems designed for a setup with wired backhaul and ceiling mounted access points, which office buildings usually have and older homes may not. In my experience, Eero is better in terms of wireless performance, but Unifi was better as a router. I had two Unifi U7 Pros and a Cloud Gateway Ultra. My two Eero Max 7s perform much better with wireless backhaul than Unifi did in comparison. 6ghz performance was also vastly better. Unifi turned me off with their U7 Pros. They were flakey on launch day, then improved over the course of a year, but then very quickly they released a V2 U7 Pro with internal revisions (i.e., hardware fix) and then another newer variant (U7 XG Pro or something). They took forever to support MLO, and it was not available for mesh backhaul. This was my first Unifi system. Zero complaints about the gateway, features, etc., but wireless wasn’t great in my setup, even after setting up wired backhaul using MOCA adapters.

Not wired. But I have wireless mesh with another U7 PRO and U7 Long Range. Works great

switch to unifi from google mesh. Much happier

Yep I'll second the U7 Pro. I actually only have one as it covers my 1800sq ft split level great.

U7 Pro works great

I'll say the following: 1. If your main router/wifi has "2.4GHz quality issues", why not consider replacing that with something that works right? Seems silly to have physically separate equipment and access points for 2.4GHz/IOT. 2. Wifi "range extenders" suck. Especially if you're planning on using 5GHz for the backhaul. 3. Bear in mind that even with the "most solid" 2.4GHz wifi, it's common for cheap IOT home devices to just be flaky and crappy. You will not eliminate 100% of that behavior even with the best wifi. 4. Others are recommending Ubiquiti, and I have a full Ubiquiti system at home as well, but keep in mind that Ubiquiti makes dozens of different access point models - some are KNOWN to have issues with 2.4GHz IOT devices. For example the U7 Pro. So you can't just go to Unifi and "buy the best" and expect that to be rock solid either. You'll have to do your research. But if you go with Ubi, one nice thing is you can have your main wifi SSID on all bands (2.4/5/6GHz), and additionally have your IOT SSID broadcasting from all the APs as well, but only on 2.4GHz if you choose. And as others have said, you can apply network rules such as not allowing devices on that SSID to connect out to the network if you want.

Yeah it’s mostly the U7 series I heard that there were issues with. Personally I didn’t have the issue with my U7 Pro but I also run nanoHDs which my 2.4ghz devices were connecting to for all I know. Also I know for a fact I had trouble with some WiFi HomeKit accessories not connecting to a mixed-frequency network. I think it was eufy or Meross only had 2.4ghz radios and would time out and fail to add unless I switched to a 2.4ghz-only network. So in my case I have a 2.4ghz hidden SSID for iot devices. I assume it was trying to connect to the same exact network as my phone which was connected to 5ghz. This could have been fixed with a HomeKit upgrade maybe?

I use an Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway and have three Ubiquiti U7 Pro nodes on PoE spread throughout the house. It's been fantastic. Really enjoy the UniFi software as well

A whole home Ubiquiti setup sounds up your alley. If you run Ethernet throughout your house, start with two of something like the U7 Pro or U7 Pro Wall (depending on whether or not you have an easier time mounting to your ceiling versus a gangbox). Feel free to mix and match units, preferably keeping them both at a distance where most devices stay within -70 dBm from each on 5 GHz. If you need more than, say, 4-5 Ethernet ports from a switch and something like a Cloud Gateway Ultra (gigabit only), Cloud Gateway Fiber, or Dream Router 7 (this one includes Wi-Fi, so make of that what you will) is lacking for that, add another UniFi switch of your choice. The “Wall” UniFi APs have Ethernet ports as well. Do you have gigabit? Faster than gigabit? Have you run Ethernet throughout your home already? Do you currently have fiber or coax, and if the latter, do you have a cable modem already?

same… fiber + u7 pro and u7 pro wall…. Stable / fast internet everywhere in the house…. getting 800 down/up with 6ghz on iphone 16pro (1gbit plan)