Ubiquiti UAP-AC-M-US Unifi Mesh Access Point, White

If you just read the product description, you think that you would connect this product to your network and it will beam it through wifi across the street. Well, it does not really work this way!! Before buying this product I never heard about Ubiquiti and I was struggling with my consumer line router to get a decent when not utterly unstable perimeter video surveillance wifi network. Even the closest camera did not stream properly in the middle of the day for some reason and I am not in an overwhelmed radio neighborhood. I was using a Ampedwireless router with a repeater with underwhelming results, connections to the cameras dropped several time a day and I do not even mention the number of router reboot required to keep the system alive. After intensive researches, I stumbled upon this product and seems to have good reviews even though the product was still quite mysterious to me, not much documentation and never seen it before. So I took a bid and thought that anyway, if it did not work, I would return it as I did with another router which did not help at all a week ago. The first impression when opening the box is, Ok the packaging looks professional, not too much and just what is required to protect the product, the instruction leaflet is succinct but sufficient to get started. Installing and configuring the first AP was a breeze with the phone App but using the desktop App opens new horizons, you get so much more that I wonder how I could live without it until now!! The way this product works is as follow: whether you have an entire Ubiquiti network or just using your AT&T network, you MUST connect at least 1 AP (access point) WIRED to your network. This first AP will be the main access point to beam the mesh network afterwards. If you need more coverage, you just purchase another UAP-AC-M, place it where it has to be, plug the POE module and go the controller interface (software) to adopt the new access point, everything is almost automatic after that, you will be asked for the firmware update and then, your network will self balance and it is amazing!! My video surveillance wifi has never been so rock solid and I have radio and network statistics in "real time" in the controller interface. I would say that the indoor coverage is pretty impressive in a 2200 Sq/ft house but outdoor coverage required a second AP which arrived the day after the order which was super convenient. The weakest camera signals roamed automatically to the second AP after a few hours, I could not be happier. So in short, with 2 APs, I beam from indoor and outdoor 14 devices with no disconnects whatsoever on a ca. 3000 Sq/ft surface.

Do not plan to use these wirelessly if you don't have an existing Access Point that covers the 5Ghz spectrum (like the original UAP, which is 2.4Ghz only). I have 4 of the original UAP access points in my two story house and those have worked great for years. They finally solved the annoying spotty coverage in our wood frame, lath and plaster walled 1911 craftsman. Coverage in the backyard was still weak but I didn't care until I installed a wireless Yi Home camera to watch my chicken coop back there. It soon became clear I would need an outdoor access point. I purchased this UAP-AC-M access point for it's weathproof-ness, and because it would connect via wifi so I wouldn't have to run a Cat6 wire out to the back yard. Unfortunately when I was trying to configure it last night I could only get it to appear on my Unifi Controller when it was hard wired to the LAN. It wouldn't appear as a wifi only uplink. My suspicion was a conflict between the original UAPs, which are 2.4Ghz only, and this new Mesh AP which has 2.4 and 5Ghz. To test it, I connected the Mesh AP in place of one of my UAPs (so the Mesh AP was hard wired to the LAN) and then enabled the original UAP to uplink to the mesh via wifi. Bingo - now I had an AP that connected to the Controller via wifi only. This is kind of a nuisance since now I will have to install my non-weatherproof UAP in the outdoor shed where I was going to install the weatherproof Mesh AP, but without buying another Mesh AP I don't have much of a choice. I'm hoping the sheltered spot where I put the 2.4 UAP will protect it enough to run for a couple years, at which point I'll pay for another Mesh-AP. The great news is that adding the one AP fixed the poor connection in the backyard. My new wifi camera works great, and I get a strong wifi signal on my phone. I continue to love, love, love my Unifi system. It was an investment to set up the whole thing (cloud key, security gateway, unifi switches, and APs), but it's lasted well and I love having the centralized controller to adjust radio signal strength, update firmware etc. Just be sure you have a 5Ghz enabled AP for this to connect through and you should be fine.

I'd tried another Ubiquiti product, and found the range was lacking. I decided to try a mesh instead. I bought two mesh APs and was delighted with them. First, and most importantly, the installation was amazing. I plugged them in (my only complaint being that POE is required, though the injector is included), and they were detected immediately. And, once added to my controller, they immediately took on the existing configuration. No additional with required. Having said that, the initial configuration with the other device required a bit of work, far beyond what I would expect an average home user to do. But for even an average skilled network admin, this was quite straight forward to set up. Very configurable. I'm very pleased with this purchase.

Altamente funcional

la configurazione della antenna si trova nel pannello a destra del programma una volta che il programma si connette e autentica all'antenna poi una volta configurata l'antenna si puo anche disinstallare il programma

Very good product compared with TP link one, easy set up and setting, great mesh connection

I use this along with Ubiquiti AP-AC-Lite and it works really well as a mesh to cover a 2000 sq ft house with concrete walls & obstacles. The setup was a breeze, just plug in to the router for provisioning it and disconnect and position it at a place where you want this to be. Their layout tool is very helpful to find the most suitable location to place this AP.