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

All things considered, this thing works great. It seamlessly meshed with my AC-PRO with a whopping near-gigabit wireless connection. Amazing.The cons:2. It’s much bigger than expected. I should have double-checked the dimensions.2. Only omnidirectional. You can’t add a directional antenna like the normal AC-M model.3. The reset button broke off inside the enclosure and the enclosure is sealed shut.4. The secondary port doesn’t provide POE5. Can’t disable data on the main port so it only accepts POE.The Pros:1. It’s fast... 400Mbps fast2. Good range. Decent signal (50dbi) at 75ft with clear LOS3. Easy setup with auto-meshing capability.4. It’s waterproof!5. It will join together two wired networks if it wirelessly bridges to another AP.Overall, I love my bulky outdoor AP and so do my neighbors. My neighbors can’t afford to pay for high-end wireless gear to improve their wireless coverage. This allows me to share my high speed data with them without any significant impact to my user experience.

Like much of the Ubiquiti line, this is a solid performer and well worth the investment. There are a few "gotchas" to be aware though. First, the antenna pattern is primarily toroidal; this means that it is designed to be installed at approx 6-8 feet, not necessarily on a high pole. The higher you mount it, the bigger "doughnut" of no coverage you will have under it. I have mine mounted approx. 16 feet above ground, and have probably a 40 foot ring of poor coverage immediately under/surrounding it, which is covered by a different access point. In my installation, I have a solid signal four to five hundred feet away in the real world, as long as there is no substantial vegetation in the way. One issue with wifi is that the signal is blocked by vegetation, so you may lose some range depending on your terrain and vegetation.Managing the access point is simple. Power it up, adopt it into your Unifi network and complete any additional setup you may desire, such as adjusting radio power levels and band steering. If you have never worked with Ubiquiti equipment, it may take you a little longer - it's near-enterprise grade/enterprise grade equipment, and assumes that you know at least a little about networking. Don't let this scare you away - the forums are excellent and help is always only a post/email/phone call away.

We mounted this to the outside of our church building to extend wifi to portable building about 50' away. It provides a strong signal to the new space. Easy to mount and install.

Purchased two UAP-AC-M-PRO access points for use on farm. Third UPA-AC-M in garage as access point for inside building. Three antenna provides WiFi access and stream Lorex HD camera for cattle pen. Replace different brand of antenna that would not stay connected. Most likely due to distance between antenna. Physical installation was very easy, good mounting hardware provided. Getting all components to show up on Unity software was the hard part. Tech support was very good and spent a lot of time working with me. I used a Raspberry PI 3B to run the Unity software since I had one. Would use a cloud key next time, guaranteed to work and not that much of a cost difference if you had to purchase Raspberry Pi parts. Tested system at my house for a week then installed at farm. So far so good, waiting for big snow storm or heavy rain. Nice feature of Unity software is it will notify me by email if one of the antenna goes off line. Wish signal was a little stronger but camera video looks good. I provided 4 stars because of software issues but there is a learning curve with anything new.

This access point is quite large in size but very simple to configure in a Ubiquity network environment. If you are new to Ubiquiti products, you will adapt well to their system. The access point comes with a POE adapter but if you have a POE Switch (802.3af/802.3at ) compatible, you will be fine. I have it configured to a Linksys 8-Port POE Business switch and works great. It comes with a wall bracket and a pole bracket. Provides great coverage area on 5 Ghz alone so you can imagine the lengthy coverage on the 2 Ghz. I have this installed in an attic and get full range outside along the property.

We've been using the OpenMesh line of products for years, but lamented over poor performance, lack of IPv6 support, and other issues.Deploying Ubiquiti products has proven far less complicated, with much better performance and network accessibility/range than we ever expected. IPv6 support was of-course functional right out of the box.In one example, we were still configuring a UAP prior to mounting, but decided on an ad-hoc test anyways. With OpenMesh we basically couldn't get a signal to travel much further past one exterior wall. With the UAP-AC-M-PRO-US, the signal not only traveled strongly through the wall, we were able to maintain mobile device connectivity upwards of 1,000ft away across a wooded field.Pairing the UAP-AC-M-US has also significantly impressed us. Again, with the OpenMesh line of products we couldn't even establish a mesh at 5Ghz (equipment doesn't support it), packet loss was high, and latency would readily spike into the triple digits. While the Ubiquiti equipment not only meshes at 5Ghz, there's effectively zero packet loss, and we're able to push data at full wireless mesh speed. We're profoundly impressed with this product line and its feature-set.