UK-Ultra: The Swiss Army Knife of Access Points!
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- *** CORRECTION: MSRP is incorrect in this video - the UK-Ultra is $89 in the US and $79 in all other regions.
Check out the new UK Ultra! Whether it's indoor or outdoor, for focused or widespread coverage, the UK Ultra is your go-to solution. This compact, versatile, and cost-effective device from Ubiquiti's new Ultra lineup is revolutionizing wireless networking. With its tiny size, yet powerful performance, it's ideal for various applications - from emergency setups to off-grid locations. Discover its unique features, including multiple mounting options and impressive specs, all in a device that's just a bit bigger than a deck of cards. Don't miss our in-depth analysis, use cases, and testing results of this 'Swiss Army Knife' of access points. #UKUltra #WirelessNetworking #Crosstalk
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00:00 Intro
01:03 UK-Ultra specs
02:22 Why Wi-Fi 5?
03:05 UK-Ultra use cases
05:18 Other AP options
06:27 Testing the UK-Ultra
07:41 Final Thoughts
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*** CORRECTION: MSRP is incorrect in this video - the UK-Ultra is $89 in the US and $79 in all other regions.
In fairness, it was also $109 on their website as well. The $89 price point goes a lot further to support this being a 'low cost' solution.
I did a double take on the website today because I was sure it had been $109 or something, not $89. I wonder how it will compare to the AC Mesh Pro for range with the omni antenna they release.
Your GPT inserts are ridiculous. They are just not belongs here.
A great alternative to the U6 mesh access point for sure. We run U6 mesh access points, because they were out of AC mesh ones when one of ours went down. It would be wise to keep a couple of these in the shop in case one of those fails I think.
@@FoolOfATuque U6 mesh is a way better AP though
Let’s put the UAP-AC-M in a new case, change the name, raise the price and BAM! new product…yeesh.
And less range just for fun!
Exactly. Lacks 2.4GHz and WiFi6, yet called "ultra" for $109??? Nah. Someone needed to get rid of some 5GHz chips... I can't see a use case for this where the UAP Mesh doesn't also cover. And to add insult, the antennae can't even be purchased, with a "coming soon" note on the store website. Um....no.
According to their specs, it only supports WPA/WPA2. WPA3 has been required by the WiFi Alliance certification since 2020, so either the spec is wrong or they're using a truly ancient chipset for 2024 if they can't support WPA3.
Wish it had WPA3. Every site I manage at this point all use WPA3 so not super practical to use it as a backup access point or an access point at all.
US$110 for an old gen stuff. Very Ubiquiti.
They're looking to dump old chips and trying to dress it up lol
😂😂😂😂 bunch of babies
Much needed update to their previous model MK-Ultra
Pro Max, now ultra. Really taking some inspiration from a particular Cupertino company 😂
That’s a plus for me. Helped me really embrace them and remove my airport hardware.
Love apple. Love ubiquiti.
What an insult.
Cloudkey SE pending then lol
They put RGB on the pro max does that mean my iPhone 16 pro max is gonna have RGB??? 😅
I just saw this pop up on the UI store and sure enough Chris has a video on it before I can ask what is a good use case for this product. :) Look forward to the "maybe" new products videos!
Great video Chris!
this is perfect device for my use in my garden,in offgrid area
Awesome, this is what i'll be using to improve my wifi in the garden and around my house.
Perfect for the backyard patio...
While it’s not a wireless access point I would personally deploy in my house, I understand that it serves a purpose and is great for the price. And I’ve had a great experience with the Cloud Gateway Ultra. It’s a router, cloud controller, and has RJ-45 ports. Sure the RJ-45 ports are only one gigabit but this cloud controller supports 30 UniFi devices. With the vast majority of devices in my house using Wi-Fi, it made perfect sense to go with the Cloud Gateway Ultra, Flex Mini Switch, and U7 Pro access point. Great video!
Thank you.
Looks like a very promising low cost do it all AP. Now to name the wifi network MK-Ultra...
I just seen a short with your Network in a box. You should updated it now with the Unifi Express and the new Swiss Arm Knife.
While it's a very compelling product, and it makes sense that it fills for an inexpensive multifunctional access point, it seems unusual to call this ultra.
Perfect to fit 2ith my battery powered low pro Milwaukee packout waterproof network box! Will mesh this to the express in there😊
I think it’s a pretty cool device. I could see myself taking one of these, and throwing it out on my patio by the pool to get better coverage in that one area in the back of the patio that just bugs the hell out of me.
I use two U6 lites for my main WiFi and a U5 inwall for my gaming room because of the integrated switch. But I have a U4 doorbell that barely reaches my APs. So, I will install the Swiss army knife outdoors with direct sight to the doorbell. I waited so long to finally have a cheap versatile outdoor AP available just to cover the Dorbell with sufficient speeds.
Ubiquity does a great job developing all the products you could wish for. Either as hobby, homelab, or enterprise. Everyone can find the right product .:)
Definitely a point to point candidate.
My iPhone hotspot also delivers over 450mbit. And it has to connect to the 5g at the same time, the 5g speedtest gets just over 500mbit. Pretty impressive.
Sounds good to me. Maybe we can go buy one soon, should inventory be available?
Nice video. Happy New Year! Would love to see more tp-link Armada stuff this year. Also unrelated, you losing weight Bro? LOL .
Perfect for my kitchen. Small little cheap acess point that I can use to get my 250 connection.
The two things I think ubiquiti could improve upon with this is USB-C power, for situations where PoE is not available, and maybe some other mounts, like a tripod mount and a suction cup mount.
You can always get a USBC to POE converter if thats your use case.
That's what a power injector is for.
@@commontater24601but that's not the spirit of a swiss army knife ;)
@@unicodefox A Swiss Army Knife has useful tools. USB-C power would be pointless.
@@commontater24601 ??? can't tell you the amount of times where i've had to go and find a poe injector/switch when it would have been so much easier to have USB
I keep hearing MK-ULTRA which maybe wasn't the best brand choice by Ubiquiti.
I really like the look of these would be nice for a rv park only one other thing I would ask for is a point to point in the same style so then it’s the same looking device on a pole with a small POE switch powering it all
the price dropped to $89 on the site. Wonder if that's due to negative feedback since the announcement
On the website it shows a docking station in the photos. Does this docking station come with it? I do not see it in the included components.
For some use cases even wifi 5 is overkill. I live in a rural area in Brazil and don't need the gigabit internet all over my property, just something for someone that's out and needs to call (no cell phone signal here) and one very remote camera (bridged with a pair of nano station 5 because the terrain is too bad to bury a fiber cable).
I'm doing fine with an air grid M2 HP for a linear section of the property, a nano loco M2 near the gate and a rocket M2 with two big ass 90° antennas for the main outdoor area.
I’m a subscriber 👍🏼
Nice product but I would LOVE if UniFi would come out with some sort of a travel router. I saw your video about the travel router and I am tempted to buy one. With two kids and a wife and everybody traveling with their gadgets I really see the need to such a device but I would love to have a similar product in the UniFi lineup. Just for the ease of administration.
what is the small 8 port black switch you showed when mentioning you keep one in your bag
You should look into the Gl.Inet gl.3000 tho its not waterproof. but has Thethering, Wifi 6.
Love the DALLE drawings lol😂
Would this be a good device to be used on my patio to get internet to a Sonos amp for landscape speakers?
Yes, it should be, as long as you can run an ethernet cable to a POE switch. If not, a mesh AP may be a better choice.
Proud to be part of the 25%
Can you set a pair up as a wireless Bridge?
UAP-AC-Lite is still on sale at the UniFi store and is 6.5W - I think that's the lowest.
Great, lovely, inspired. Now, where is their portable/travel router that can automatically vpn tunnel back to your home network?
Upcoming releases? I have 13 items in a cart. Should I wait?
Can this be run in stand alone mode? (sans a full controller)
Seems a great replacement for the AC-mesh. I like the temperature range and weathering
What are the advantages over an AC Mesh? I can't find anything in the specs.
@@karstenstrunk4689 Probably not much advantage. I've just been wondering when they are going to stop supporting the mesh because it's been around so long. So, if they stop supporting the old one this will and one breaks, at least they still have a good replacement for them.
What is the range in terms of distance when used as APs ? I have an event coming up and I would like to be seen as futuristic and tech drenched. I have to cover an area of about 3km by 2,5km in area and a user density of about 5000 devices
Have watched a lot of your videos as I’ve been wiring our new house with cat6. Can’t seem to find an answer anywhere, what do you put in the wall by the router for all the cables to terminate in? Just a 3 gang box with those little bristle things so the wire will go out into the switch? Seems inelegant but I can’t find a better answer.
Try googling for RJ45 keystone jack plate for terminating cables at the far end. You'll want an RJ45 keystone patch panel to terminate the cables at the central location point. Use patch cables for connecting the patch panel ports to the switch and router 👍
I don't see low-cost alone as a good product strategy. Maybe they had a huge bid and developed this for a large corporate or ISP deployment, charged NRE, and decided to throw it into the regular line-up to get incremental sales?
I would like to see them do products with different features or capabilities, rather than just price. A plug-and-play PTP Wi-Fi bridge in the low-cost range would be much more valuable. Something to bridge a backyard, detached garage, pool or other home-based application where a wire can't be used. Not competing with the higher-end dedicated pole-mount bridges in UniFi's other product lines or WISP products.
With the venerable AP-AC-Pro getting old, there isn't another choice for UniFi AP with two Ethernet ports - one for PoE power injector and a second for local bridging of multiple client devices.
I have wifi5 access points. no issues what so ever. But now I am expanding my network to 10G even 25G in some cases. Why? Same reason I am driving Camaro ZL1 daily. Wifi 5 is weirdly poor in this scenario :D
Chris, can this be used as a client in a bridged environment? Looking to bring in access to a non-hard-wired building at a friend's house and then to several embroidery machines in that building. Not needing high bandwidth.
So when do we get the US-Ultra?
Man, love your video and love the graphics content. Flow really well with your content. Love it.
I sure wish they would come out with a mount that would screw to the electical blue box or mud ring that we install during rough-in. We nail it in place, pass the cat thru the box, loosely stapling about a 12" tail on one side and pull it out when we are trimming out. Based on their installation images I guess we are supposed to have a cat hanging out of the ceiling or wall and hope the sheetrockers don't destroy it or cover it up. This all looks like old work installation. How about thinking about the large number of homes getting prewired during the construction phase. I've only seen one of their access point mounts with enough holes in the right place to mount to a blue box or mud ring. These engineers/designers need to get out of the office once in a while.
Thank God they made it low cost. Its not like their switches, nvrs, and other gear are often double or even tripple the cost of the competition.
Not sure what competition you're looking at.
@@JacksonCampbell that's too bad
ummm...not really.
I need something that’s outdoor rated to cover a large area in my backyard in the boonies. Likely only 3-4 people on the WiFi at a time max. Would 3 of these cover that area from my house with the attached panel upgrade? I know it won’t cover my 20acres, but it would be nice to have decent coverage outside my house before getting lost in the woods.
I like the idea of this product however we (at least in Australia) have the issue of being unable to purchase many Ubiquiti products due to the consistent lack of stock since 2020. The situation is leading me to consider replacing my Unifi network with Omada. I do hope that 2024 will see a change because I am really opposed to buying networking devices from Chinese owned manufacturers but it's getting to the point where I won't have any other option. Thanks for the content, cheers from OZ
I ended up using mikrotik here in aus. We have a few suppliers but stock can still be hard to get. Just wish the ui/ux was a bit better.
@@gtvwill I have looked at the Mikrotik range however they lack the unified software UI. cheers
@@cyclemoto8744 Mikrotik uses The Dude
or you can use something like Unimus.
Have you tried the services that redirect US deliveries to AU?
Wonder if it can also do stand alone mode?
Sorry but the antennas are NOT 20dBm. dBm is a figure saying the TX power lever which is the same as 100mW. If you're describing an antenna gain it would be in dBi (DeciBell's as compared to an isotropic antenna). In the case the antenna gain is 6dBi.
Would be possible to power it with POe adapter?
For a small meeting room, like 20sqm with low ceeling, would be a good solution for wall mounting?
The problem with wifi 5 isn't bandwidth (you can absolutely 4k60hz stream)... Its that it doesn't cope with multiple clients as well as wifi 6. This is obsolete upon release.
I really like the form factor. I think UBNT have done really well designing it to be so flexible and I get that by making it Wi-Fi 5 only they can keep the price down. However if I buy one of these I'm going to want to keep it 2 to 3 years minimum, so making it Wi-Fi 5 only hurts the longevity of the product. To be honest you're better off to just buy a U6-Mesh which is almost as flexible except for the external antenna's. Sorry but UBNT got this wrong.
I'm not sure, there are a lot ppl that can't even get anymore than a 100 down and 20 up connection from there ISP. All that functionality for under a bill is pretty good. Also can a mesh like your talking about do wired backhual? Honest question btw.
@@Steve_Just_Steve For me Wi-Fi 6 is important for high speed LAN transfers to & from my NAS. I have a lot of MKV rips I've made of my physical movie media, laptop backup image creation etc. The U6-Mesh has a ethernet port so that covers the wired back haul, though I wouldn't use the U6-Mesh for meshing, UBNT's meshing is pretty average. In my use case I have 28 ethernet drops around my house so I can always hard wire an access point near where I want it.
@@lordcarnorjax8599 Good point.
I guess the directional antenna option wouldn't work well as most of us might think because the clients still have the same antenna for transmitting back and on most cases our directional antenna won't be able to help on that case. Maybe would work well for a point-tto-point setup though where both sides have good directional antennas, but that's not the product for that I believe.
Antennas work in both directions, more narrow beam angle doesn't only mean stronger transmit in given direction but also greater sensitivity in given direction. Thus superior antenna will benefit clients with lesser antennas, they can't shout lauder but more directional (= higher gain) antenna can hear them better. I'm not sure why would you want directionality tho since WiFi clients often move about and that doesn't go very well with directionality, it would work better in one direction but much worse in others so don't see the point for client devices. Perhaps some very wide directional antenna would make sense but classic directional antennas are fairly sharp angle so that doesn't make sense on short distances.
@@tomaskolinger thanks for explanation
I have a UMA-D paired with an AC Mesh. It absolutely improves device to AP reception such that I can maintain Wi-Fi over 1/4 mile away in a low, not zero, interference environment even at a 60*+ angle from center. It’s amazing!
well it sounds like im about to buy a couple of directional antennas for the garden ap
Imagine that you need to deploy some wireless networking in 2015....
well, i do se use-cases for it, but it would be nice with a wifi 6 AP with external antenna connectors.
and also i am always a bit hesitant to trust the "Outdoor" capability's of unifis APs. when you have 3 feet of snow, rain, freezing temperatures in the winter and warm in the summer i would love to se something with a better IP rating and cable connectors that are waterproof.
While I am glad they are offering another AP compatible with directional antenna it needed to be Wifi 6. Why chose this over the old AC-mesh?
Can this be used as a wireless repeater for a Unifi Dream Machine?
I don't know why people are upset about this WiFi 5 thing. All I know is that Chris brought back the old music in the first part of the video 🎉😀
I can't find the network in a box video?
Will it work as a bridge receiver?
I'm wondering the same thing
Hmmm, I think my nation needs have a little word with Ubiquti about names. Sent from the UK.
Why isn't this Wi-Fi 6?!! How come Ubiquiti is still coming out with Wi-Fi 5 Access Points when Wi-Fi 6 has been around for so long..and when Wi-Fi 7 is just around the corner?!
Yay they brought out a new product shame half of the existing products have been out of stock on the EU and UK website for months . How can you you recommend a company where you won't be able to buy spares when things break due to supply issues X just have no network for months or throw the entire ecosystem away as you can't continue with the one you have .
can i ask something would this be ok for travelling as i have a travel 4g router router without wifi but i need something i can put up in a hotel room so i can get wifi for my equipment do you think this work?
Crap, i was just fixing to order an Omada setup. Now i don't know what to do again!
I’m one of that 25%.
Can I mesh this dvice to other Unifi AP devices and get downstream on lan port for device which is not able to use wifi ?
Nobody seems to be answering this. I'm interested to know if it can be meshed too as an alternative to UAP-AC-M
Somebody at Unifi heard a chata bout MK-Ultra and liked the name
Eh it's alright but I prefer mikrotik wap ac. Been the go to for this role for me for a few years now. Solar powered, poe out, cheap and outdoor rated, comes with a desktop stand for internal use and capsman for provisioning.
That product name isnt going to dissuade the people who think we're using wifi to beam thoughts into their brains.
I got all excited and then I saw it's WiFi 5 only :( WiFi 6 was the BIGGEST upgrade in all WiFi history, and I really, really don't understand why anyone is still producing anything but WiFi 6.
I really hope there will be a "UK-Ultra 6/plus" model with WiFi 6 available soon.
Hopefully just WiFi 7 stuff coming out.
Interestingly it's 73 EURO (~80USD) instead of 109 USD (~100 EUR) which makes it more competitive.
Depends where you need to add tax. Its 86€
US price was also wrong. $89
Its wifi 5, an old chipset, and out of compliance. The marketing department took kver for this one, nothing ultra about it LOL
Anyone know if it will Mash?
The word “Ultra” is the confusing part. Otherwise, yea seems fine.
But Ultra is under Professional seems like Marketing is up to shenanigans.
External antennas, and APs to attach them to, are something missing from Ubnts lineup atm, sadly, as they'd work well in warehouses etc. But these specs and name... Come on, at least try...
If this IT thing doesn't work out, with your unrelenting pitch technique, you've got a future in door to door vacuum cleaner sales.😁
Am i the only one who at first read the thumbnail as "UK's First Ultra Look"
Yes.
This could be useful... if it had a WiFi6 chipset...
I don't think it being WiFi5 diminishes its usefulness. There are a lot of situations where WiFi5 is a perfectly good fit. If you're setting up an AP (or multiple) in a location where there aren't many WiFi6 devices, then WiFi5 is a perfectly good choice. This also means that your POE switch can be less powerful, since this thing barely uses power. This will most likely be in small deployments. Larger deployments will definitely want more robust APs.
@@SeattleSandro Sure it’s fine now, but the marginal cost of a WiFi6 chipset can’t be that much at this point. I seriously question the value of deploying anything on WiFi5 now because it’s reaching the end of its lifecycle.
Unifi's software - though still have improvements - are slow/late in terms of daily requirements. The software architecture should also be revisited because some updates are terrible. They really need to step up as some chinese brand has very similar software features and architecture (controller for SDN with cloud capabillity). easily said: the cost efficient TP-Link.
And I once had to embark my customer to TP-Link because of stock unavailability.
EnGenius also targeting hotels/hospitals in SEA market. Now, we see RuiJie with the ReeYe models are agressive. Not only RuiJie may give Unifi a run for its money but the Enterprise range is or should be scary to the Ubiquiti line up (even on the carrier market).
I use Ubiquity at home but the bad update experiences I've had would put me off using it at work (manufacturing)
Ok, you missed one very important point... Where'd you get that alien statue?
That statue is awesome - I call him Fred.
So price dropped within 24 hours just 89$
I was gonna comment pissed that I just bought 7 used AC Lites off eBay. But looking at the price of this, $110, no thanks. It sounded like it was going to be half that cost. Why are they even listing a lot of the older AC stuff? They haven't been in stock in like a year or more.
To be honest, if cost is a priority, Ubuiquity is NOT the brand you would go for, like at all. I think TP-Link probably has that market pretty well covered. You could get a TP-Link alternative to this "swiss army AP" for less than half the price. I do like Ubiquity stuff, its pretty, has a great line up and has a robust ecosystem; At least when they don't decide that they don't want to support some older hardware anymore.
But you are ALWAYS paying a premium for the Ubiquity name. This thing is still USD$90 for a simple outdoor Wifi 5 PoE AP. That is way overpriced if "low cost" is part of the selling point.
Can I use it outside the UK? like in poland? thnaks
MK-Ultra AP
This product really does not make sense when the AC-Mesh exists, having better range, in a smaller package, with practically the same power draw....for $10 more. Ubiquiti initially launched it at a higher price than the Mesh at $109 as well.
Well I was interested till you said WiFi 5
WIFI 5 is so outdated.😐
Where is the advantage to to old wifi5 outdoor AP (which had antannas included)?
the mesh signal leds are nice to have. also price seems to be 73 euro without vat. this is more acceptable
Construction Jobsites.
I would call thos a poe wifi extender
Someone just found generative AI. LOL. I’d like to see Ultra switch that only requires POE+. I have one run into attic that needs a tough and durable switch where I can split off to power a camera and provide connectivity to a computer.
Is this related to MK-Ultra? Will it brainwash me as well? ;)
They REALLY need to release a WiFi 6 model. Full on routers at this price have WiFi 6! Not sure this is good value at all.