U6-Mesh

I find the Ubiquiti APs that I have experience with (U6 Pro, U6 Mesh, and U7 In Wall) to be vastly superior to the Fios provided APs in terms of stability and consistency of high throughput. Vastly.

Good luck! They didn't do any extended warranties. A handful of people somehow got them replaced out of warranty, no rhyme or reason for it. I was not one of the lucky ones - 4 months out of warranty but only in service for a year.As you discovered, it's a known issue but Ubiquiti still has not owne

honestly a storm shelter is tough because of the concrete. mesh from the garage will still struggle to penetrate. i'd run an ethernet cable into the shelter and mount a U6 Mesh or U6 Extender inside. the U6 Mesh is weather-rated so fine for a shelter. if you really can't run cable, try placing a U6

honestly for 45 bucks it's not bad but you're spot on about EOL worries. ubiquiti still supports the AC line but they've been pushing wifi 6 hard. i grabbed a U6 Mesh instead last month and it's been solid with better future proofing. the AC Mesh Pro will probably lose major updates in a year or two

i feel you - bought a used u6 mesh once that acted the same. first run a wifi scan from the unifi controller to see if channel interference is the real issue. then factory reset it three times in a row (seriously, clears weird nvram leftovers). check the transmit power - sometimes used units get set

Normally, I would not expect them to. In the case of the U6 Mesh, there have been many, many documented cases of the same types of failures; water ingress from the top where the LED ring is and an electrical/component failure that results in the burn through hole like pictured. Some people got lucky

i burned through 3 U6 Mesh things. They were ceiling mounted. I kept telling Ubiquiti they have a heat issue when upside down. As the one I had on my book case has been fine. But never had a burned in hole like that. They just stopped powering on and smelled of burned electronics. After the 3rd one

Dielectric grease is an interesting solution. I hadn't considered that, actually! I'd usually use a weatherproofing boot/seal. U6 Meshes burning themselves down is unfortunately pretty common, hence I don't recommend them anymore. Regardless, the U7 Outdoor has a better water resistance rating than

airwire issues are usually interference or distance. check your channel width and make sure you're not on a crowded channel first. if the signal is just weak at that location, the U6 Mesh or a U7 outdoor would extend it better than another airwire link. i had similar drops and switching to mesh with

i'd go with the udr7 plus two u6 mesh units personally. the u6 mesh pros are designed exactly for shelf/table placement - that redbull can shape works great sitting out. the ux7s are nice but you lose some range without hardwire backhaul in mesh mode. for 2100 sq ft on two floors, udr7 on main floor