Want to replace Asus with Ubiquiti

[kjettern]

So I have a dual Asus Rt-ax92u setup now in a 3 floor house. It's not very big, just around 40sqm pr floor. I have a wired backhaul with one router in the basement and one in the first floor. I want to keep using this setup as it works ok.

I've recently though about upgrading the ax92u's because they are a bit buggy and throws out some errors from time to time. First I was thinking about a new Asus setup with be86u/88u but I've read alot of good things about Ubiquiti.

So my question is, will the Ubiquiti UDR7 together with a wifi node be recommended for changing out the Asus? Will the UDR7 placed in the basement with a wifi node in the first floor be sufficient and work better than the ax92u's?

 

[degrub]

If you know/find out the construction details of your place, use the Ubiquiti wifi planner for APs. @Tech9 has good experience.

That size, with all wood construction floor/walls should be ok with two APs and a router/gateway. 3 at lower power may be ideal. Wifi6 is plenty and usually cheaper. Use an OC200 controller. Many times, SMB equipment is designed for lower Tx power and more APs rather than consumer "blast out the world" single device.

 

[kjettern]

If you know/find out the construction details of your place, use the Ubiquiti wifi planner for APs. @Tech9 has good experience.

That size, with all wood construction floor/walls should be ok with two APs and a router/gateway. 3 at lower power may be ideal. Wifi6 is plenty and usually cheaper. Use an OC200 controller. Many times, SMB equipment is designed for lower Tx power and more APs rather than consumer "blast out the world" single device.

Thanks for the good feedback! I will try the planner, the only problem is that I can't really ceiling mount my APs. The esthetics are important for me and the way the cat6 cables are run inside the walls only give the option of wall mount/put on floor under a sofa.. so I think fewer APs and high tx power is my only hope. House is built only with wood (apart from fundament/basement) so not much trouble with concrete walls etc.

 

[heysoundude]

Or stick with AX-2.4: I'm looking increasingly seriously at mikrotik's offerings - hEX refresh as router and hAP ax lite as APs.
Why?
Wifi 6 @ 2.4 tops out at ~ 5x my line speed from the ISP, and the hEX and 3APs (for my multilevel home - it's probably overkill for my use case, but...) would replace my AX88pro for about what I can sell it for on the secondhand market, 2 of the APs would replace existing switches but add wireless, RouterOS has all the features as asus-merlin including Cake SQM, vLAN and ad-blocking...and they fit aesthetically better than the dead spider atop a cabinet.
I don't have buyer's remorse over my ax88; I just wish I had had the time to research and choose my direction when my AC86 ceased to function.

 

[Tech9]

So my question is

You may want to read the recent similar thread here:

Want to move away from Asus routers, Ubiquiti? advice needed

I'm going to return my GT-BE98, and need some advice on what to go for. I want to move away from Asus if possible. Both myself and the Mrs work from home (zoom meetings etc), so a reliable, strong wifi is super important for that. She connects via a works VPN, and if our wifi has a hiccup, it...

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What exactly equipment is going go fit best your needs - I don't know.

Use an OC200 controller.

OC200 is Omada controller, incompatible with UniFi.

 

[Tech9]

UDR7 has single PoE port with 15.4W power budget. It can't power perhaps good matching as specifications U7 Pro (Wall) access point (up to 22W). I would rather get UCG-Max gateway, USW-Flex-2.5G-8-PoE switch and the needed number of U7-Pro access points. If extra LAN ports are not needed - PoE adapters instead of PoE switch for cost reducing. Ceiling mount is not mandatory, APs with relatively low gain antennas are almost omnidirectional especially without the metal mounting back plate. On the floor under the sofa is definitely not ideal placement though for any type of AP.

Two UX7 units with two USW-Flex-2.5G-5 for extra LAN ports also looks like nice minimalistic home UniFi system, 4x super small size devices with own USB-C power, 2.5GbE WAN/LAN capable, tri-band Wi-Fi 7 wireless, 7x 2.5GbE ports for wired devices will remain available (3x at Gateway side, 4x at AP side)... $496 total cost. Can be made almost invisible, Apple looks with fancy LCD screens...

UniFi Express 7 - Ubiquiti Store

Mesh-scalable, super-compact 10G Cloud Gateway with integrated WiFi 7.

store.ui.com

Switch Flex Mini 2.5G - Ubiquiti Store

Compact, 5-port 2.5G switch that can be powered with PoE or a USB-C adapter.

store.ui.com

WAN --- 2.5GbE --- UX7 + USW --- 2.5GbE --- UX7 + USW

The product is fairly new though and no much experience with it. The same for UDR7. Good luck!