I know this is old but that also proves my point. MLO support in hostapd is just now starting to into the release channel so I don’t fault manufacturers for not having support yet since none of them do.
I did not have temperature issues with the U7 Pro. I did encounter severe heat management problems with the U7 Pro Max which have not been fixed with the official firmware updates.
Netgear has still yet to add MLO support to their devices. I have their top of the line router the Nighthawk RS700S and still waiting to see if they ever add support for MLO.
Excellent review as always thank you. Can i make a request? Just for comparing old vs new purposes to see if the ugrade worth, i have the Unifi AP AC LR an excellent Ap device wich in my opinion is the best antenna device that ubiquiti has ever created with the best Long range out there. In newer firmwares like 6 versions the device works very poorly but in exactly the 5.43.36 version it works just perfect. So my request will be could you please compare the AP AC LR vs the U7 Pro in therms of speed and coverage range? They are like 40-50 on ebay. Thank you so much and keep the awesome work.
Does the U7 Pro Max still run very hot? I think that's my biggest concern since some users on Reddit reported they're too hot to touch even when idling.
Mine is running sort of hot, but I think that is somehow due to the plastic transferring the heat better than normal plastic? I didn't have any problems with the temperature.
1000-2000 mbps for dl/ul for eap-773 for wifi7 6ghz 320mhz @ 5 meters in same room with direct line of sight. @ 10 meters it prefer to fall back to 5ghz then the speed drops down to 300-400 mbps dl/ul small-medium home will have full coverage with a single ap, with good signal. Worse signal i saw was yellow. Barely any red areas. eap does not have a fan, it does get warm with 24/7 usage, but i didn't notice any issue for that. guess the passive cooling works? The ubiquiti in comparison has a fan. Between the 2, it's easier to open up the eap-773 if you need to. eap-773 can self host the controller on your own server. i do it on my nas with docker. You can even use it without a controller, by using just the ap only, but it will have limited features. omada software u dont have to register tplink online account/sign in (instead u can use a local account), don't have to put email (unless u expect for 2fa reset to work. but even without it you can simply hardware reset and import your backup config), you can disable cloud, you aren't forced to use the mobile app but you can if you want to. setting up the eap-773 via either mobile app, or the browser web ui is easy. if you are expecting slightly higher than 2000 mbps -3000 mbps, the eap-773 ain't it. the eap-873 i speculate might. the asus zen wifi7 pro can based on the reviews.
@@kirksteinklauber260 Omada is from TP Link, which was founded and is still led by an ex-general from the Chinese communist party military, so.. do you really want that?
@@derek400004 I don’t care who found it. I want to know if the technology works and if it’s secure. If you feel a threat then don’t do anything and move on
@@derek400004 also check recent history from TP-Link in wikipedia -> TP-Link began its first international expansion in 2005. In 2007, the company moved into a new 100,000-square-meter headquarters and facilities at Shenzhen's Hi-Tech Industry Park. TP-Link USA was established in 2008.[6] In 2022, TP-Link Corporation began to separate from TP-LINK Technologies Co., Ltd. (TP-LINK) in China. After the separation, TP-Link Corporation became a standalone entity in all shareholdings and all operational aspects, such as workforce, research and development, production, marketing, and customer service.[7]
Much appreciated the in-depth explanations and testing! Would you happen to know by any chance if the U7 wall variants also received (in early access or otherwise) MLO?
It seems they have removed the update from early access, I remember being on it and having mlo but now I’m on version 7.0.69 and have no available early access updates
@@austinh_ethgo to the releases page, it’s still there. That your controller considers 7.0.x an upgrade to 7.1.x is because it considers a more recent firmware ‘newer’, regardless of the version it lists. UBNT pushed a 7.0 update, so your controller (and mine) think that’s the highest version :(
ty for the update sam
To me it appears that it is not mature yet. Maybe at the end of next year we will have better software and more hardware clients and routers.
thx for the update
Have you tried E7? Thanks
I know this is old but that also proves my point. MLO support in hostapd is just now starting to into the release channel so I don’t fault manufacturers for not having support yet since none of them do.
What about tempereature? Is it fixed in newer versions of firmware or still not?
I did not have temperature issues with the U7 Pro. I did encounter severe heat management problems with the U7 Pro Max which have not been fixed with the official firmware updates.
Firmware still not available here!
Netgear has still yet to add MLO support to their devices. I have their top of the line router the Nighthawk RS700S and still waiting to see if they ever add support for MLO.
Excellent review as always thank you. Can i make a request? Just for comparing old vs new purposes to see if the ugrade worth, i have the Unifi AP AC LR an excellent Ap device wich in my opinion is the best antenna device that ubiquiti has ever created with the best Long range out there. In newer firmwares like 6 versions the device works very poorly but in exactly the 5.43.36 version it works just perfect. So my request will be could you please compare the AP AC LR vs the U7 Pro in therms of speed and coverage range? They are like 40-50 on ebay. Thank you so much and keep the awesome work.
Does the U7 Pro Max still run very hot? I think that's my biggest concern since some users on Reddit reported they're too hot to touch even when idling.
I have had mine since July and I haven’t noticed it rubbing hot reaching any issues. I have also never heard a fan running.
I have 3 of them and they get super hot to the touch, but it hasn't affected performance.
Mine is running sort of hot, but I think that is somehow due to the plastic transferring the heat better than normal plastic? I didn't have any problems with the temperature.
Thx for the update!! I am undecided between Unifi and Omada EAP 773. It will be nice if you review as well this Omada for comparison!
Thanks!!
1000-2000 mbps for dl/ul for eap-773 for wifi7 6ghz 320mhz @ 5 meters in same room with direct line of sight.
@ 10 meters it prefer to fall back to 5ghz then the speed drops down to 300-400 mbps dl/ul
small-medium home will have full coverage with a single ap, with good signal. Worse signal i saw was yellow. Barely any red areas.
eap does not have a fan, it does get warm with 24/7 usage, but i didn't notice any issue for that. guess the passive cooling works? The ubiquiti in comparison has a fan. Between the 2, it's easier to open up the eap-773 if you need to.
eap-773 can self host the controller on your own server. i do it on my nas with docker. You can even use it without a controller, by using just the ap only, but it will have limited features. omada software u dont have to register tplink online account/sign in (instead u can use a local account), don't have to put email (unless u expect for 2fa reset to work. but even without it you can simply hardware reset and import your backup config), you can disable cloud, you aren't forced to use the mobile app but you can if you want to.
setting up the eap-773 via either mobile app, or the browser web ui is easy.
if you are expecting slightly higher than 2000 mbps -3000 mbps, the eap-773 ain't it. the eap-873 i speculate might. the asus zen wifi7 pro can based on the reviews.
@@kirksteinklauber260 Omada is from TP Link, which was founded and is still led by an ex-general from the Chinese communist party military, so.. do you really want that?
@@derek400004 I don’t care who found it. I want to know if the technology works and if it’s secure.
If you feel a threat then don’t do anything and move on
@@derek400004 also check recent history from TP-Link in wikipedia -> TP-Link began its first international expansion in 2005. In 2007, the company moved into a new 100,000-square-meter headquarters and facilities at Shenzhen's Hi-Tech Industry Park. TP-Link USA was established in 2008.[6] In 2022, TP-Link Corporation began to separate from TP-LINK Technologies Co., Ltd. (TP-LINK) in China. After the separation, TP-Link Corporation became a standalone entity in all shareholdings and all operational aspects, such as workforce, research and development, production, marketing, and customer service.[7]
@@derek400004ty for reminder. Was looking at their gear recently
I'm not finding QCN6274 or Fastconnect 7800 adapter anywhere, where did you buy it?
Much appreciated the in-depth explanations and testing! Would you happen to know by any chance if the U7 wall variants also received (in early access or otherwise) MLO?
Unfortunately no. I only bought the U7 Pro and the Pro Max. Ubiquiti didn't send me any unit.
U7 Pro Wall doesn't have the firmware yet to support MLO. I suspect sometime in Nov/Dec '24 hopefully...
It seems they have removed the update from early access, I remember being on it and having mlo but now I’m on version 7.0.69 and have no available early access updates
Firmware 7.1.24 for the U7 APs is stil available.
@@mr.d6465 do you have a link?
@@austinh_ethgo to the releases page, it’s still there. That your controller considers 7.0.x an upgrade to 7.1.x is because it considers a more recent firmware ‘newer’, regardless of the version it lists. UBNT pushed a 7.0 update, so your controller (and mine) think that’s the highest version :(
@@KoenKooi Hi, could you please provide the download link for UniFi firmware version 7.1.24?
Thank you!
@@MK-sq8hh This is the link I used: community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Access-Point-7-1-24/ee14114b-227c-4336-90ba-7f6c2a3c4af4.
you don't need to use msi driver for the wireless network card. the only part from msi is the PCIe adaptor, so you're free to use qualcomm driver.
👍
too geaky stuff and i love it:)