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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Aside from having stucco mesh wire on the exterior of the house and detached garage (hence the need for an AP in there), I have a 25' infill. These have limited interior walls, and I have one wall that basically divides the main floor. This wall is packed with water piping and electrical runs and is also structural. That leads to the need for 2 wall AP's - front and back halves of the house.
That and I have a 6 storey condo right behind my house with all sorts of EM interference coming from it. Channels are crowded to say the least - I have about 40 clients at a given time.
I have a theory that Unifi is able to auto-optimize wireless channels in this EM soup I live in far better than my old Linksys Velop, and that's why I can go from 5 AP's to 3.
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From what I understand, Unifi and the more consumer oriented AmpliFi are both enterprise adapted systems for consumer (ie: Pro-sumer). I'd assume that not only is the software/firmware on those superior to consumer grade built systems like the Velop, Deco etc. but they're built more robust and their broadcast power is probably a bit higher. I assume enterprise grade stuff is designed with software/hardware improvements to deal with EM interference or structural interference.
I sorta recall this because I've seen broadcast strength as an option in UniFi and AmpliFi system settings before. I've never seen that option (or honestly speaking, tons of options are missing in comparison) in any other consumer grade router or mesh system I've dealt with before. Always grief over the internet at my parents place. Then I gave them my old AmpliFi router and all of the complaints magically went away (I kicked myself for not doing it sooner).