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Anyone brave enough to try out the new AP906 WiFi AP?

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09 Apr 2023 15:31 #102402 by piste basher
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Should have read the threads here first :cry:

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10 Apr 2023 08:50 #102404 by nieldm
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Piste Basher wrote:
Should have read the threads here first :cry:



What happened?

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10 Apr 2023 08:55 #102405 by nieldm
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I am faced with a decision whether to retire the last Ubiquiti APs I have on my network (along with a 1060c and my 2927ax router) or to eBay the 1060c and go back to 100% Unifi. My heart says Draytek, given that I 'upgraded' from a 2926 specifically to migrate wifi to all-Draytek wifi6, but my head says "hit the phuq-up rewind button", admit defeat and go back to Unifi cap in hand.

Does the 906 share a UI with the 1060c or is it different again? Does Central AP Management work properly?

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10 Apr 2023 16:21 #102407 by piste basher
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nieldm wrote:

Piste Basher wrote:
Should have read the threads here first :cry:



What happened?



There are several posts regarding the incompatibility of the "new" Draytek mesh devices with the "old" (but not very) Draytek mesh devices :evil:

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10 Apr 2023 20:16 #102408 by oviano
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nieldm wrote:
I am faced with a decision whether to retire the last Ubiquiti APs I have on my network (along with a 1060c and my 2927ax router) or to eBay the 1060c and go back to 100% Unifi. My heart says Draytek, given that I 'upgraded' from a 2926 specifically to migrate wifi to all-Draytek wifi6, but my head says "hit the phuq-up rewind button", admit defeat and go back to Unifi cap in hand.

Does the 906 share a UI with the 1060c or is it different again? Does Central AP Management work properly?



The 906 has the same UI as the 903.

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19 Apr 2023 09:38 #102438 by technical
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oviano wrote:
Installed five yesterday.

So far no issues, and we’re predominantly Apple devices.

Devices are in AP mode, wired back to the router so no mesh.

They’re certainly chunky - bigger than I thought. From the images on the website I for some reason imagined they were smaller than the AP903s that I have replaced, but they’re actually bigger.

Good speeds so far, faster than I could ever get with the 903s. Speed test showing in the higher hundreds of mb/s (internet is 1gbps).



Do all functions in firmware work? 1060C and 908 I found some functions just don't do anything. Also does roaming work well do you get sticky clients? Do you use one SSID per all five ap's ? Could you share rough guide/setting how you set them up. What wifi channels you use?
I am getting continuous disconnects on mobile devices or no internet on 60db+ for some reason even if all settings standard etc.. Did not have such issues on older draytek ap's. So considering AP906 but worried it will be same.

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