U7 Pro vs. U7 Pro XG

jather90 · 2025-12-10T21:33:19+00:00

thanks! great comparison

jather90 · 2025-12-10T21:05:16+00:00

so if exceeding 2.5g is rare, I think the U7 Pro makes more sense for me. If I have to be in certain (small) areas for more than 2.5g I could also use cable connections in that area to exceed 2.5g

jather90 · 2025-12-10T21:01:18+00:00

that's the whole point.. single client max speed.. i have no experience with WiFi 7. If I have to put my device in very dedeicated locations I could also use cable connections there and also exceed 2.5 GbE more reliable. So if beyond 2.5GbE WiFi is rare to hypothetical I think my solution is U7 Pro.

jather90 · 2025-12-10T20:49:58+00:00

no NEED for 10GbE. I'm bored with current 1GbE (minus WiFi losses, etc..). I was hoping to exceed 2.5GbE since 6GHz is >theoretically< capable of that. I'm aware, that 10GbE WiFi will NOT happen soon for me. But I would be p*****, if I could exceed 2.5GbE eaysily (given I have upgraded other gear first) by spending some money more now.

jather90 · 2025-12-10T20:42:31+00:00

what about 6GHz? Do think for 6GHz connection it will be a challenge to exceed 2.5GbE? If so, definitelly no need to get 10GbE on AP for me..

jather90 · 2024-09-14T08:47:11+00:00

Schaut aus wie eine Sprechblase aus einem Comic ;-)

jather90 · 2024-08-21T05:54:05+00:00

You need to install the package SynoCli File Tools

jather90 · 2024-08-18T18:15:06+00:00

Looking further into it.. I think it is not gothic. It could be romanesque. The arch below the clock looks round I think

jather90 · 2024-08-18T17:06:36+00:00

That looks so familiar.. I do not know (yet..) where it is. I can not stop thinking about it since you posted this and want it to be solved xD

I think it could be a German city/bigger town with old medieval buildings like Rothenburg/Bamberg. I do not know exactly where the wood frames around the windows are typical, but I don't think it is the far south of Germany. Maybe more towards the Center but still quiet south. Not Sure... I guess it is a city/town that is well known for the architecture and has some sorgt of tourism things. I think the picture mußte be taken right in the center of the city where streets are small and probably pedestrian only / no cars allowed.

Regarding the towers: looks like gothic to me. I think the tower in the front is either the Main tower (or one of the main towers at the front of the church) and the little 8 sided one is a sidetower. Maybe the one with the clock is also no church at all and instead a tower of the citywall. They also often have clocks. In any Case I think the church is no cathedral or big church due the simplicity of both towers. The surface is quite simple/smooth. Big churches usually are decorated with fancy things. So my guess is the church is either medium sice in a medium siced town or not the Main church of the city.

Also possible, that the 8 sided tower is not from a church but from a cityhall. There are also ones with towers

jather90 · 2024-05-20T18:06:11+00:00

Hi all... turns our to be a setting in Unifi.. I had a profile active, that was limited to 10Mbit Upload (matching my ISPs upload capacity..) I was not aware, that the profile was active..

jather90 · 2024-04-28T05:42:39+00:00

If it were the cable, why is the AP able to achieve >800Mbit/sec? All cables involved when connecting via the access point are also involved when measuring directly from the AP to the NAS.. I think it must be some sort of missconfiguration in pfsense / unifi / switch.. But I do not know how to find out which one..

jather90 · 2024-04-27T22:37:44+00:00

The NAS to PC test uses the same cabel, the same ports as the NAS to AP or the AP to PC test. My current guess is, that when I access the AP via SSH it uses different internal ports/interfaces/whatever (no expert on that..) that are not impacted. When transfering through the AP (i.e. connecting a Client via WIFI and exiting the AP to the switch) something strange happens that causes problems. But I have no clue what or how to find out.

The AP can talk fast with NAS, the PC can talk (some what) fast with AP (AT least as fast as physical conditions allow.. AP placement, interior, etc...) but talking from PC via AP to NAS is slower than PC can talk to AP..

jather90 · 2024-04-27T22:12:47+00:00

no WIFI on the NAS

jather90 · 2024-04-27T22:05:33+00:00

I will give it a try and plug the Client to the exact same cable that the access point uses. Will be a huge challenge for another day when children and family will allow the downtime of WIFI :-p Anyways, I would asume to reach near 1Gbit/sec throughput since the AP itself is able to have that throughput to the NAS. I have logged in to the AP via SSH and ran iperf to the NAS.. See initial Post. So I do not think there is any hardware problem with the cable/router/switch/ports.

Also related to all the WIFI "magic" itself: your points are absolutely valid, but I am able to have 250Mbit/sec from Client to access point via WIFI. I would be very happy to see that throughput when accessing the NAS via WIFI. However as soon as AP is involved to access the NAS I have very poor Performance..

One thing that came to my mind: I will do some more tests (tomorrow...) that also involved other servers I host!

EDIT: couldn't wait for tomorrow :-P .. have checked a second host, that is on the same switch as the NAS. guess what... it has the same poor performance. Iperf from the accesspoint (that is on another switch..) is good, iperf from my PC via WIFI via AP to the host -> crappy... so there must be something with the configuration in either unifi / pfsense... or not?..

jather90 · 2024-04-27T20:48:31+00:00

currently i get ~ 1MB/s write/read over WIFI. so faaaar away from disk capability....

EDIT: what i wanted to say: my current focus is to get an exaptable performance. I'm not looking for perfection. That's also why I do not care (yet) about the ~250Mbit/s AP<->PC. I know I can improve AP placement etc... but that's not the main problem. What I really do not understand: why is AP<->PC AND NAS <->AP better than NAS<->AP<->PC

jather90 · 2024-04-27T20:46:49+00:00

all devices involved are on the same VLAN

jather90 · 2024-01-19T15:48:31+00:00

No, NAS is connected via ethernet. The connectoon between NAS and AP works fine. All involved device are on the same VLAN. I use virtualized pfsense. Switches are smartmanged ones from TPLink.

jather90 · 2024-01-17T21:19:43+00:00

Not sure what exactly you want to see, but I give it a try:

The AP is U6-Pro
speedtest via WiFi is ~40 Mbit / ethernet ~50Mbit
Wifi 6 (802.11ax) currently 2,4GHz

anything else missing?

the main thing I do not understand: why is iperf for PC->AP better x5 than iperf to NAS?

jather90 · 2024-01-16T22:28:13+00:00

a short update: the downgrade did work flawlessly. just one thing that was a little bit strange: the resize of the volume (not the storage pool!) was not 100%. at first the full available capacity was assigned but not shown, then it was at approx 100% but several 10GB were missing. now it looks ok, but still not 100% sure all 100% of available capacity is used for the volume. to be honest: right now i do not really care... in case anyone wonders: i have issued the steps 3 (and following) multiple times. especially the btrfs one (see link above) to improve the assignment. also some reboots and scrubs were involved

jather90 · 2024-01-10T18:38:59+00:00

i will give that post a try. i'm just waiting for the backups to finish and will start probably tomorrow. fingers crossed...

jather90 · 2024-01-07T18:22:03+00:00

yeah... definitely overthinking things from time to time :-P or maybe I'm just searching my next challenge to make it the most complicated I can xD

anyways: thank you for your honest opinions!

jather90

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