Ubiquiti’s New WIFI 6 ONU
Ubiquiti’s New WIFI 6 ONU
Ubiquiti is expanding its WIFI 6 technology and now is including its ONU devices. The UF-WIFI6 is the latest generation ONU for the GPON UFiber Family and is only compatible with Ubiquiti’s UFiber OLTs.
It includes a USB-C power adapter, but it can also be powered by Passive 24V PoE (injector not included) for ease of installation at any part of the building or house.
This device offers decent WI-Fi Coverage, mainly in 5GHz due to its 3dBi antenna gain.
Physical Specifications
Installation Diagram:
Technical Specifications:
| Mechanical | |
| Dimensions | 140.8 x 141.5 x 31.65 mm (5.54 x 5.57 x 1.25″) |
| Weight | 415 g (0.99 lb) |
| Enclosure material | UV-stabilized polycarbonate |
| Hardware | |
| Processor | Dual-core MIPS 1004 Kc at 900 MHz |
| Memory | 256 MB RAM |
| Total non-blocking line rate | 2.488 Gbps downstream 1.244 Gbps upstream |
| Networking interfaces | (1) SC/APC, ITU-G.984 GPON WAN port (4) GbE RJ45 LAN portsWiFi 802.11ax 5/2.4 GHz channels |
| PoE interface | (1) PoE in, 24V passive PoE |
| Management interface | Ethernet in-band PON |
| Button | Factory-reset |
| Max. power consumption | 11W |
| Power method | USB-C 5VDC, 3A 24V passive PoE, 0.5A |
| Power supply | 5VDC, 3A power adapter, 1.5 m cord (included) Passive PoE 2-pair (4, 5+; 7, 😎 |
| Supported voltage range | 10 to 30VDC passive PoE 5VDC adapter |
| Normal TX range of optical module | 0.5 to 5 dBm |
| Normal RX range of optical module | -8 to -28 dBm |
| Max. WiFi TX power 2.4 Ghz 5 Ghz |
20 dBm 20 dBm |
| MIMO 2.4 Ghz 5 Ghz |
2 x 2 2 x 2 |
| Max. WiFi radio rate 2.4 Ghz 5 Ghz |
300 Mbps 1.2 Gbps |
| Antenna Gain 2.4 GHz 5 GHz |
1 dBi 3 dBi |
| Operating temperature | -15 to 45° C (5 to 113° F) |
| Operating humidity | 10 to 90% noncondensing |
| Certifications | FCC, IC, CE |
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LEDs |
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| PON status | (3) signal LEDs All-OFF: bootup 1x orange: signal too low (< -28 db) 1x white: signal low (>= -28 db) 2x white: signal good (>= -25 db) 3x white: signal strong (>= -11 db) 1x orange + 2x white: signal too strong (>= -8 db) 3x orange: no signal LEDs alternate between orange + white + orange and a signal strength indicator: No authority |
| Ethernet | Steady white: link up Blinking white: activity OFF: link down |
| Power | White: ON |
| Software | |
| Mode | ONU/ONT layer 2/3 Ethernet switch |
| Services | Web server, telnet, NAT, bridging and routing, firewall features, and application passthrough features |
| Utilities | Dashboard, monitoring, alarms, and logs |
| Other | Remote reset, remote reboot, remote firmware upgrade, VLAN support |
| Security | GEM Port Encryption |
| Ubiquiti specific features | UBNT Discovery and UISP Mobile app |
| WiFi standards | 802.11 b/g WiFi 4/WiFi 5/WiFi 6 |
| Wireless security | WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA-Enterprise (WPA/WPA2/WPA3, TKIP/AES) |
| Minimum software requirements | Any modern web browser (Google Chrome™ recommended) |
| Fiber | |
| Operating wavelength | 1310 nm TX/1490 nm RX |
| Optical interface downstream nominal bit rate | 2488.32 Mbit/s |
| Optical interface upstream nominal bit rate | 1244.16 Mbit/s |
| Physical reach | 20 km |
| Supported Data Rates | |
| 802.11b | 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps |
| 802.11g | 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps |
| 802.11n (WiFi 4) | 6.5 Mbps to 300 Mbps (MCS0 – MCS15, HT 20/40) |
| 802.11ac (WiFi 5) | 6.5 Mbps to 866.7 Mbps (MCS0 – MCS9 NSS1/2, VHT 20/40/80) |
| 802.11ax (WiFi 6) | 8.6 Mbps to 1.2 Gbps (MCS0 – MCS11 NSS1/2, HE 20/40/80) |
Author: Eric Weber
