We now know a lot of occasions when our network becomes sluggish is actually not someone's fault, but rather the fault of devices like the PS4 and our large variety of smart-products engaging in over the air updates. As well as assisting with the set-up, it also displays everyone on the network and what their realtime activity is. We’ve never been able to find out exactly who’s using all our bandwidth previously, but now we can find the culprit with the AmpliFi App. Each mesh point has a real-time LED signal strength reading, so we can easily have an optimised signal passed through our home by adjusting their position. The design of these mesh points is very smart, the antenna is magnetically attached to the plug on a pivoting ball-joint mechanism which means we can position them protruding or swivelled with 180° of freedom. We have our network configured to what AmpliFi refer to as the mesh multi-hop. The AmpliFi Mesh Points are one of the key selling points of this new system and plug into any power outlet to communicate with the AmpliFi HD router or with another mesh point automatically - no additional setting up required. Then we have the Mesh Points to place throughout our home to expand the network, which it has to be admitted are lightyears ahead of the TP-Link extender products we used to gain a larger network previously. And it’s all set up! To put this almost unbelievably simple process into perspective, which incidentally took around 90 seconds to complete, figuring out how to disable the Wi-Fi on our Homehub was a half hour affair! Then AmpliFi has a brief conversation with it and we can choose our new network password and name (deeper security settings and configurations can be made). Following this you hook up your current router to the AmpliFi in our scenario the BT Homehub. If you do stumble into any issues, we noticed a live chat button to lend a hand within the App and this service is available 24/7 after set-up too. The first step is to download the AmpliFi App (available on iOS or Android), it guides you through the entire and highly minimised set-up process. Spinning the AmpliFi around will reveal a WAN port, four gigabit LAN ports and a USB port. Refreshingly it’s not long and unruly in shape, so we can’t knock it over, which is a problem we have with our BT Homehub and the thousands of similarly designed router products that currently reside in most homes. Furthermore, the cubic design of the AmpliFi is practical as well as rather modernist with its set of exterior features and LED accent lighting. It’s bright and simple to navigate, with a pleasing touch of the screen allowing you to slide through various display windows showing total usage, current speeds, network info, port status and even a humble clock. Out with the buttons and in with a circular LCD touchscreen. So the AmpliFi HD has taken up residence in our large home, where it has been used non-stop for two months now, to see if it rids our networking headaches. Mesh based Wi-Fi solutions have garnered an almost ‘miracle’ status of expectation in recent times for the apparent simplicity the concept offers. The £349 AmpliFi HD Home Wi-Fi System by Ubiquiti is a trio made up of a router and two mesh points for extending range. A headache to set up, devices drop off and refuse to rejoin and our range isn't large enough.
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