Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point vs Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station is $170.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — wi-fi 6 access point against laptop docking station — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point vs Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station
Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point
$99.00
The advertised 3 Gbps is both radios added together, which no single client ever sees -- a laptop on the 5 GHz radio negotiates up to 2,402 Mbps and gets rather less through a wall.
Full details →Dell
Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station
$269.00
The 180 W in the name is the power supply, not what reaches the laptop -- 130 W goes to the notebook and the rest runs the dock and its ports.
Full details →Who the Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point is for
Buy it if: Offices replacing consumer routers with managed access points, where client count matters more than peak speed.
Avoid it if: High-density halls and anyone who needs the uplink to carry more than a gigabit.
Who the Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station is for
Buy it if: Mixed laptop fleets where one dock has to work with more than one vendor.
Avoid it if: Thunderbolt-only workflows needing maximum display bandwidth from a single cable.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point | Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99.00 | $269.00 |
| Rated power | About 9.5 W maximum | About 180 W adapter |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 3-year limited hardware warranty |
| Annual energy use | About 83 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $14 at $0.17 per kWh | not published |
| Audio | not published | 3.5 mm combo jack |
| Concurrent clients | About 300 stated, far fewer at usable throughput | not published |
| Display outputs | not published | 2 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0b, 1 x USB-C |
| Host connection | not published | USB-C, DisplayPort Alt Mode |
| Maximum displays | not published | Up to 3, subject to laptop support |
| Mounting | Ceiling or wall, bracket included | not published |
| Networking | not published | Gigabit Ethernet with MAC pass-through |
| Power delivery | not published | 130 W to the notebook from a 180 W adapter |
| Power method | 802.3af PoE, no injector supplied | not published |
| Radio configuration | 2x2 MIMO on both bands | not published |
| Rated throughput | 573.5 Mbps at 2.4 GHz, 2,402 Mbps at 5 GHz | not published |
| Uplink port | 1 x Gigabit Ethernet | not published |
| USB ports | not published | 3 x USB-A 3.1, 2 x USB-C |
| Wireless standard | Wi-Fi 6, 802.11ax | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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