I just found out that Ubiquiti will not offer updates for certain Access Points because they are supposedly old, even though some are 802.11AC. I can understand that they don’t want keep on updating older products, but why are they preventing you from using(configuring) these outdated Access Points with the newer Controller Software. If you upgrade your controller above version 6.0.45 you will not be able to manage these older Access Points. They will still work with the current configurations but you will not be able to change any of their settings and you will not be able to adopt new ones.

There are a few questions I have. 1) Why on the Ubiquiti website are they still selling the obsolete products and not specifying on the product page(UAP-AC-IW-PRO) or their store (UAP-AC-IW-PRO) that they are obsolete and they will not work with the newest Controller version? 2) How log after a product is release do they consider it Obsolete? 3) When will they retire the UAC-AP-Pro?

Ubiquiti has 2 steps before a product is obsolete.
Step 1, Vintage Products – no longer manufactured. They will still received updates and they can still be configures and adopted in to your controller.
Step 2, Obsolete – Stopped receiving updates and they can’t be be configured or adopted by newer controller software. They are stuck with the current configuration once you update the controller software.

Here is a link to a list of Ubiquiti products that are Vintage and Obsolete.