What is the maximum distance gates will work over?

Updated 20 October 2026

Applies to: UNO, DUO and NEO (DNA) gates, which connect over Wi-Fi, and to G4 gates used in the same system as any of them. When a G4 is mixed with older gates, the whole system runs on Wi-Fi and this article applies. A G4-only system connects over SwiftAir and does not need this. On SwiftAir, G4 gates work over a straight line of up to 400 m (1,312 ft). See G4 timing system overview.

All Swift DNA gates have been tested to a range of greater than 200m line of sight between the Access point gate and others. Range between iPAd and Access point gate is limited to approximately 30m(100ft)

In practical use, please be aware that one of your gates will be assigned the job of being a Wi-Fi access point for the entire system. It is important to understand that the biggest limitation will be the Wi-Fi range of your iPad to this access point gate.

Try and stay within 30m of this gate

The Access point gate will always be assigned as the closest gate to the start (A Ground based gate will never be assigned as Access points because they will be sitting on the ground and this is not an optimum location for a WIFI access point).

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