New ATL according to a quick search. $4 more than the EAP610, cheaper than the EAP650 and Ubiquiti U6+ and way better specs. Heard really good things about this AP and at this price it's a steal imo.
Going to pair 3 of these with an Omada switch and OPNSense router for full coverage.
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Ditto. Seems the team behind Omada has done a lot of work. Highly recommend this Raid Owl video which shows current-ish state of things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cCTu2rvOdY
Can these be used by placing them on a desk instead of ceiling mounted (with still good WiFi speed and coverage)?
They can. I have one on my desk and it covers my whole house
Yes. Can also mount them in the roof (if you have the space). I've got my APs in my roof space. Out of sight, out of mind.
You can't do this unless your roof space has good airflow - my roof cavity gets very very hot on a sunny day. It's only insulated between the cavity and the ceiling - the rest of the space is continually heated by the red hot roof tiles 😁
If you already have cat6 run around the place i recommend getting the in wall AP's instead, simple diy retrofit with a 5cm patch lead (pop out existing rj45 mech, small patch lead to back of new ap and hide in wall box) and your also get 3 gig cat6 managed switch ports as a bonus
Definitely good if you've got drywall + timber! If brick or besser block or similar, ceiling is the only way to go I think?
Nah double brick house, data points have back boxes chased into the brick usually
Sorry, meant an existing house with no data points with brick/besser block construction, but I get what you're saying. Possible to do in-wall so long as the data points are there.
Any good and cost effective APs you recommend?
So to fully utilise this, an Omada switch is required? Can't use OPNSense with a dumb switch while retaining the ability to have multiple WiFi networks and VLANs? i.e. Need to setup VLANs on both OPNSense and Omada right?
Correct.
The switch needs to be a L2 managed switch to be able to pass the vlans though.
It doesn't need to specifically be an Omada managed switch though.
I'm no expert, but I'd be reasonably confident in saying you can go with any managed switch for VLANs, at the end of the day it's just following the standard (802.1q).
Can't use OPNSense with a dumb switch while retaining the ability to have multiple WiFi networks and VLANs?
A dumb switch (otherwise known as unmanaged) will still work with these APs, but you will likely not be able to do VLANs because it might drop the VLAN tag passed by the AP (if you have a VLAN per SSID for example).
Need to setup VLANs on Omada as well as OPNSense right?
Need to setup VLANs on (insert managed switch) and OPNSense, or just pass them through to OPNSense and let it do all the routing.
My recommendation would be to go with an Omada switch, but if you already have a managed switch, it's worth a shot.
I have a single AP (likely going to add another now) and no other omada hardware. I run the omada software in a proxmox container. It can run in windows, Linux or macos
I'm using these with a simple Unifi flex mini 5 port POE, OPNsense with no issue.
Great price. Mine works well. Delivery is a bit expensive, but you can get two for free shipping.
Works perfect with wireless VR and Moonlight streaming games.
If I was starting from scratch I'd use this.
EAP655 wall is a good price too $128
https://www.amazon.com.au/TP-Link-EAP655-Wall-AX3000-Plate-A…
I also like these outdoor switches, mine is working great
https://www.amazon.com.au/TP-Link-Gigabit-Centralised-Manage…
Or this for something cheaper. I've been running a few for over a year and haven't missed a best.
https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005006334944305.html?spm=a2g…
I'm new to these but looking to setup a mesh network. What would I need in addition to a couple of these to get a mesh wifi setup? The deco x50 packs seem to work with each other straight up. What about these EAP range devices?
You'd need a router (TP-Link ER605 for example) and potentially a switch depending on how many PoE (Power-over-Ethernet) ports your router has. If you're looking for something simple, I'd probably just go with the Deco range.
And also the omada controller. You can either buy the physical controller or as mentioned above install the free software.
I've personally had bad experiences with these.. a lot of TX errors and dropped packets with the 2.4ghz band for some reason (for my IoT devices), no issues with my original ASUS router and other APs. I ended up returning it… a bad unit maybe? If you do a search online you'll find others with similar experiences.
I've had no issues with the eap673 and eap653 with IoT devices apart from the Meross garage opener but I've had issues with drop-outs with that device with every single router/ access point.
Did you have the newer or old version of the eap670. The newer version is slimmer and I believe the eap673 is the same apart from missing g the power injector.
Also the pics on the website have the older version. Worth asking which one is it.
I had a Ubiquiti system, but ended going with EAP683 UR and EAP670. The EAPs are definitely better for range and throughput for the price.
Version 1 or 2?
Recommend these as a cheaper alternative to ubi stuff. Software is on par now, very stable.