EnGeniusTechnologies EAP1300EXT Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac Wave 2) 2x2 Managed Indoor Wireless Access Point Features Quad-Core Processors, MU-MIMO, High Powered 26dBm, GigaE Port (Mounting Kit Included)

This was purchased for use in a home environment, covering about 4,400 square feet with a single unit placed in the lowest of three floors in a corner of the house as an AP. I chose this solution, coupled with a Ubiquiti Networks ER-X-SFP EdgeRouter X (purchased elsewhere, as Amazon did not sell it directly) after I gave up on combo router/wireless solutions that never kept my wireless devices connected for more than three days (Asus) or died within a year of use (Netgear). I must say so far I am impressed. Not a single dropped connection across 16 wireless devices on both 2.4 and 5Ghz bands, with seamless switching between the two with a single SSID. Set up with VLAN support and separate guest and IoT networks, no problem. TP-Link and Amazon (Echos), no problem. Apple devices (phones, laptops) which really do a number on Asus routers, no problem. Video streaming at the other end of the house two floors up, no problem. Noticeable interference from neighboring systems? None. It just works. Configuration for the newbie might seem daunting, and there is limited support online (Ubiquiti shines in this regard, there are tons of videos for their EdgeRouter, and one of their employees has made a bunch of them for a variety of different setups, including the one I am using). Regardless, if you are willing to invest the time in reading a bit up on it, and if your configuration is fairly simple, it can be literally plug and play. But it does allow for some detailed configuration if you are so inclined. A plus? Both this unit and the EdgeRouter cost less than the combined offerings from Asus and Netgear! Granted, there's none of the extraneous services those manufacturers add and which quite literally rarely work, like USB printing from the router. But for me, there's no need for them (plus the EdgeRouter SFP supports direct Fiber connection, which will soon be available where I live). Give me a working solution that I can properly VLAN and VPN on, with a decent firewall, and I'll be happy. Time will tell on longevity, but so far so good after two weeks of uninterrupted use.** UPDATE December 2019 **It's been now almost two years. With NO issues.I installed another EAP1300 in a family member's house, where their wireless signal dropped frequently (requiring a reboot) or the wireless simply locked (allowing no more DHCP leases) due to a mis-behaving HP laptop that 'confused' the router/wireless unit they had. Upon replacement with the EnGenius, the problems went away. No more 'customer support' calls to me in the evenings and weekends for help getting their system back up. No more resetting all wireless devices to figure out which one was causing the wireless lockup. And no more delays due to buffering. Very recommended.

After reading all positive reviews I decided to give it a shot in hopes to increase my wireless range. My current Cisco AP covers the house with no issues, but there is one dead spot outside that I want to cover. Unfortunately this AP did not deliver on the promise.Setup. Mine actually came up with DHCP enabled out of the box. Installation manual says to set your PC to static IP first time you are configuring the AP, and so I did just to realize that it was shipped in DHCP client mode.Range. It claims to be 26 dBm, but it only goes up to 23dBm with latest firmware. Ultimately, my real-world tests showed that it has slightly shorter range than Cisco WAP 581, so my dead spot outside the house was still dead. So far home-grade Asus routers have better range than anything else I've tested. That also shows on FCC tests, as Asus usually comes up at ~990 mW for transmission, compared to all others that are <500 mW. For reference: EAP1300EXT (FCC ID: A8J-EAP1300) 2.412-2.462 GHz -- 288 mW 5.18-5.24 GHz -- 273 mW 5.755-5.825 GHz --320 mW RP-AC1900 (FCC ID: MSQ-RTACHC00) 2.412-2.462 GHz -- 993 mW 5.18-5.24 GHz -- 766 mW 5.745-5.825 GHz -- 993 mWYeah, power output alone is not a 100% measure of how the devices will perform, but it does more or less correlate with the range (given your client has enough power to transmit back or AP has enough sensitivity). You can also notice that EnGenius didn't apply separately for the EXT model, so either they have cheated or it doesn't have any substantial changes in the wireless performance.Features. This is your typical consumer-grade AP. There are no fancy ACLs (only MAC address filtering) and not much wireless configuration. There is no rogue AP detection or anything of that sort. Latest firmware does have WPA3 support, so that's a plus.Performance. I can't really comment much on this, as I only have about 50 clients and I've never had issues with consumer-grade routers either.At the end, the price of this AP is similar to the typical home router from NetGear/Asus/Linksys/tp-link/etc., so I'm not really sure why you would buy this vs. router+AP combo, given that it works the same, if not worse (shorter range) and only provides wireless. At half the price - maybe. But $100 is a little bit too much for a consumer AP.

My use is as a ceiling mount access point, which is using power over Ethernet (PoE) to supply power to the device. It works fine with a couple of non-EnGenius PoE switches, some reports indicate a need for EnGenius switches for PoE, this appears not to be the case. Set up required using a PoE switch and a PC to configure as it came without DHCP enabled and had a static IP address of 192.168.1.1 (same as many home routers). Once DHCP was enabled it was easy to manage.If you want to set up multiple EnGenius access points, and roam between them seamlessly, there is EnGenius software that will help, also an EnGenius switch also has support to help with access point roaming. Without their software, the device is still very capable as a stand alone access point, mounting was a breeze, and configuration wasn't difficult. Some knowledge of networking helps, but most people should be able to figure out device setup.So far, with 2 set up in my home, they seem to provide very good coverage and decent speeds.

No more wifi problems I will recommend this to avery one

Great product but slow delivery, a day after the longest estimate.

Equipo a buen precio y un exelente performence, enviado en tiempo