Linksys WRT3200ACM vs TP-Link EAP235-Wall

  • Great for streaming and gaming
  • Easy to set up
  • Good coverage
  • Lots of bandwidth
  • Simple web-based setup
  • Great for all-in-one management through a local controller
  • Only 3 downstream ports, but it's much cheaper than the Unifi product
  • Don't get the older 225-wall model, since the ports are 10/100
  • Currently use Omada APs and am happy with them
  • Have 1x EAP225-V2 (no longer supported by V4 controller), 1x EAP225-V3,

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Amazing Performance, in Terms of Features (4 Ethernet ports plus WiFi), Speed and WiFi Range
To my amazment, I discovered that the build-in WiFi antenna/circuitry inside my inexpensive 3-year old laptop was able to receive the WiFi signal (and still at a very impressive speed/bandwidth) out to a distance of at least 390 feet from the house (I did not try to go further, because I was tired of tramping up the mountainside in the snow), despite the fact that there were many dozens of large trees (and also bushes) in the signal path between the house and my varied test locations in the forest. I then ran some additional coverage range tests in other directions (since all of the above-mentioned tests had been confined within the same 90 degree slice of the 360 degree coverage radius), all of them heavily forested, and these further tests confirmed that the signal reached to at least the same distance in every direction as had been found earlier, with the sole exception of one direction, where an intervening steeply-rising hillside/mountainside completely occluded the line-of sight path about 100 feet from the house; this limited the WiFi range in this direction to a bit less than 300 feet from the house. In conclusion, I can say that this WiFi router vastly exceeded all of my expectations! It's performance continues to amaze me today, about 6 days after the router was first installed. And to realize that I paid less than $50 for this router at Amazon Marketplace
5/5
11 years ago
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