TP-Link EAP225-Outdoor vs Ubiquiti UniFi FlexHD

It's going to show us our CPU memory monitor, and it will also show us our channel utilization as well as drop packets. So the last thing for us to do...

Alright so there's only really two ports on this thing, we have the ethernet, this is a gigabit ethernet port, and then there's also a reset button fo...

5GbE (and it's essentially required to get much higher bandwidth than the EAP620). The router is the ER605/TL-R605 (same model, it got re-branded). On average TP-Link's products are roughly 2/3 the cost of their Ubiquiti equivalents.

Wow so 10 megabytes per second on the download, 4.4 megabytes on the upload. That's not bad for being out here in the middle of the garden. All right ...

This package contains the latest firmware updates for the EAP devices, and also detects and launches the web interface for you to manage multiple EAPs and the clients connected to them. This interface allows you to make global changes with just a few clicks, even with EAPs deployed in different locations.

They push firmware to your devices even when automatic updates are disabled. Turning off the sending analytics to Unifi doesn't actually disable it, it just makes you think it's disabled so you won't complain. Go read the forums and watch the youtube videos. Unifi has lost their way and should be avoided on anything other than a test network

Pay CLOSE attention to this unit, how it works, and what it does before you buy it!! 1) Omada interface / controller - as normal, great concept but total trash to implement. I de-registered the software, wiped the initial setup and started over rather than trying to mess with it (its only good for multipoint administration from a central location IMHO) - IE: I did the stand alone fallback mode through a web interface and fixed the problem (much simpler setup) 2) NOT a true "wireless mesh" unit. Only some (mostly omada) wireless networks will work with this thing. My "netgear" router and this unit would not work together for a wireless AP setup

UPDATE- it's been 5 months, and my to UNIFI WAPs, (this, and an AC PRO) have been working flawlessly. I ended up ordering a couple of Intel based PCI NICs for a couple of my computers so they can take advantage of AC (I've been using N since before AC existed and these are my first AC WAPs) and I have good coverage.

4 first, let's enable advanced, add, there it is, add, alright, SSID test 2.4, okay, and let's go into 5 GHz and go add, let's just call this test 5, ...

I noticed a good 30%-35% drop in 2.4GHz range, and a smaller but still definitely noticeable drop in 5GHz range. UBNT says they designed this AP to perform better on 5GHz than 2.4

The ReoLink cameras support 5G and 2.4G WiFi (not simultaneously), but yet again, the signal continues to disappoint. This is still a pretty cool product, and it has applications (especially related to affordable outdoor mesh), but it certainly didn't accomplish what I was hoping it would.

Primary services first floor office and second floor above I have a pro on low. Performed site survey with NetSpot Pro and used Android Wifi Analysis app. I turned off power to all AP's except Flex HD and wall penetration is low which isn't consistent with transmission and antenna gains. The pro should not have superior coverage, but it does in my testing