TP-Link EAP245 V3 | Omada AC1750 Gigabit Wireless Access Point | Business WiFi Solution w/ Mesh Support, Seamless Roaming & MU-MIMO | PoE Powered | SDN Integrated | Cloud Access & Omada App | White

I bought this for home use, and so far its worked perfectly. Happily its nondescript and blends in on my ceiling, and I mounted it right in the middle of my apartment so every room is right by it. I use a mini PC running OpenWRT as my router, its a great combo with that. It came with a power over ethernet injector, so I just needed a white ethernet cable to run to it. It comes set to a static address for some reason, thats the only hiccup setting up. You just have to set your device to an address that starts with 192.168.0 to be able to get to it if your network is running on something else.

I have 16 wireless surveillance/security cameras, and switched over to the Omada line with the same name of EAP245 units as I had from my previous (consumer grade) device. The Omada system cant support the bandwidth causing sporadic but high frequency signal loss from the cameras. Switching back to my previous devices the problem goes away. Want to love them as the single controller layout and pro-sumer features that it brings along with it is a great step up, but seems that youd need more of these WAPs to meet the bandwidth handling abilities as some of the lower consumer-grade mesh systems.

I have installed these in my home as well as my fire stations. Super simple setup and configuration, seamless roaming with mesh technology, and a reliable connection make this a solid product. Used in conjunction with the Omada Cloud Controller makes them super simple to manage.

This AP was pretty solid when I first got it. Have always had issues specific devices or an entire frequency range stopping, but it was pretty rare in the beginning. Over time the problem has become worse and I now find myself resetting the device once or twice a week. Sometimes multiple times in a day. Sometimes all devices on 5GHz will drop, and sometimes just one or a few. Ive exhausted myself troubleshooting, even going as far as running another card in monitor mode to grab packet captures and see if I could figure out what was going on. I thought maybe someone was running deauth attacks but Im not see any behavior like that at this time. My spectrum analyzer didnt show any obvious sources of interference either on the frequencies Im using. Have upgraded firmware, reset the device, run with the Omada controller and in standalone, disabled mesh, set a static non-DFS channel instead of using auto. Nothing seems to fix it.

I returned the item the very next day. Did not match the existing wi-fi router too. Have gigabit fiber to home. It gave 80mbps download and 50mbps upload, while other routers have over 300mbps speeds.

I purchased this item for two reasons: 1. It supports VLANs 2. Simultaneous 450Mbps on 2.4GHz and 1300Mbps on 5GHz totals 1750Mbps Wi-Fi speeds Im a big fan of TP-LINK products in general having owned a number of their wireless routers over the years, and recently purchasing a number of their smart home devices, including smart plug and smart switches - all have performed flawlessly. I purchased the EAP 245 access point to isolate those smart home products on their own VLAN, separate from my home network. In that regard, the EAP-245 WAP worked well - setting up a separate wireless SSID for my smart home items and assigning the VLAN was intuitive and quick - I was able to easily point all my smart home devices to the new VLAN SSID, and all connected without incident. My second reason for buying this unit was to be able to retire my TP-Link AC1750 Archer A7 Smart WiFi Router(configured in access point mode in front of a pfSense router), since the EAP 245 should have been able to handle my home network wireless needs in addition to the separate smart home subnet on its own VLAN. This is where the EAP 245 let me down - while I was able to easily set up my home wireless with my existing SSID and security password, the wireless connection speeds to the EAP 245 were less than half the connection speeds as compared to my old Archer A7 configured in access point mode. Multiple home wireless connection tests with my cell phone yielded 390 mbps or less on the EAP 245, while the Archer A7 connected at 780 mbps. I tried multiple configurations, making sure that only one device was powered on at a time, to insure no interference from the other device. In addition, the EAP 245s coverage to devices on my second floor was marginal. Tests with my laptop yielded similar results - 450mbps speeds connected to my old Archer A7, while the EAP 245 topped out at about 190mbps - all devices I tested were in the same room as both the EAP 245 and the Archer A7. I tried multiple firmware revisions, hoping that perhaps the latest firmware I had loaded upon receipt of the EAP 245 perhaps had introduced a defect that impaired connection speeds in the 5ghz band, but nothing helped. This was a frustrating experience, based on the glowing reviews as well as my previously positive experience with TP-LINK products. I also suspect that a future firmware update may address the issues I experienced with 5ghz connection speeds and range. Ironically, I was able to leave my existing Archer A7 access point in service (performing exceptionally, as it always has), and was able to take a cheap unused ASUS N300 router I had laying around, provision out an untagged VLAN port on my managed switch, and let the ASUS N300 router (in AP mode) handle all the wireless demands of my smart home devices. In the meantime, Im returning this $100 EAP 245 device which was nothing but a disappointment.

I am honestly not sure why these are so highly rated. I have used different manufactures but never TPLink this are not good. They sort of work as basic APs as they provide wireless but that is about it. They are not really configurable and seem to have an issue with VPN connectivity (pay attention at home workers). I had these placed throughout the house direct connected back to a TP link POE switch connected to an ARRIS modem outer. That all worked but in stand alone mode the radios conflicted and I could not get a reliable VPN connection back to work. I thought it may be Pulse VPN so I went to work and checked the logs and there were drops from the client side meaning that it was my home connection. I thought the radio conflict may be the issue with VPN so I set up the Omada controller on a desktop so the APs could see each other and work in tandem. Still the same issue. VPN would connect but drop constantly. I checked to see if it may be an issue with the MTU settings but I could not find that setting on the APs and I tried adjusting the settings on the ARRIS. I thought the issue may be with ARRIS ModeWIFI router so I took the TP Link APs off line and used the WIFI through the ARRIS router and everything worked and the VPN stayed up with no issues. Why even use the APs? You ask. Large house and the signal from the ARRIS dies at the far end so I tried a business class solution. Bottom line is TP LInk is garbage. Ubiquity is a better system and is worth the extra money. If you are trying to set up a system that can handle devices using VPN get Ubiquity or a whole home Mesh system. Ubiquity, Netgear are two better that will blow TPLink away. Walk away you will not be disappointed you passed on these.

It is easy for a tech-challenged person to install. The Tp-Link app makes it very easy to set up, however it does basic stuff. For more advanced settings, you have to log in through the web interface. It was a little difficult to mount it on the base over the wall. Overall, I am getting excellent speed over 5GHZ and decent over the 24G. No major issues.

My self run company installs network for SMEs and this works out well for my customer to expand his network to the production floor without running cables.

Good product. Good Price