Looking for SOHO AP 802.11 ac, mu-mimo ?

[robertfontaine]

I have an old fashioned dedicated router/firewall (pfsense) and am looking for nice clean connectivity for the wifi devices on my lan behind the firewall. I have no need for external switches, usb, printer connectivity or any other add-on that they try to stuff into a residential all-in-one wireless router.

I've gone the openwrt route for quite a few years//

I'd like to be spending my money on the wifi functionality rather than on the things that I don't need.
Residential, two storey, a bit of a noisy environment but I can locate the AP in the middle of the house.
Once installed I am unlikely to upgrade again for 3-5 years kind of thing.

I assume that if I'm going to buy an 802.11AC AP at this point I should probably buy mu-mimo even though most devices don't support it yet. The wave 2 hardware appears like the right idea but I have no idea which ones I should be comparing and most of the "reviews" I am finding appear to be blatant advertising.

Which AP's should I be looking at and how much do I have to spend to upgrade?

 

[pete y testing]

Which AP's should I be looking at and how much do I have to spend to upgrade?

if its AP alone ( as you dont need a router ) then why not look at the ubiquiti unifi AC range

I should probably buy mu-mimo

there is very little value in chasing mu-mimo for the extra money you will spend to get it and then find it has very little benefit to your overall wifi network

 

[robertfontaine]

Spent an hour or two looking at mu-mimo and yes I understand it is mostly pointless in my environment. thanks.

The ubiquiti AC AP's look just about perfect for my needs. thanks.

 

[RMerlin]

Also, since MU-MIMO is very new, it's unlikely that any serious SOHO product will offer it for quite some time, until the technology matures.