Recommendations for an AP

[Notconnected]

I want to hard wire an access point to my switch in order to access all my devices wirelessly at home.
It would seem to do so I require and AP.
Am looking at this one from Vigor, https://www.draytek.com/products/vigorap-905#nav-overview
From what I can tell it will do VLAN 's and Multiple SSID's and has plenty of ports.

Is there any other recommendations for other AP 's, on the European side of things.
WiFi 6 will be fine for me, I will be using 2.4 mostly anyway.
I tried a Raspberry Pi based AP running RaspAP, it was fine when it worked, but connecting to it
was a nightmare, I had a USB dongle connected to it that worked fine on other devices, RaspAP
could find and use it, there was a driver for it, and it worked perfectly on the Pi devices, but for
some reason was an absolute hit and miss when trying to connect to it, the Pi's unboard WiFi
was simpy too weak to use for an AP.
I preffer an AP with local admin via a browser, no apps or special controllers.
Thanks

 

[degrub]

What else besides a switch, does your network include ? Brand/model # please.

Do you intend to use VLANs ?

 

[Tech9]

This one also looks good for home applications:

Omada AX3000 Desktop Wi-Fi 6 Access Point

EAP650-Desktop is an AX3000 Desktop Wi-Fi 6 AP. One fiber to carry wired, wireless, voice, VoIP, data, and HD video services. Supporting PPSK, it's ideal for for retailers, offices, and hotels.

www.omadanetworks.com

Native VLAN support, built-in Switch and stand-alone mode with WebUI.

 

[Notconnected]

What else besides a switch, does your network include ? Brand/model # please.

Do you intend to use VLANs ?

Yes, I think this AP does that.

 

[Notconnected]

What else besides a switch, does your network include ? Brand/model # please.

Do you intend to use VLANs ?I

Yes, I need to do VLAN's. I have a 24 port D-Link 1210 28 port managed sswitch, to which I have my router connected, my router connects wirelesly to my mobile phone to provide internet acces, for updates to the deices connected to the switch.
I want an AP wired to the switch so I can access evert device on the switch.

I had a tp link router in bridge mode connected to my switch using that as an AP,
BUT I discovered it was trying to hand out IP addresses also, albeit in a different range than that of my main Router, this is the device am going to replace, as when I turned of DHCP on it, I could no longer connect to it wirelessly, so no use to me, it does not have an AP mode.

 

[Notconnected]

This one also looks good for home applications:

Omada AX3000 Desktop Wi-Fi 6 Access Point

EAP650-Desktop is an AX3000 Desktop Wi-Fi 6 AP. One fiber to carry wired, wireless, voice, VoIP, data, and HD video services. Supporting PPSK, it's ideal for for retailers, offices, and hotels.

www.omadanetworks.com

Native VLAN support, built-in Switch and stand-alone mode with WebUI.

That looks to be an intereting item, am looking it up and checking the prices.
It does not look to be too long on the market, I would not want a device nearing EOL.

 

[Tech9]

on the European side of things

The power restrictions in Europe are 20dBm on 2.4GHz and 23dBm on 5GHz non-DFS. Building materials in Europe are usually less Wi-Fi friendly as well. The AP specifications with 140m2 coverage are estimates. You may need more than one AP depending on your environment. I have 2x APs in about 160m2 place in Europe so the real life coverage may be closer to 50% of what is listed in specifications.

It does not look to be too long on the market

This specific model become available in mid 2025, fairly new. Omada devices are well supported.

 

[Notconnected]

The power restrictions in Europe are 20dBm on 2.4GHz and 23dBm on 5GHz non-DFS. Building materials in Europe are usually less Wi-Fi friendly as well. The AP specifications with 140m2 coverage are estimates. You may need more than one AP depending on your environment. I have 2x APs in about 160m2 place in Europe so the real life coverage may be closer to 50% of what is listed in specifications.



This specific model become available in mid 2025, fairly new. Omada devices are well supported.

Thank you for posting. i appreciate your explanations, regarding coverage, I always
allow for marketing spiel and of course genuine obstructions to what can be acheived
in regard to signal location surroundings and materials non condusive to signal travel.

 

[Tech9]

Just avoid purchasing home AIO routers for this purpose because many don't support VLANs.

 

[ddaenen1]

This one also looks good for home applications:

Omada AX3000 Desktop Wi-Fi 6 Access Point

EAP650-Desktop is an AX3000 Desktop Wi-Fi 6 AP. One fiber to carry wired, wireless, voice, VoIP, data, and HD video services. Supporting PPSK, it's ideal for for retailers, offices, and hotels.

www.omadanetworks.com

Native VLAN support, built-in Switch and stand-alone mode with WebUI.

This is a very interesting AP. I have been thinking of upgrading my Cisco WAP571's for a while now. I am just unsure if TP-Link is as reliable as Cisco for SMB usage.

 

[Tech9]

Omada series are different class products. The reliability record is high.

 

[degrub]

Still running my WAP371s ! No complaints so far.

 

[ddaenen1]

Still running my WAP371s ! No complaints so far.

I don't have any issues whatsoever with the WAP571's either but in light of the upcoming FTTH with 10Gbps that is arriving in our street i have been scanning the market a bit to understand what my options are to move to 10Gbps. My firewall/router hardware is already capable and my NAS also i housing an X550-T2 but the rest of my LAN isn't.

 

[Tech9]

what my options are to move to 10Gbps

The AP above with GbE ports doesn't look like good upgrade option for you. You may want to look at EAP773 or better plus compatible clients to use it. At 25.5W it may also need PoE++ power. Make sure your investment in hardware translates into real life performance improvements.

 

[ddaenen1]

Yes, i looked into those too and appear to be very interesting. The tricky bit seems to be finding a decent 24p 10Gbe ports managed switch with VLAN capabilities and PoE++.

 

[Piotrek]

The tricky bit seems to be finding a decent 24p 10Gbe ports managed switch with VLAN capabilities and PoE++.

Omada SX3832MPP?

 

[ddaenen1]

Omada SX3832MPP?

Well, that seems to be an option. To be honest, I never looked at TP-Link devices before. I have had Netgear Business before and now i have mainly Cisco gear and i am very happy with it. TP-Link had some bad press in the US with regards to potential data-privacy concerns so i never considered it. Is that still a "thing"?

 

[Tech9]

Is that still a "thing"?

Many things were made to be a "thing" in the US. Multiple backdoors in Cisco equipment discovered in the past including straight hardcoded credentials for network access are apparently "not a thing". Your call.

 

[Piotrek]

I live in the EU, I am not afraid of being banned from using TP-Link.
I've used their switches in several projects over many years without any problems.
Omada used to be cheaper, but now the prices are similar to Unifi (U7 Pro XG/U7 Pro XGS + Pro XG 24 PoE).