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2.4.2017

This review is for the TP-Link AC1200 (aka EAP225) model. I have been using this access point for over a month now and I'm very pleased.The TP-Link access point replaced a Linksys Business AC1200 (aka LAPAC1200) model. It had problems with the 2.4Ghz band: dropping connections and/or refusing those connections till restarted. Firmware updates had not fixed this issue. This was most pronounced with my Belkin Wemo smart switches. 5Ghz connections were fine and stable. Since I switches to the TP-Link AC1200 there have been NO problems at all.Range is very good and setup pretty simple. The disk form factor is common for ceiling/wall mount access points. In operation it's been 100% reliable for me.In short it's everything I want in an access point.There is free EAP Controller Software that makes large installations a snap to setup and manage. I think it's pretty well thought out and when an AP is managed by this software the web interface is locked out to stop "messing around". With one access point like in my office, don't bother, BUT with larger deployments it can make life a lot easier with 2 or more access points in a network. Having this available for free is a significant plus for larger installations.Here is what I like:+ It has been very reliable with good range+ Setup is easy with the built-in web interface+ Downloadable EAP Controller Software to for mulit-access point management+ Band steering with EAP Controller Software+ It comes with comprehensive mounting hardware+ It comes with a AC power supply if Power over Ethernet (PoE) isn't available+ Supports important features like VLANs, SNMP, Multiple SSIDs (up to 16)+ LED can be turned off (nice in vandal prone areas)+ Supports an access portal page (term of use/login page usually seen on guest networks)+ Pre-configured sensibly for most QoS scenarios like voice/video+ Rogue access point detectionHere is what I don't so much:- Band steering settings not apparent in web interface, just EAP Controller- A little on the PoE hungry side (10.15W)Like I said above, I've been living with the TP-Link AC1200 EAP225 access point for a while and my experience has been excellent. For business deployments the EAP controller software does a nice job centralizing configuration, management and monitoring of multiple access points. Whether you only have one like in my office or are working with a much larger WiFi networks the TP-Link AC1200 EAP225 are an very good choice at a (as of this review) modest price.Since it's been very good for me and I'm about to deploy 15 more for a client in my IT practice I'm giving the EAP225 access point 5 solid stars.
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19.2.2017

I've got it set up right now to extend my home network as I've been testing it. I wanted to see if it would be a good option to suggest to clients. Well, it's working very well. I've not had a drop out yet and it's quite fast. I'm using it with a POE switch and it's working great.There are a lot of extra features as the controller software and a captive portal. I really just wanted to test it as an access point. Getting a good AC1200 access point for under $60 would be nice in itself. So I'm not really worrying about the EAP controller and all the extras. I'm just using it as an access point.90% of the fold out manual is about the physical installation installation of the device.The only part about setting up the software is to tell you to install EAP controller. That's a pain because it says the EAP controller has to be on at all times! Then you dig a little more and you find that the controller only has to be on at all times if the features require it like the captive portal or scheduled tasks. So you can run these manually by going to the ip address of the device but you lose some features like scheduled reboots. That's not a big loss to me. If it can't be run constantly without regular reboots, it's not worth running. It seems to me that the EAP controller is only useful for very large wireless networks where most of the sites I manage have at most 2-3 access points. I think the EAP controller looks like more of a pain than it's worth. (and it's multi-site support requires VPN tunnels--just get a cloud service!).So I logged into the ip and set it up manually. So far it's working great. I switched 10 devices in our house to the EAP225. I'm not having any internet errors and I'm not having any problems connecting.The range seems pretty good, but our nighthawk router has better range. Since it's expected to use more than one of these to cover larger areas, I'm not surprised that the range isn't amazing. It still covers our house well, but the nighthawk reaches outside better.I think it's confusing and it took longer than it should have to get an idea of how these work. They really want you to use the EAP controller and it's not that great of a thing. I am wondering if by skipping the EAP controller if I'll be able to get support if I need it. Since the focus is on the EAP controller, I wonder if the TP-Link support knows much about the direct access point setup. Setting the access point manually isn't mentioned in any of the manuals and only barely mentioned in the FAQs. Once I got it set up manually, it's working great.
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12.1.2021

A while back, I decided to change my BT mesh type system for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's not as fast as I'd like and secondly, the range is quite small. I have 5 BT mesh units and I still don't have full coverage, at least not guaranteed.So, I looked at an Access Point type system because each AP is hard wired back to the network switch thus avoiding the issues of repeating a WiFI signal.So, I looked around and there are some pretty pricey systems around for offices and industrial areas - far more than wanted to spend - and then I came across the TP-Link Omada system which, is far more reasonable in price.And it's utterly brilliant.First off you do not need to be a PHd level IT guru to set it up.Anyone with a modicum of willingness and the ability to download an App can do it. The system as a who is designed to be controlled just by your app or you can boy a small network controller module that you plug into your switch and using the App set things up from that. This I recommend and it's genuinely idiot proof.You'll then need a network switch preferably a POE one. I also used a TP-Link one because the price is very good and of course guaranteed compatibility. It also has sensing built in such that if I plugged a non-POE device in it would not blow it with an over voltage.And then you pick some AP's. I have four indoor ones to cover my house and a couple of outdoor ones, one for the front of my house and one for the back garden which is large and backs onto woods and open county - which is why I wanted a good WiFi signal.Cameras. Specifically WiFi ones my wife and I have in place to watch the various animals and birds that visit our garden. Covid has been miserable but it has introduced us to an outside world we paid little heed to before and thus we have had a bit of a silver lining to the misery of 2020 and now 2021.Anyway, I ran a Cat6 cable to where I wanted this AP - a pole I'd previously installed - and then fitted it with the included mountings which, are neat, easy to use and work well.Once mechanically and electrically fixed I simply used the app to set this up and off it went. I now have excellent WiFi across the entire back area of my house.And as you move around and back into the house the system allows seamless transitioning from one AP to the next using the stronger signal as it comes up.Overall, a fantastic system and AP from TP-Link.
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12.8.2017

Near Plug & Play thanks to TP-Link's excellent customer service. I was considering a Mesh WiFi system for my 3-story, 2,100 sf townhome, but after some research and the good fortune to have Cat 5 Ethernet ports already installed in each room, Access Points made more sense. However, I'm very much an IT novice, so I was concerned about configuring the Access Points. After not being able to get through on my first call to Customer Service, the first TP Link rep that picked up was incredibly friendly and helpful in laying out what I needed to do. Unfortunately, you need a Windows machine as my Mac would not allow me to access either the controller software or the IP address.When I finally borrowed my neighbor's Windows laptop and called back, the next rep was equally friendly and knowledgeable. He remotely took over my borrowed Windows laptop, configured, tested, and verified everything was working within 15 minutes. Now I'm getting seamless broadband 110% to 118% of the promised 100 Mbps speed I pay for from Spectrum/TimeWarner throughout the entire house in each and every room plus am future-proofed when broadband speeds increase for 4k TV transmission. For a fraction of the cost of increasingly popular Mesh Wifi Systems and extremely helpful, hands-on customer service, I am extremely pleased with my blazing home broadband speeds and coverage thanks to the Access Points.Caveats:*Firmware may need to be manually updated a few times per year. I'll deal with this when it occurs, and hope TP Link customer service remains as super helpful.*Cat 5 Ethernet Ports - having this throughout my house made Access Points an inexpensive, viable option. If you home doesn't have ports already, be prepared for additional costs since these Access Points require an Ethernet cord to be plugged in 24/7 to function.*Gigabit switch w/PoE Ports - up to you, but having powered PoE ports eliminates the need for your Access Points to have a power cord - power comes directly from the Ethernet cord, allowing for a cleaner look and one less wire to hide. I opted for a $59 TP Link 8 port switch w/4 PoE ports of which I use two PoEs.*5Ghz is blazing fast, my old Sony PS3 only can receive 2.4Ghz, and due to the clutter of neighbors, I'm receiving less than 20 Mbps. Hopefully most of your equipment is 5Ghz or else you'll need to hardwire an ethernet cord into your older devices for maximum speed.
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8.7.2017

Four and a half stars.An impressive enterprise class product and a good price.I keep burning through home WiFi routers. I get poor reception, but usually get twho ore three years out of them. My last TP-Link home WiFi router lasted three years, and is no longer made. So I needed to step up a little bit.My work as a large combined WiFi access point enterprise network that works great. It is using Cisco hardware, which are pretty sleek and unobtrusive. This device is pretty large but when you mount it to the ceiling it won't be a big sore thumb.It comes with some great configuration software. It lets you setup a multi node WiFi access network using a bunch of these. In a business that is spread out in a big space,this is a great way to make it all 'just work' and let people roam around without having to know multiple access points on their devices just to get work done.I bought this because it is an enterprise class product with a business oriented warranty. Most home gear comes with a one or two year warranty. TP-Link really wants the business community business and put this on a 'limited lifetime' warranty. So worth it in my book, especially at the $60.00 price point (as of 7/8/2017).Please, please, please: buy yourself a PoE power injector for this. If you don't know what this it, it is a little (relatively) power brick you place near your network router. Then you plug it and run your network cables through it. Now you have power to run this device, which is fully PoE (power over ethernet) compatible. Now you only have a single wire running to this and are not trying to figure out how to get power it this devices included 'wall wart' power pack. If you can run ethernet cables in your attic (at home) or have a suspended panels ceiling to run the cable through, then this thing just becomes a thing attached to your office ceiling with the cable hidden away.Why only four and a half stars? Its just a wee bit too big. Not a bad thing and not ugly with sprouting antennas all over it. Just a wee bit 'lumpish'. Again, not a bad thing. And who cares at this price?Definitely recommended for a reduced cost business WiFi network, or even home use (like me). Go for it!
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21.2.2017

The TP-Link AC1200 Access Point is a flexible unit that can be used in a business or at home to extend wireless coverage. I should mention up front that I am using this at home, so I am not coming anywhere near using it to it's fullest potential.You have 3 options to mount the Access Point. First, you can mount it to the supports for a drop ceiling. Two, you can mount it to the ceiling itself (whether it's to a ceiling tile or the ceiling itself). Third, you can mount it to a wall. It includes the hardware you need for all of these options. It's not difficult to do.Like any other Wi-Fi device, the first thing you should do after connecting it is log in (just log into it's IP address through a web browser on a computer connected to your home network).The default username and password is typical (I'm not going to put it here) so you've got to get these changed. The next thing to do is set up encryption. It defaults to open. On the screen, you have to switch the access for both the 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz settings.You have the ability to add multiple SSIDs and encryptions to each frequency. You can use enterprise or home level encryption. In addition, you can download the EAP Controller software from TP-Link and manage multiple access points from a single location. Although I did play around a little bit with the controller software (and it's relatively intuitive), as I already indicated, I use this access point at home and do not need many of the features.Once I got it configured through direct access, I was able to log right on and now I have nice, clean Wi-Fi access on the opposite side of my house. Awesome.
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21.11.2017

I'd actually give this 4 stars only because the instructions are overly complex, but overall it's a solid 5 stars. We have a detached garage that is just close enough to get our home wifi signal, but far enough away that even though you are connected to that signal nothing happens, so you have to manually disconnect on your device and use a cell signal. Real PITA.So, I ran CAT5e from our router to the garage via the soffit of a covered walkway, mounted the TP-LINK in the ceiling, connected the PoE injector for power and GREEN LIGHT! It was on! Cool, now to hook it up.I am a Mac guy and in reading about the controller software Mac, my brain started hurting. It's obvious that the controller software (the download)is really intended for business applications. Knew there had to be a better way. Well, there is. And it's simple: Connect to the wifi network that it's broadcasting on. In a browser, type in tplinkeap.net. This will bring up the login panel. The default login and PW is admin. From there it's a piece of cake to configure the network name, security type, wifi PW, etc. It's great. Not totally unlike the Netgear Genie interface if you have messed with that.Once I got into the admin panel the setup took all of about 10 minutes. I was nervous just because it's a long-ish run of the CAT5e, through some sketch holes/attic spaces, and I wondered if it would even work. Well it does- like a champ!! Speeds are as fast or faster than the Nighthawk router that it's wired to. Completely solved our wifi issue in the detached garage.
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24.4.2019

Great product, very quick delivery. I bought a 'Comfast' AP a few months ago, had it mounted in my loft so i could access wi fi around my house and in my garden. I was getting sick of my Ipads, Iphone signal dropping out from my Sky router wi fi. Unfortunately the Comfast AP decided to fail (i couldnt access the web setup utility and i believe this is something to do with a software update... but maybe wrong). Anyway i decided to buy the TP-Link AC1200 - Outdoor, installed it in my loft, downloaded the TP-Link software and had it up & running in 10 minutes. There are loads of advanced features which let you do all sorts. I have good coverage around my house and also in my garden.The best thing i like about this AP is that you can install as many as you want & using the software provided by TP-Link and you can analyse wi fi coverage etc - perfect for things like pubs, restaurants, hotels, caravan parks etc. Unfortunately there is still a spot at the bottom of my garden where the wi fi signal still isn't great, but will probably buy a second AP and mount it on my garage to allow total wi fi coverage. All in all a really good product. The delivery was extremely quick. The product also has a POE adapter, fixings and can be mounted either on a pole or on a flat surface. I liked the fact that the AP is supplied with everything needed to get it all installed & up and running. Im yet to really delve into the software configuration side of things, but as an initial review im pleased with my purchase.
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23.6.2017

Ditto on no instruction on non-Windows installs. Literally, just plug it in, supply power via POE+ or the included 12V wall wart power adapter, find the IP address (mine defaulted to use a 192.168.0.X network if you need to start guessing), navigate to the IP address with an Internet Browser of a computer connected to the same network, make router configurations on that website.You may need to google how to see devices showing up and disappearing from the network, various networking tools that monitor broadcast messages may be able to help you determine the IP if your router or other equipment doesn't list the connected clients and their MAC addresses and/or the IP that DHCP gave it. Failing that,give your ten year-old neighbor a few bucks to get the IP address for you...The default credentials are u: admin and p: admin. So that you enter "admin" twice, once in each box.Just throw away the instructions. Don't even look at them. ("But, I have a Windows OS..." Yeah you do, sucker. But, the included instructions are probably just going to slow you down too.)On the whole, it is good for ~$50 at this time. There are bigger, better out there. I am using this for the Roku boxes and our phones, which leaves the older things on the 802.11n router Wi-Fi. I transfer via a LAN cable if I really NEED the bits to go faster.-1 star for bad instructions and sometimes it seems the 802.11AC radio goes dead and the box needs restarted.
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13.1.2018

This AP has about 90-95% of the features that much more expensive units have. I have worked with many of the higher end APs (I used to be a wireless engineer & RF designer), and this unit blew my socks off on how well it worked and the features vs. cost.(One note - if you are using this with a VPN, you may need to lower frame sizes at your router. If your VPN crashes your DSL, you will need to look at that. I had that issue and reduced frame size at the router and fixed it).This unit can do everything from SNMP, VLANs, fencing (guest networks), multi-band (I use both, and they work fine), full MAC filtering and ACLs, and it even has management software! It can do variable channel width,auto channel, adjustable Tx power, and can load balance with other TP-Link APs to make sure 1 AP does not have too many clients on it. It can also perform QoS traffic prioritization and rogue AP detection.My only negative is that the connections are on the outside of the unit, so you may not want to have it where someone can mess with it (like kids in schools, etc). It even has ceiling grid mounting, so I would not hesitate to deploy this at a small office.Performance has been very good, and it just runs and runs. Never need to reboot it or anything. Get the PoE injector to mount it anywhere.In my opinion, this unit really comes close to matching up with units costing many times more than this one.
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23.6.2017

Very cost effective and relatively simple to deploy. I bought a couple of these (EAP225) to try out at my house. I noticed some of the reviews stated that you would need PoE+ to run these but realized that was for the next model up that does AC1750. The AC1200 units only require a touch over 10w and therefore are fully compatible with standard PoE. I will be purchasing 2 more to deploy in the basement. The software (free) works great however, one nit... if you want to use the Portal for Guest authentication (i.e. they see a splash page, enter password, and accept terms of use) that requires the controller software remain running on a local PC to serve up that page... so with that,and the fact that I don't want/need/have a server at my house, I decided to disable the portal for my Guest network and just use WPA-PSK security on it as well. But for the price, I guess I shouldn't expect a web server too...lol. I like how you can disable the LED from the controller software, and the Band Steering function seems to work fine. All in all I'm happy with the purchase - this was much less expensive than the consumer oriented WiFi systems and nicer too, with PoE, a very clean install!
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24.2.2017

This is a good option if you need to extend your wireless network and don't want to reinvent the wheel so to speak. I have an average size house but got this to prevent there being a drop off of a signal toward the back of the house, which is the farthest point from our router. Mounting the access point is pretty easy and you are given a few options to use -- drop ceiling, ceiling, or wall. I opted to mount it directly to the ceiling. I first attached the mounting plate to the ceiling using the hardware provided and then twisted the device into place. The only thing I don't like about this is that it has to be powered with AC power. If somehow this could be battery operated,it would make things that much easier.While the access point puts out a good signal, I did have a little bit of trouble getting it set up. I originally used a Mac laptop and found that it was incompatible with what the TP-Link needed. So, I switched to a Windows machine to finish the set-up. I'd like to see it be cross-platform compatible. Other than that, it was a pretty standard set-up for a WiFi device. This is good for both home and business.
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16.2.2017

If you have a need to provide a Wi-Fi access point in your business, The TP-Link AC1200 provides the ability to have 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz running at the same time. You also get free downloads from the TP-Link site to set the system up. Once you do that, then you have one of the downloads for Auranet Controller software that allows an admin to manage hundreds of users and the admin can limit the users. If a user has a dual band device, they are automatically steered to the 5Ghz band. The software allows updates Auranet AP's at the same time. The admin is also able to view overall network usage and data traffic. When the admin starts the software, it will automatically detect and configure additional EAP's remotely.There is also Captive Portal that gives the admin tools to create a secure and intuitive authentication experience for your customers. This device can be wall-mounted or ceiling mounted. We are still playing around with the user friendly software so that we can have workable, fast Wi-Fi that is just as fast as our hard wired internet. By the way, my WiFi went from 20mbs to 95mbs on Speedtest. Huge improvement,
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6.4.2017

This access point is designed for commercial installations. It features power over ethernet and is configured using software that can be downloaded from TP-Link for managing a network of access points. That said, I found it to be a great upgrade over the router I was using as an access point in my apartment. Specifically, this access point had better coverage and less signal loss. It even provided a decent signal many floors down, outside the building. Indoors, the signal was also pretty good, even when going through concrete walls and dealing with dozens of other wifi networks in the building.Despite loving the performance, there were a few things I didn't like.The software package is a bit clunky and is poorly documented. Further, the power cord is terribly designed. It is fairly short (much too short for a ceiling installation) and the short end of the wall plug is so long that it hogs outlets. PoE is really necessary to take advantage of the access point.Overall, I was very pleased when using this at home, enough so that I may get a second access point to provide better coverage in another room.
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28.8.2019

I purchased the outdoor variant - EAP225-Outdoor.Very simple to set up. It includes a POE injector and so you just power this from a wall socket and then plug the EAP225 into one side and the cable to the router into the other. In my case I put the POE next to the router with a 20m cable leading to the ethernet socket and the EAP225. I intended to mount the EAP225 on an outside house wall high up to cover a 60 meter length garden. However first, as a test, I just plugged it into a spare ethernet socket in the kitchen and propped it up against the wall and gave it a go. Wow! the whole garden was covered just doing that. I could browse and watch netflix right at the bottom of the garden.The unit also flooded the ground floor of the house with wifi, filling in the poor signal areas of the main house router. The technical configuration of the unit is very comprehensive but I just wanted to use it as an access point so I just changed the passwords for the 2.4 and 5 GHz wifis and it was ready to go. So very easy to set up, high speed, fantastic coverage. Brilliant !
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