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Pros

Omada wi-fi controller is a great way to get the most out of your home wi-fi. Perfect if you want seemless roaming wifi. Significantly more stable wifi since installing (over a single ap in the middle of the house).

The downside is of course that you need to connect each unit back to the network switch using a cat5 or 6 cable. While not necessary to have, it makes centrally managing any omada compatible tp link kit a lot easier. Feels more upgradable than a mesh ...  Read More



Cons

Works for about 5 minutes then just disconnects from the cloud service and will not come back again until its rebooted. Secondly the android app that is supposed to notify you of any changes, doesn't.

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Quality


Signal quality across the system is excellent throughout the house.


This is a great and small product.


If your switch has poe then it could use that but it didn't seem to like the injector that comes with the tp-link access points...  Read More


Only when poe powered so unless you have a poe switch lying around, you'll need to buy additional hardware to fully utilize this product.

Competitiveness


This unit simplified set up perfectly in combination with a tp-link account.


I decided to remake my household internet/wifi using ap's for the simple reason that it's a better way to get really good wifi ...  Read More


The downside is of course that you need to connect each unit back to the network switch using a cat5 or 6 cable.


I can control the 5 aps i have dotted around the house with ease and the set up is a doddle.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Unfortunately it’s not plugplay requires basic networking knowledge but worth it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Be careful don’t update the eap245 firmware with 5


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You need to keep the firmware updated


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    E externally backups not supported when usb powered


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Only when poe powered so unless you have a poe switch lying around youll need to buy additional hardware to fully utilize this product


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Fyi the lan port is 10100 not gigabit

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