Hi. I know a lot of people praise the Ruckus units with unleashed firmware. And I can understand why, especially if you could purchased something like an R710 a year or so ago for <$200. However that just doesn't seem like the market today. The best I've managed to find right now is $250 and routinely people are listing them for $300+ which is just crazy to me.
I'm wondering if perhaps it makes more sense to go with something from EnGenius (EWS377APv3) or TP-LINK (EAP660 HD) or even ubiquiti (if they have gotten their act together... probably not).
Both the EWS377 and EAP660 are WiFi 6, have a 2.5Gbps port, and 4x4 design (ews377 says 8 3dbi antennas, while eap660 says 4x4dbi/4x5dbi antennas). On paper that certainly looks better then the ruckus R710 (obviously ruckus have their magic). From what I can tell both look like they have no fee software controller options or no controller options. I'd assume they both have meshing capabilities, roaming, band steering, and the typical assortment of features.
Perhaps people with more research and experience with these can call out the issues and missing things? Reliability? Performance?
I am looking for something for home use that will have good performance, range, and stability. Probably 2 units, 3 at most. I'm not that concerned about a lot of the more serious business/enterprise features for my use case here (a vlan or 2 probably most businessy it would get). Just something that will just work and be fast and not cause me headaches. Been working from home more so need it reliable as well I do enough of this stuff at work where security matters and the features matter (like trying to use unifi with their half baked 802.1x implementation). So I get the draw to certain gear for the tinkerer and home lab user.
I'm wondering if perhaps it makes more sense to go with something from EnGenius (EWS377APv3) or TP-LINK (EAP660 HD) or even ubiquiti (if they have gotten their act together... probably not).
Both the EWS377 and EAP660 are WiFi 6, have a 2.5Gbps port, and 4x4 design (ews377 says 8 3dbi antennas, while eap660 says 4x4dbi/4x5dbi antennas). On paper that certainly looks better then the ruckus R710 (obviously ruckus have their magic). From what I can tell both look like they have no fee software controller options or no controller options. I'd assume they both have meshing capabilities, roaming, band steering, and the typical assortment of features.
Perhaps people with more research and experience with these can call out the issues and missing things? Reliability? Performance?
I am looking for something for home use that will have good performance, range, and stability. Probably 2 units, 3 at most. I'm not that concerned about a lot of the more serious business/enterprise features for my use case here (a vlan or 2 probably most businessy it would get). Just something that will just work and be fast and not cause me headaches. Been working from home more so need it reliable as well I do enough of this stuff at work where security matters and the features matter (like trying to use unifi with their half baked 802.1x implementation). So I get the draw to certain gear for the tinkerer and home lab user.