TP-Link AX1800 Dual Band Gigabit Wall Plate Wi-Fi 6 Access Point, Power over Ethernet (802.3 af/at), System Requirements Microsoft Windows XP/7/8/10 and Vista, Easily Mount to Wall (EAP615-Wall)

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Ideally, you need to feed a cable through the ceiling or in our case, the wall, but the EAP610 does allow some leeway in terms of positioning, while the EAP615-Wall does not. Besides the access point, I connected a cable from the router to the switch and also the server device (which has a 2.

Omada lets you configure settings, monitor the network status and manage clients, all from the convenience of a smart phone or tablet.The TP-Link EAP610 has a single Ethernet port since the assumption is that you can’t or won’t connect wired-only client devices using a cable hanging from the ceiling (which is a fair assumption) and it’s also Gigabit. The logic behind this choice is for security reasons since the targeted audience for the wall units is mostly anything related to the healthcare facilities, where roaming can become a security issue. Based on these specs, the TP-Link EAP610 should be more powerful than the EAP615-Wall, but the actual wireless tests may yet paint a different picture, especially in regard to the single client performance. Both the TP-Link EAP610 and the EAP615-Wall offer a stand-alone mode which is pretty much identical on both devices. That being said, the first thing that you’re going to see is the bottom side of the PCB and not much is going on here.

Obviously there is more to that because there’s also the path optimization and self-healing technique. OFDMA is the cornerstone for any WiFi 6 access point, and it’s used with the TP-Link EAP615-Wall as well plus the hardware is also a bit more potent to be able to handle a slightly denser network. Multi-person management, multi-level permissions, and the ability to add admins as needed, enable flexible network operation and maintenance. Additionally, I also included the attenuation since, even if the distance seems like the better way of comparing the performance between two or more AP, it’s difficult for the user to reproduce the same throughput values inside their homes.At the bottom, there are two Ethernet ports (ETH1 and ETH2) for any cabled device, while the third is PoE Out, so it can be used for powering up another PoE device. The access point has a PoE pass-through port to allow powering up another PoE device without having to add another cable and there are also two additional Ethernet ports for those older client devices.

And that’s pretty much the point of upgrading to WiFi 6 because you will see a proper difference when you have lots of compatible client devices connected to the AP. This means that there is support for OFDMA on both radio bands – it’s not enabled by default, so you will need to enter the Settings and turn this feature on manually. The TP-Link EAP615-Wall doesn’t differ that much in this respect because the same rule applies for both AP. At 70 feet, the signal strength dropped quite a bit (-87dB), but I could still browse the web and watch videos since upstream, it was 50. Users can take advantage of the Centralised Cloud Management to integrate into Omada SDN for cloud access and remote management.

But, in terms of ports, the EAP615-Wall is better equipped, sporting not one, but four Ethernet ports, the first two being Gigabit and used for connecting client devices, while the third is PoE Out (yes, also Gigabit).