EnGenius 6 AX1800 2x2 Wireless Access Point
$67.58
$118.11
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Condition: New
Color: White
Top positive review
6 people found this helpful
Easy to set up, just works
By J. Brittenson on Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2021
I can strongly recommend this for a technical audience. If you know what a spanning tree is, the difference between a router and a switch, and how to configure a static Windows/MacOS/Linux network interface, why an AP might wish to convert multicast to unicast, then this is a product for you. If not, expect a learning curve. I got the EnG 30W PoE injector with this. Simply plug in the laptop (or computer) into the PoE LAN port, the AP into the PoE port, configure the ethernet interface to 192.168.1.10/24 and connect a browser to 192.168.1.1. No internet access needed; fully configurable in isolation. Go through the settings; Basic for LAN setup (you want the AP to use DHCP to get an address for its management interface; it's still a switch however). Switch to Wifi and set up the dual radios, 2GHz and 5GHz. Enable AX. Enable beam steering (yes!) if you want. Enable spanning trees. And of course change the admin password. Hit all the saves and apply buttons. Watch it generate Linux files (it will show you Linux config diffs!) and restart services. Unplug the ethernet from your laptop, plug into LAN and done. Just works. Then go find its DHCP lease on your DHCP server (for the management interface) if you want to access it again. I will probably give it a static address on my 10 net outside the DHCP range. It's an EXCELLENT product for a technical user. Straight to it, no marketing mumbo-jumbo. And for a $130 with the PoE injector added. That's a good price IMO. Assuming it's reliable it'll be one of those infrastructure piece that just works until it's retired because it's technically obsolete rather than fraught with an endless parade of problems (Netgear, looking at you here). They do seem to also offer integration with more IT-friendly management platforms/tools, since obviously if you have 20 APs in a building you can't realistically manage them using a laptop and ethernet cable. But for us techies, ethernet and a browser is just right. It can sit on a surface like a shelf when used with a tablet stand. I attached an image where it's on an Amazon Basics tablet holder (the Amazon part is B006ZT4VA0; go to any product listing and paste it into the URL in lieu of the one you're looking at).
Top critical review
After only a year it's already discontinued and been usurped by a better options.
By Nathan B. on Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2024
It started out rocky, but over time it's only gotten worse. Yes the product works, but it is missing major features and many of the ones it does have are poorly executed and barely documented. Finding anything from this company online is difficult due to their inconsistent pages and a mix of up to date and out of date information and files. This very relevant to the product, because when you need to troubleshoot something it's a slog to find anything on it. The best you will get is a 40min webinar and maybe some old documentation for a different product line. Because they basically just rebranded their skykey platform as Fit. This is verified in the FCC filings for their products. Very disappointed in this platform since I had always wanted the pro features but couldn't use their cloud storage plstform. After I have invested over $2k into Fit right when they announced it a year and a bit ago. They then give us proper Pro features on prem. using the cloud devices. They never gave any indication they were working on this, if they did it I couldn't find it even with deep investigation. Only that you could use them offline with limited functionality. Features also continue to be removed from AP's, I don't think I have ever seen one be added; only taken away. There are so many problems with the way this company communicates and its products in general. I don't recommend this company's products to anyone looking. At least not the way it currently is. If I could use my Fit devices that I already purchased with the advance features of private cloud it wouldn't be so bad. The lower end ones could have most of the same features since the hardware is powerful enough to run it. But I know they won't do that since it would cannibalize your more expensive AP sales. The hardware is good, great even. But it doesn't matter if the software is barely maintained and never fixed or improved. Never investing in EnGenius products again.
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