Well done, as always! I use DFS channel 64 and when it gets 'triggered' it does not turn off the WiFi, but the AP changes its channel, and continues to work. Even though I'm 1.5 nm from a small airfield that happens maybe only twice a year
Nice. It was kind of neat to actually use DFS. I'm actually not sure what TP-Link does if DFS gets triggered. It would be cool to be able to test that out and see what happens real time.
From what I have read the 670 has less and shorter reaching antennas. I have the 660hd and I go go over to a neighbors house and still reach the in the 300mbps ranges. It is centralized in my house but I still plan on adding 1 more 660hd in the house and spreading them evenly near the front and rear of the house. It is an absolute beast of a unit.
Nice review. TPLink's WIFI stuff really is impressive in terms of performance. The only thing I dislike is the size. I guess you do have the EAP610 which is much smaller but I am wondering if it gets very hot when under heavy usage?! The EAP610 is slightly less powerful at range but I suppose if you really need to, you could use TPLink's MESH and have multiple EAP610s around to cover all the areas you need. But not sure if I would be getting WIFI 6 now. As you mentioned, while performance is not bad closer, there is WIFI 7 coming and apparently it is supposed to be a game changer. But then again we are talking about much more powerful frequencies (I really am starting to think, is that really good for health?). Anyway I digress. I need to replace my ASUS router / Access Point anyway, it is not powerful enough to handle my growing numbers of smart devices. I suppose I wont need WIFI 7 for that. And like you, I'm more of a wired guy and my house is fully wired now but still there are devices for which you'll always need WIFI such as phones, etc. That voice overlay of "bandwidth" 3 times in your video, hmm wonder that was for ;-)..
I'm not sure. I've been thinking about buy a thermometer but they are needlessly expensive IMO. Maybe one day idk. You would definitely want more 610s for larger homes, like 2000sq ft and greater, especially if you have an office far from the access point. I think WiFi 6E is going to be the sweet spot. But really it depends on the industry and who adds it to their devices. I'm surprised many manufactures even bothered to support WiFi 6 since WiFi 6E was available shortly afterwards. You definitely wont need Wifi 7 for that, just a device than can support multiple devices really well. Many devices work better on WiFi and maybe it's just me but I don't need 1000Mbps to my phone. Laptop maybe but if I'm doing work, I use a wired connection. Just glad we have the option to regular hit 700Mpbs+ over the air. Guess we will never know.
@@SPXLabs Same here, don't need those ridiculous speeds on my phone. If I need something that needs high speed, I'll use my workstation. But yeah I think WIFI 6E is probably more than enough for what I do. Provided the WIFI unit I use is able to support multiple smart devices for people who like to automate their homes with Home Assistant. After using my ASUS routers that I had to try and do that, they really aren't able to handle many devices. TP-Link's WIFI units are tiers above any ASUS router and should be able to handle the load. My house is 1000 sq.ft for the main floor and another 1000 sq.ft for the basement. The backyard is about 30 feet long. I'm guessing two EAP610 would be enough, one for the basement and one for the main floor in a central location for both. Two other two units would be way too much power I think.
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I've had the eap670 and eap615 for a couple months now, I love them! I hope tp-link releases a 48 port 2.5gb 10gb sfp POE switch that works with Omada soon
So far all of the WAPs I've touched have been great. I also hope TP-Link adds PoE cameras to their Omada line up, that would really help justify switches that have more than 24 ports.
Another thing to note, disassembling the device will also VOID your warranty, and TP LINK do give a long (5 year) warranty. There is no reason for the average person to take these apart, so it is good to see someone else do it. With the DFS Channels, do the EAP 670's reduce the power accordingly? I believe that in the DFS range, the devices have to run at much lower power normally than they can in the non-DFS range, so there is not jsut a hit in that they have to move if a RADAR activates, but they have lower power output at all times in DFS band. This could explain the significant drop off at 50 feet. Obviously I can only work with the laws in my area of the world, so not sure how it wokrs in other areas.
Better me than you all! I don't actually know the answer to this as I never really test max range just variable ranges around the house. But it sounds like a potentially good reason why to me.
Cabling with RJ45 is still and will be a must for people that require steady throughput, that said, i do think that WIFI has come a long way, yes its hard to sustain what's rated due to how it works and obstacles diminish a lot the bandwidth it can get, but user has so many options now a days, with multiple access points that they can have relatively good coverage if they wish to invest. I just helped a friend plan his wifi on this new house, and work out really well with 3x Ubiquit U6Pro, has very good coverage all around the house, and specially stable for all the smart things he is adding. I do feel the omada ap were a little low imo, would be great if in the future you can compare them to unifi U6Pro / LR / Enterpise?
Don't get me wrong I love WiFi it's a great technology and I am super happy that it exists but I'd rather just plug in currently. WiFi today is literally better in every way than it used to be and seeing 1000Mbps over WiFi is just insanely awesome. Smart things and WiFi is a match made in heaven. Couldn't imagine having to run a dedicated wire to each smart device, yuck lol. I agree, there does seem to be some interference causing drops in the speed. Sometimes the speeds would spike to 950 or so then just steadily decline down to 800 or so. The channels I scanned and ended up using had 1 or 2% utilization. I'm pretty sure any interference wasn't from neighboring WiFi signals. And there were no other wifi devices on that network so idk why the speeds were?poor? Maybe one day we will see more Ubiquiti stuff added, I do afterall have a couple U6-LRs sitting around, but in truth since my home network is all Ubiquiti and everything is very stable and sitting happily, I don't want to disturb it lol. I'm paranoid about it. Maybe even superstitious.
Any luck getting your hands-on with the ultra slim 653? The form factor and HE160 is super tempting but the 660 HD is still a top runner for me based on your testing here.
Thanks for the review! Trying to decide between the EAP670 V2, EAP660 HD, and EAP650. I have a single story L-shaped home with (50) 2.4 GHz clients and (10) 5GHz clients. I am thinking 3 access points, with one of them POE+ to my ER8411 (on one side of the house) and the others mesh (for now). I currently have (3) eero Pro 6 APs and they work great (~600 down), but I'm looking for VLAN. Would the EAP660 HD be better my use case due to the 4x4 2.4 GHz?
