TP-Link EAP650-Outdoor | Omada True WiFi6 AX3000 Gigabit Outdoor Access Point | Mesh, Seamless Roaming, MU-MIMO | PoE+ Powered | IP67 | Multiple SDN Controller | Remote & App Control

I wrote another review on the X50 outdoor and instead of writing it again I copied and pasted my findings here with this one and the X50 outdoor and the 225 outdoor. Saving the reading...go with the X50 outdoor! It's actually more powerful in my opinion.I have used and tested three different TP-Link outdoor units, the EAP 225 outdoor, EAP 650 Outdoor, and finally this unit the X50 Outdoor. I mounted it approximately 8 feet off the ground. The mount for the 650 will work with the X50 or vice versus. The first two are made for business use and take a little more steps to setup and do not work seamlessly with existing mesh like the XE70 Pro's I am using. First and foremost, clear line of sight is very important. Don't expect any of these to go through a metal shed wall or a thick cover of trees. No wifi will. However, with a medium tree area that you can still see the hotspot from it will work pretty good! I used the 225 for over a year and it would achieve around 150-200 mbps download out to around 100-150 yards. The 650 was another story and I used it for about 6 months now and it will give you around 200-300mbps out 250 yards and even got 50 mbps downloads out at 400 yards. These are plenty for say a wifi camera like Reolink or yes even a battery powered Ring that I tested for several months at 250 yards while only getting around 40 mbps downloads due to shurbs and limbs partially in the way. I decided to pull the trigger on the X50 outdoor as I heard it was about the same strength as the 650 outdoor according to Tplink. There isn't much info out there comparing the two. I understand the 650 has 4 antennas and the X50 only two which made me hesitate but I really wanted a seamless mesh system inside and out so I bought an X50...lets just say I was shocked. I can easily get 300 mbps out at 300 yards and even got a mere 10 mbps at 600 yards which was through a thicket of trees but I could see the hotspot barely. Once again, line of sight is important so don't mount a camera or stand inline with a bunch of trees/tree trunks and expect to get great signal. I did get 100-150 out at 400 yards through some light tree branches though. If mounting a camera, I found the camera better have a good antenna on it because while the S24 Ultra can get great signal at say 400 yards, the new battery power Wyze V3 cannot. I haven't tested the other cameras at that distance but I'm willing to bet the old Reolink Go Plus with external antenna probably will be fine.So if considering any of the three outdoor units above...don't hesitate on the X50 outdoor! Great price at $119. I do have all my units hardwired and is the only way to go in my opinion. I tried using the 225 and 650 to send wifi signals to the other where one was wired and the other about 100 yards away and the drop in download speeds were very poor. I was hoping to boost the signal even farther across property but the signal loss to the hotspot 100 yards away was so bad it was useless to use and I acheived much better speeds from the wired one. You can assign devices to each unit or allow them to roam. If its a static device like a camera/TV/laptop that is not wired then I will assign it to the unit it's closest too or gets the best signal from. Most of the time the TPlink software does a pretty good job itself though.Hope this helps as there wasn't much info on comparisons between these units.

Awesome gigabit access point for outdoors. Very good signal.

I’ve been using this on the farm for almost a year, and couldn’t be happier. The farm is located in the middle of nowhere with a small town wi-fi service company.I’ve got cameras for the cattle set up, wi-fi for the gardens and camper- and it works beautifully.

AP (access points) are much better than extended WiFi. I love my TP-Link AP I have installed inside and outside for dependable WiFi connections.

Poe disabled by default.Annoying.Also the included screws are to short

All in all this was good for my mesh setup. BUT, it's not as easy as people had me thinking. You do need the OC200 controller if you want a mesh setup and don't want to use a compute that you would have to leave on and connected full time. First, once you set up the controller, it takes a few minutes for the wireless EAPs to show up. Now, what may be a little confusing is that when using the app, when you see the EAP show up, you have to tap it and Adopt it. Do this for each one. Once your done, these will already be in mesh mode, which it didn't really tell you and the app has a separate page to setup a mesh system... but you don't have to mess with that once you do the above. SMH. There must be a reason why it's there, but I couldn't tell you. Hope this will save you a lot of time.In the end, it has great range. I was about 500ft from the eap and had 2-3 bars on my phone.I put these up on 3 telephone poles in my RV Park that are about 300ft apart. Then the wired one is about the same distance away at the office with the controller. Now the park is 5 bars strong anywhere you go. Speed was consistent at any given point in the park.

This product was the solution to sending wifi to our workshop that is over 100 feet from our house. This is the third extender we have tried and it works very well. We can even get a signal at 200 feet away.

Ask your friends and you'll probably get mixed reviews. Some say mesh networks are great, some say they suck. Me? I'm a nerd (IT Engineer, specifically) and networks are an area that I like to dabble in. With that being said, mesh networks can be great AND suck. The important part is the implementation.Most mesh routers you see on the market are *wireless* mesh routers. They'll use an additional 5GHz band just for the mesh network and that's usually where the trouble starts. *Wired* mesh networks (meaning all your access points are hardwired back to your router) are absolutely fantastic.TP-Link's Omada gear takes this a step further and offers their Omada Controller software for free. This allows your network to become even smarter, detecting where devices are in your network and automatically switching them to the access point with the strongest signal. I opted for the EAP655-Wall units because they have a small footprint and offer three uplink ports too.I installed one in my basement for additional coverage, but also allowing my mini gaming PC and my Nintendo Switch to be hardwired to the internet. The second is in my spare bedroom, expanding coverage further and hard-wiring my primary gaming PC. It also allows me to work on machines without the need of a switch.Fantastic product, I just wish they came in Wi-Fi 6E or at least offered 2.5G uplinks.