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Luxul XAP-1410 review

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1)Intro 2)Features 3)Setup 4)Wireless configuration 5)Throughput tests (Wireless/Wired) 6)Firmware notes 7)Closing Notes Intro: The Luxul XAP-1410 is a pro-sumer level wireless access point that is  Targeted at pro-sumers market  has an average amount  of features and can tolerate a lot of heavy usage that pro-sumers require. Features: The Luxul XAP-1410 features the following: 1) Dual band 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz operation with 2 x 2MIMO connectivity at up to 1200Mbps 2) 1 wired Gigabit LAN ports 3) 2 2x2mimo  dual band internal antennas with 30dBm output power for great wireless coverage. 4) SSIDs with configurable VLANs for each one providing more security then standard guest networks 5) Full VLAN configuration 6) Fixed and DHCP client address assignments 7) And lots more Setup: Setup was very easy and it connected pretty fast and got an IP quickly. Let's take a look at the really helpful status page tha...

Ubiquiti Unifi AP AC LR and Lite review

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1)Intro 2)Features 3)Setup 4)Wireless configuration 5)Throughput tests (Wireless/Wired) 6)Closing Notes Intro: The Ubiquiti Unifi AP AC LR and Lite are enterprise level wireless access points that are extremely affordable for small to medium businesses, has lots of features and can tolerate a lot of heavy usage that enterprises require. Review Note: I have been provided two APs The AC-Lite and AC-LR or Long Range. They both work together on the controller software that works on windows, mac, and linux called UNIFI. The app requires Java runtimes so please keep that in mind. Also for the controller to see the APs and adopt them you must have the controller on the same VLAN segment as the APs and you must let windows firewall or whatever firewall you use allow them. Features: The Unifi AP AC LR and Lite features the following: I am providing a comparison table for both units for this review: Setup: 1)Power brick was a POE injector. Allows f...

Aerohive Showdown! AP230 VS 370

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Here’s the custom report that actually made it to the main blog! I hope you enjoy this quick showdown between the Aerohive AP230 VS 370! Please note: if you’d like to view details such as in depth features, please see respective reviews [ 1 ] [ 2 ]. Also check there to get detailed test specs and sys specs. Please also note: the main difference is the 230 uses a Broadcom chipset/radios and the 370 Uses Qualcomm Atheros chipset/radios. The other features are the 370 has redundant PoE Links and higher Xmit power. First adapter is the Asus AC53 USB 801.11ac adapter in 5Ghz 802.11ac mode: AP230: AP370: Now, let’s see the same adapter in 2.4Ghz mode!: AP230: AP370: Very drastic performance differences there! The AP230 performs much better in 5Ghz mode! Much higher throughput! Now let’s take a look at the Ra-Link based laptop adapter for what most laptops have which is a 1x1 N150 chipset. ...

Pepwave 300M review

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Intro Features Setup Wireless configuration Throughput tests (Wireless/Wired) Closing Notes Intro: The Pepwave 300Mis a enterprise level wireless access point that is affordable for small to medium businesses, has a standard amount of features and can tolerate a lot of heavy usage that enterprises require. Features: The Pepwave 300Mfeatures the following: Dual band 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz operation with 2 x 2 MIMO connectivity at up to 300Mbps 2 wired Gigabit LAN ports 2 2x2 mimo  x 5dBi  dual band  SMA antennas SSIDs with configurable VLANs for each one providing more security then standard guest networks Traffic shaping (QoS) Client connectivity details and monitoring. Fixed and DHCP client address assignments And lots more Setup: Setup is very awkward and you have to manually connect with a static IP to the very different 192.168.0.3 address and you can’t remotely provision it from a wired desktop like other access points like the...