NETGEAR Cloud Managed Wireless Access Point (WAX615) - WiFi 6 Dual-Band AX3000 Speed | Up to 256 Client Devices | 802.11ax | Insight Remote Management | PoE+ Powered or AC Adapter (not Included)

After looking at mesh networks and trying to use older Wifi 5 Nighthawk routers as Wireless Repeaters, I settled on this gem. I have a 3,000 sq ft split level home with a long living room and a garage on the end, and I can get my security cameras at the end of the garage to connect to this with no stream interruptions, even with a microwave in between. It's probably too powerful for the average person's home, but just look at the price compared to a good WiFi 6 Mesh Network. This was a great find.There are a ton of business features that I don't need but some of the better ones that I like include combining the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands into one network, support for 250+ wireless devices, PoE, and data collection that is more of a novelty due to my end use being at home.This is an Access Point, not a "Router" (which depending on your networking experience means either a box that broadcasts your home internet, or a device that can assign IP addresses and direct traffic, or even more than that). Now I did see a setting in the GUI to turn on DHCP, and I don't want to turn it on and screw up my network, but I am 90% sure this device will absolutely not work for home users without a router behind it. This is effectively a big complicated antenna for your home router. The way I have this set up, is I plugged this AP into the weak WiFi 6 "router" I had, copied the Wireless Network settings, and turned off the radio on the "router" (this is an important step). The router is now able to do its routing thing while this AP connects to the wireless devices in the house. Simple install.After installing this AP, most of the lag in my network subsided, my office has 5Ghz, and my download speed increased. I am a happy customer.

So far, this access point is working very well! Relatively easy to set up. Just be aware, it's a PoE device meaning you'll need to connect it to a PoE switch or router OR get a PoE injector. This DID NOT come with a power adapter of its own. Once set up, it performs well and the administration user interface includes some interesting statistics.I'm planning on getting a second one. :)It's a bit pricey, but it works well.

Bought this AP to get rid of lag and stutter on my Oculus Quest 2 with Virtual Desktop and this device did not disapoint but there were a few caveats. I have a Netgear R8000-100NAR router which is perfect for my home and the 6 people that live here. The extra 5GHz AC stream was a great upgrade from my Netgear R6400 which was dying and required weekly reboots when it hung. Most of my family does not have Wifi 6 devices anyway so 802.11ac was fine for them and the general coverage on the R8000 is really good.But enough about that. I bought an Oculus Quest 2 about a month ago. I learned I could bypass the link cable with Virtual Desktop to play my SteamVR games wirelessly. But the old router (and new one) was lagging and stuttering. I was getting the cap 866MBps with 25-40ms latency. My router is on the opposite end of the house and has to send wireless through 5 walls, a microwave, and refrigerator to get to where I use my Oculus for roomspace VR. I considered the fact that I'd made a terrible mistake with the R8000 and should have gotten a Wifi 6 router. But the R8000 was on sale and was a great buy for the price since its not new tech anymore. And even an AX router was not going to cut it here because of signal drop-off so I decided to buy and place this AP on the far end of the house where I use my Oculus the most. It is a dramatic improvement when playing VR from my PC to the Quest 2 headset and am getting a solid 1.2Gbps with 15-25ms latency. Games run smooth without stutter or artifacting (beyond what is happening with my really old gaming rig). So long story short, it's working and it works great.Here's what hit me though. Not that this is anything against the device but be aware and it might save you a headache. When I first plugged it in and tested, I was actually getting worse or equal performance to my 866Mbps AC connection. I wasn't really happy with that considering it's supposed to be faster. Firmware update didn't fix it. I knew the AP didn't come with an AC Adapter (12V - 2.5A), and I was okay with that. I had some really nice Cisco and Lucent PoE adapters for some SIP phones that I figured would work fine. But I was just casually looking at the AP and realized the power LED was amber. Looking in the AP notifications it said reduced throughput because of low power. I tried both brands of injectors to no avail, but remembered I had my AC adapter from the old R6400 router. Plugged it in instead and boom. Power LED went green, and the performance went through the roof. My point is this is a great AP., but make sure you have a suitable power adapter or the proper PoE injector for this particular AP as the industry standard ones I tried didn't work with it.