 BranoI hate VogonsPremium,MVM
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 ·Bell Fibe
| EnGenius EAP9550 I'm planning to replace my current wireless setup in a townhouse with one EnGenius EAP9550 and I'm wondering if anybody has experience with it.
My main question is what can one expect for vertical coverage if I mount it on 2nd floor ceiling in 2 story townhouse? Would it cover basement as well?
It has this antenna »www.airgain.com/pdfs/MaxBeam40N.pdf which I have zero experience with.
Disassembled unit here »www.keenansystems.com/Engenius_E···view.htm
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neftv
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| I dont have any experience with the EnGenius or that Antenna but just a few thoughts.
It seems to me that looking at the Elevation pattern that you would have to position that Antenna so that you get the gain from like 12 to 3'O'clock area since it seems to be directional looking at the blue. I guess the Green pattern is if you have it the other direction. This is going to be trial and error to get the positioning right since they don't give information on positioning ( I didn't see it) so that your bottom floor gets Wifi adequately.
I just suggest trying it out only if you know you can return it to store if it don't work out for you.
I am adding that this model seems to have positive reviews at Newegg. |
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said by Brano:I'm planning to replace my current wireless setup in a townhouse with one EnGenius EAP9550 and I'm wondering if anybody has experience with it.
My main question is what can one expect for vertical coverage if I mount it on 2nd floor ceiling in 2 story townhouse? Would it cover basement as well?
It has this antenna »www.airgain.com/pdfs/MaxBeam40N.pdf which I have zero experience with.
Disassembled unit here »www.keenansystems.com/Engenius_E···view.htm
...thanks
It's a solid unit with very good range. The GUI is a bit different than most you are probably used to but it's packed with features you won't find elsewhere...and did I mention the range?  You can buy these on Amazon probably cheaper than anywhere else and for the price you are getting a solid device.
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 mozerdLight Will Pierce The DarknessPremium,MVM
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Nepean, ON
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said by Brano:Would it cover basement as well? The signal will cover your basement -- if your basement has lots of metal you're 'clients' will experience issues because of multipath -- in 'N' mode most of the smart antennas in place today do not know how to exploit multipath [like the EAP9550] --- but do work well when 'client' has matching technology and in most cases 'clients' tech very seldom matches.
802.11n, MIMO, and multipath environments
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I've been using EnGenius more and more, I really like them, and I often find better range than other mfg. at even twice the cost.
Hard to predict how it will be in your environment, you'll have to try it. |
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Brano,
I use one EAP-3660 in my two story home and love it! (I put dd-wrt on it)
Its not the same as your unit but I can vouch for Engenius. My unit can give me wireless all around my house, patio, front yard, and about 3 houses down the street. Its an awesome little device.
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 AnavSarcastic Llama? Naw, Just AcerbicPremium
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Interesting looking device, seems made for ceiling or sidewall mounts. Let us know how it performs! |
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I have one and it is fantastic! However, I will also mention their new EAP300 that has higher power and 5 dBi antenna instead of 4 dBi. Just released, could be promising.
Of course, two-way applications don't benefit from higher power, but one-way (downloads) do. |
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BranoI hate VogonsPremium,MVM
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| said by lifespeed:I have one and it is fantastic! However, I will also mention their new EAP300 that has higher power and 5 dBi antenna instead of 4 dBi. Just released, could be promising.
Thanks for heads up. |
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said by XCOM:I use one EAP-3660 in my two story home and love it! (I put dd-wrt on it)
Its not the same as your unit but I can vouch for Engenius. My unit can give me wireless all around my house, patio, front yard, and about 3 houses down the street. Its an awesome little device. That is a high-power 802.11G device. The 80 mW RF output power EAP9550 will not reach 3 houses down the street. It should cover your house, and most of the yard, however. At least it does at my house.
Really, if you have one of these high-power access points like the EAP3660 (G), EAP150 (N) or EAP300(N) and are using it in a suburban setting common decency dictates you turn down the extremely high output power such that you cover your house and yard as desired, but don't walk all over the neighbors signal several houses away!! |
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BranoI hate VogonsPremium,MVM
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kudos:3 | Agreed. Is the power output adjustable on these devices? |
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XCOMdigitalnUllPremium
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Spring, TX | reply to lifespeed
common decency dictates nothing  j/k
There is a reason why I bought a 3660.
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said by Brano:Agreed. Is the power output adjustable on these devices?
If you use dd-wrt on it than yes you can tune it down.
I have tune it down in the past and still able to reach three houses down.
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said by XCOM:common decency dictates nothing j/k
There is a reason why I bought a 3660.
So you can use wifi at your neighbors three houses down? Excessively high power for a given size of coverage area accomplishes nothing except polluting the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band.
How would you like it if your neighbor got a high power AP, tuned it to the same channel as you and turned the power all the way up, just to cover his house and yard? |
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said by Brano:Agreed. Is the power output adjustable on these devices? Yes it is. |
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said by lifespeed:said by XCOM:common decency dictates nothing j/k
There is a reason why I bought a 3660.
So you can use wifi at your neighbors three houses down? Excessively high power for a given size of coverage area accomplishes nothing except polluting the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band. How would you like it if your neighbor got a high power AP, tuned it to the same channel as you and turned the power all the way up, just to cover his house and yard? lol.... did your veins pop yet?
Like I said there is a reason why I got a 3660. None which are your business. The 3660 is accomplishing exactly what I wanted to do. I am going to leave it there.
Good luck in life.
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said by XCOM:common decency dictates nothing No need to explain yourself again, you already made it clear. |
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AnavSarcastic Llama? Naw, Just AcerbicPremium
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said by lifespeed:said by XCOM:I use one EAP-3660 in my two story home and love it! (I put dd-wrt on it)
Its not the same as your unit but I can vouch for Engenius. My unit can give me wireless all around my house, patio, front yard, and about 3 houses down the street. Its an awesome little device. That is a high-power 802.11G device. The 80 mW RF output power EAP9550 will not reach 3 houses down the street. It should cover your house, and most of the yard, however. At least it does at my house. Really, if you have one of these high-power access points like the EAP3660 (G), EAP150 (N) or EAP300(N) and are using it in a suburban setting common decency dictates you turn down the extremely high output power such that you cover your house and yard as desired, but don't walk all over the neighbors signal several houses away!! You started it by giving advice when not asked, besides must not not really be paying attention, I am from Canada and know better than to tell a Texan what to do LOL.
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XCOMdigitalnUllPremium
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Spring, TX | lol @ Anav! :P
I like how he manipulated my statement... natzi. lol.
I dont want to high jack the thread so I am over and out.
OP Good Luck.
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BranoI hate VogonsPremium,MVM
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| One more question. Since my LAN is all gigabit and these smoke-like APs have only 100Mbps port I'm looking at this »www.engeniustech.com/index.php/b···-and-poe
What is the real life experience with achieving over 100Mbps speeds on N? |
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