How to choose EAP products?

1. What is the usage scenario of EAP products？

TP-Link EAP series solutions contains three types of access points to realize totally Wi-Fi coverage indoor and outdoor:

Ceiling Mount AP -- suitable for relative larger indoor public places such as office, stadium, lobby, etc.

Wall Plate AP -- suitable for small room-intensive indoor scenarios like hotel, dormitory, etc.

Outdoor AP -- suitable for outdoor public scenarios like swimming pool, garden, etc.

 

2. What is the recommended Wi-Fi coverage area of each EAP?

The recommended coverage radius of each indoor EAP is about 15m (50ft). For each outdoor EAP is 100m (330ft).

 

3. What is the recommended clients of each EAP?

The recommended clients of each single band EAP (such as EAP110, EAP115) is 30 of 2.4GHz radio. The recommended clients of each dual band EAP (such as EAP225, EAP245) is 70, 30 of 2.4GHz radio and 40 of 5GHz radio.

 

4. What is the recommended Channel Distribution for 2.4GHz channels and 5GHz channels?

Channel plan can help to reduce the RF interference and improve the network performance greatly, especially in some high congested wireless environment.

 

For 2.4G channels, to reduce the RF interference, we can reuse the non-overlapping channel 1, 6, 11 on the adjacent APs. And sometimes, we need to adjust the Tx power to avoid the co-channel interference across the areas.

 

 

For 5GHz channels, because there is no overlap among 5GHz channels, we just need to make sure adjacent APs work on different 5GHz channels.

 

Specification comparison of EAP Products

 

• 802.11 N Single Band Indoor EAP Product

Model	EAP110	EAP115	EAP115-Wall
Product	300Mbps Wireless N Access Point	300Mbps Wireless N Access Point	300Mbps Wireless N Wall-Plate Access Point
Speed	2.4GHz: 300Mbps	2.4GHz: 300Mbps	2.4GHz: 300Mbps
Ethernet Port	1 10/100Mbps Ethernet Port	1 10/100Mbps Ethernet Port	2 10/100Mbps Ethernet Ports
Power Supply	DC/PoE	DC/PoE	PoE

 

 

• 802.11 AC Dual Band Indoor EAP Product

Model	EAP330	EAP320	EAP225 v3	EAP245
Product	AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit  Access Point	AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Access Point	AC1350 Wireless MU-MIMO Gigabit Ceiling Mount Access Point	AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Access Point
Speed	2.4GHz: 600Mbps 5GHz: 1300Mbps	2.4GHz: 300Mbps 5GHz: 867Mbps	2.4GHz: 450Mbps 5GHz: 867Mbps	2.4GHz: 450Mbps 5GHz: 1300Mbps
Ethernet Port	2 Gigabit Ports	1 Gigabit Port	1 Gigabit Port	1 Gigabit Port
Power Supply	DC/PoE	DC/PoE	PoE	DC/PoE

 

 

• Outdoor EAP Products

Model	EAP110-Outdoor	EAP225-Outdoor
Product	300Mbps Wireless N Outdoor Access Point	AC1200 Wireless MU-MIMO Gigabit Indoor/Outdoor Access Point
Speed	2.4GHz: 300Mbps	2.4GHz: 300Mbps 5GHz: 867Mbps
Ethernet Port	1 10/100Mbps Ethernet Port	1 Gigabit Port
Power Supply	Passive PoE	802.3af & Passive PoE