Comment by Normal_gaussian
12 hours ago
Today I set up a NWA210BE (Zyxel) to replace a unifi 6+ AP; I bought it second hand and my key metrics were: 4x4 MIMO, available used/discounted, current gen, fully functional standalone mode.
The 4x4 makes all the difference. Sitting in my car the 6+ would fight with my 4G for internet and cause maps to be super slow; now I'm off the property before its unusable.
I had intended to put APs in multiple rooms, but there doesn't seem like much point now.
Inwas about to buy a pair of those, but then I saw the new mikrotik wifi 7 router (and probably upcoming access point) with thread radio.
Now every other brand is dead to me.
What are the chances of a 3x3 or 4x4 router from them I wonder.
Interesting...
I have a Netgear WAX218, one of the last cheap business-class APs I could find that don't require a cloud service to manage. WAY better than the pro-sumer wifi routers I was running before in access point mode. I'll have to look into Zyxel offerings a bit more when I'm ready to replace my Netgear.
What benefit does 4x4 give you? I haven't seen a single client station with more than 1x1 or 2x2. Do you have so many clients that transmit concurrently?