MikroTik - hAP ax2
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"A good robovac is a life changer. Even a $350 basic S8. It is a great place to start. ... I promise you that you will not be disappointed by a basic S8. It will change your life even if it can't fit under every piece of furniture you own. ... My two S8s just finished vacuuming our entire house in about 46 minutes. ... While my floors were being cleaned, I sat comfortably on our patio in the cool shade with a slight breeze and composed my far too long response to you while sipping a diet soda and relaxing. ... I will have to spend about four minutes maintaining my two S8s. This will be my entire contribution to my home floor cleaning effort for today. Four minutes!"
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"Unifi provide the most stable wifi network for IoT of all the AP on the market, even with one VLAN, even in mesh configuration. ... I have +200 IoT devices in my home from Apple, Switchbot, Aqara, Logitech, Eufy, Hue, Govee, and numerous exotic brands. I have been through hell with solutions from Apple, Orbi, Peplink, Meraki, Eero, Huawei and many many more. And only since I am rocking on Unifi I can open my Apple Home app with not a single device error !"
"Actually better than a range extender, as Mesh systems are designed from the ground up to work with each other in the system. ... But it's half ass "patched up" jerky jerky mesh was no match to a Deco. Deco was snappier, more reliable, and longer range."
"I have a 2 story 2350sf house. I have an Orbi with the master AP upstairs in the hall covering all the bedrooms rooms. Downstairs I have 2 Orbi Client APs on either end of the house covering all the downstairs, garage, and outside. ... I’ve never had any issues with coverage or bandwidth."
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"Then there’s the added functionality of controlling how different networks can perform. I have a gaming frequency that only my ps5 is on and that gets priority."
"I'm on hAP ax² on 1:1gb with ~20 firewall rules, some ports forwarding, no issues at all."
"If you like to tinker I'd recommend mikrotik stuff - AX2 or AX3. ... But you really should like to tinker, they're not trivial if you get outside of the default config. ... They can do pretty much anything the enterprise routers and APs can do(even wifi roaming if you have a few)."
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"I have my daughter the ac2 with version 7.18.2 and two wireguard vpn and it works great with the new wireless package"
"two wireguard vpn and it works great"
"version 7.18.2 and two wireguard vpn and it works great with the new wireless package"
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"No joke I get 850mbit on the 5ghz band"
"Currently at 0.6/0.6, which my hAP can do no problem"
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"it just has this one short little loop and can't be carried as a bag hands-free. Also, it doesn't store much, so we always needed a regular diaper bag anyway if we were leaving the house for any longer than a few hours. It made me so mad and I regretted purchasing it."
"it’s dated and have issues with dwarf 16MB storage. Super cheapskate and shortsighted move by MikroTik on this and several other models. ... The issue is that after installing wifi qcom-ac package. Using netinstall method because there is not enough storage to do it traditional way. There remains literally only 1% of free storage left , around 300KB. Uncomfortable, very on the edge. When/if this drops to 0KB, the router will brick itself and require netinstall, that’s guaranteed. ... Yeah 16MB should be enough for everyone. 2018’s facepalm edition."
"it’s dated and have issues with dwarf 16MB storage. Super cheapskate and shortsighted move by MikroTik on this and several other models. ... The issue is that after installing wifi qcom-ac package. Using netinstall method because there is not enough storage to do it traditional way. There remains literally only 1% of free storage left , around 300KB. Uncomfortable, very on the edge. When/if this drops to 0KB, the router will brick itself and require netinstall, that’s guaranteed. ... Yeah 16MB should be enough for everyone. 2018’s facepalm edition."
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"weekly-to-daily wifi drops and router dementia every 6 or so months ... the wifi radios just turning off for 5 minutes at least once a day, if not more, or dropping until the router is rebooted at least twice (Ethernet is fine at this time)"
"Wifi is not same good. ... I can tell you that I tested in around 4 places mikrotik wifi. In all places had been changed to ubiquiti U6+ or cisco CAP2702i AP. In one place where was Hap ac2 (changed to U6+) change from unstable 30/10 to 600/300. With same APs placement."
"The last Nighthawk I had constantly resulted in "Connected, No internet" for too many devices."
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"setting up things like VLANs is horrible compared to other brands listed in this thread"
"if you end up wanting to change any of the default settings, it’s probably the least user friendly networking gear I’ve ever used."
"But you really should like to tinker, they're not trivial if you get outside of the default config."
Abject-Ostrich888 1.0ok now I know what are you talking about. First mikrotik wifi client will be best option like Hap ax2 will be ok but you must think about 5ghz radio usage when you like to setup bridge. When you setup client you are loosing 50% of radio bandwith. I recomend you mikrotik Audience because these device have two fizical 5ghz radios one for wifi client and one for ap.
If you like to setup these with two devices, your configuration in my opinion will be good.
blaz1120 1.0Mikrotik hap ax2. I connect to the isp via pppoe and it works great. It supports any kind of configuration and protocols you could imagine as long as the hw can handle it
Budget-Scar-2623 1.0I have the ax^(2), it's a fantastic little wifi router. I've never had a problem with the wifi - in fact it's the best wifi I've ever had at home. I live in a rural area so there's zero interference, so ymmv, but my own take is that if Mikrotik wifi was bad in the past, it's fine now. Performance/capability-wise it punches well above its weight. The only things I wish it had are better heat sinking (the CPU is limited to \~800MHz to prevent overheating) and a USB port - relevant to you as you mentioned wanting to run containers. While the ax^(2) has 1GB RAM and a good CPU, it has only 128MB onboard storage, and no USB port to provide an easy way to add more. 128MB is so small it's ridiculous, especially when you consider the CPU and RAM. You can still run containers but you'll need to configure network storage, which adds some complexity and fragility. If this is a big issue for you, consider the ax^(3). It adds a USB port and also has a larger heat sink, so the CPU is also unlocked. The ax^(2) has only 1Gb Ethernet. If you have an internet connection equal to/faster than 1Gb/s download or upload and want to be able to utilise all of it you should look at other brands or consider pairing a more power router with a separate wifi AP.
h0dgep0dge 1.0I'm in a small flat so I don't know how it'll do for range, but I'm running a mikrotik hap ax2. No joke I get 850mbit on the 5ghz band, and mikrotik routers have every feature you could ever want in a router
Itchy_Sentence6618 1.0You could take a look at the hAp ax S. Just be aware that this is going to be their first MediaTek wifi device, so some initial flakiness could be present... The ax2 on the other hand is an absolutely reliable tried and tested product, which I would have no trouble recommending. The ax2, however, doesn't have a usb port, which makes it kind of unsuitable for containers...
Jan6969697 1.0For my home network I run 2 MikroTik hapAX2's. Hardwired together. One does the routing and acts as an ap/managed switch, the other one runs just as an ap/managed switch. This is a setup that can actually route a 1gb/s connection, i'm not sure if the cheaper mesh systems can actually route a 1gb/s connection.
MedicatedLiver 1.0This. Mikrotik is always behind the curve and go more for stability and value than cutting edge. At the low price that an hAP AX² goes for, you can easily buy that then in two years buy whatever the new model is, and likely STILL come out cheaper than some crap Netgear spider antenna monstrosity.
santa4336 1.0I have my daughter the ac2 with version 7.18.2 and two wireguard vpn and it works great with the new wireless package, but if I had to buy again I would avoid it, better an ax2, the 4011 is too much for a home network, the same as the 5009, plus they are more expensive
saroyen 1.0I think the AX2 is a good choice. I do something similar in my apartment where I have a Debian machine with a WiFi adapter receive the free building WiFi and then send it over to a hEX to create a private LAN/WLAN (for WiFi, i've setup an old tp link router/AP combo in bridge mode and plugged into the hEX). The whole set up works pretty well and is relaible, the only issues I encounter come from occasional speed dips but those are usually remedied by disconnecting/reconnecting the Debian box to the free building WiFi.
Scw0w 1.0Ac2. But this router slowly die because of lack of memory. Actually i dont think its good deal in 2025. Maybe you can buy ax2 instead? It has 1GB RAM instead 128MB and 128MB flash instead of 16MB. Latest version of routeros is problematic on ac2.
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