I am currently looking for the option of outdoor AP to boost the wifi coverage of my office to the surrounding area of the factory. Currently on Unifi 300Mbps plan.
Wonder anyone actually used this TPLINK EAP650 model or anything similar? It was rated to cover 200-300m, possible to get half of the distance in real life scenario?
The telco coverage is so bad at my area that I need the Wifi to actually make call and receive Whatsapp message since telco can't fix their problem after so many complain.
It is very hard to pull the ethernet cable to the other building since it is not connected and being open air at between. Thinking of one unit on the roof of my office and another unit some where at the middle to create the mesh connection for better coverage.
The wifi is mainly for management person to use only, coverage is the most important, speed wise enough to load all apps and making wifi call.

Any sifu can comment on the possibilities?

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That isn't what TS needs though
They already have 300mbps fiber

They just need it to cover the whole factory with wifi

Can’t comment on EAP650-Outdoor but I’ve used EAP670 indoor model. Even with id say.. 2-3 walls of blockage I can still get around 2 bars on my Xs iirc, 650 has a bit weaker antenna, but if the outdoor is unobstructed it should reach quite far.

Currently I have U6 Mesh from Unifi as my main outdoor AP, with direct LOS I can get like 60-100Mbps outdoor with about 100M ish

So maybe EAP650 a bit weaker than those? 100M+ is probably achievable with 2.4 with around 30Mbps probably

WiFi call is very demanding on connection quality .

On a poor WiFi signal you get horrible ping and it will result in poor VoWiFi or WhatsApp call

You can combine it with TP-Link EAP215 wireless bridge as the uplink of the EAP650 instead of meshing it directly for better performance.

Getting a few units of EAP650 sounds like a good plan, can choose to add the wireless bridge eventually if needed.

*not an expert

eap650 outdoor is okay. but if cost is an issue, eap610 outdoor also fine.

one unit backhaul to unifi router, other unit connected by mesh

but for tplink EAP mesh to work, you need omada controller (hardware/software/cloud)