Outdoor WiFi Test - TP-Link EAP610-Outdoor

what's that place called that people go to um it's hot sometimes it's actually cold sometimes water falls from above on top of you outside now if you're like me you don't venture out from your introvert layer without having decent Wi-Fi coverage which is why today we're going to be taking a look at the tp-link omada outdoor Wi-Fi 6 access point now I've never used an outdoor access point honestly just having decent coverage inside has been enough for me to use on my patio and whatnot but I figured now is probably a good time to actually look at one of these and see if it's worth it to invest in an outdoor specific access point so this model specifically is the EAP 610 it is an ax 1800 access point meaning that you get 1200 megabits on the five gigahertz Channel and 574 megabits on the 2.4 gigahertz channel so not super blazing speeds but it is Wi-Fi six so you do get the Creature Comforts that come with a modern access point like memo mesh technology load balancing just general stuff that comes with the omada line and seeing how it is compatible with the omada line that means that it'll integrate a very nicely with your omada setup I have quite a few videos on omada configurations I will link one of them up here if you want to see how to walk through the initial configuration and getting an access point set up but I did something a little different more on that in a second some other things you get with this access point are an IP67 weatherproof enclosure mesh technology that essentially comes with all omada compatible access points so if you do want to chain a bunch of them together you can I wouldn't recommend doing that a lot but you know two or three is perfectly fine and the access point itself is poe plus compatible meaning that you only have to run a single cable for data and power assuming that you have a Poe plus compatible switch so yeah let's take a look at the actual system and here it is it is about 6 inches long that's six inches right guys right yeah so the Aesthetics of it aren't going to inspire anything crazy but it's not offensive you get this white rectangle box and at the bottom you'll see a single input for your RJ45 cable now if you are in a situation to where you don't have a Poe plus compatible switch they do include a Poe injector so that you can plug this into any regular power outlets and then run a dedicated data cable and then the poe cable from here directly to the access point so tp-link has your back on this one no worries also to mount it it is a pretty simple uh mounting configuration thistle screw onto the wall with two screws and then you simply just slide this in onto the bracket like so voila Clips in place it's hanging on your wall now big thing with outdoor access points is they obviously have to be weatherproof because uh yeah the elements ain't so friendly sometimes so with this one you'll see when you're running your RJ45 cable you do so with these three included pieces so you have one that's going to screw directly into the access point itself then you have this little rubber piece for weatherproofing and then another little collar that keeps everything nice and snug so essentially you'll just plug it in voila screw the first piece in run your little rubber nugget up in there and then lock it all into place like so and just like that you have a weatherproof access point so I'm actually going to bring this outside and see what kind of range benefits we get with this over a regular setup indoors now like I mentioned before you can configure this using the omada setup but I've actually gone and configured it using the default web GUI meaning that you can set this up and configure it and get all the features out of it without having to be part of the omada ecosystem so you should plug it in find the IP it has been assigned go to that using any web browser and you can walk through the installation process and it's super super easy all right let's go outside and now for a fancy transition editor Brett do your thing all right how was that I'm sure editor Brett put a ton of work into that transition so let them know down in the comments how good of a job he did but yeah as you can tell I am outside I've installed the access point on the wall about six feet up off the ground it's actually underneath the overhang so it shouldn't really receive that much weather but that's a temporary location I haven't decided where it's going to go permanently but that's where it is for this test so let's do a little speed test on hike 10 feet away from the access point so we should get an Optimal Reading here and yeah 650 megabits per second down and 150 up or something yeah pretty solid numbers if we go over here to Signal we're looking at around seven millisecond ping so what we're actually going to do is there's like an easement behind me over here and we're gonna walk as far down as possible and see what kind of signal we can still get from this outdoor access point and I'm assuming it's going to be a lot further than what I can get from my indoor access points all right let's try not to go get mugged by a 13 year old on a dirt bike okay so this is my house right here so I'm assuming if I start a speed test we're going to get relatively the same numbers and I am wrong shocking so it is going through a fence and I am somewhat lower but okay without moving let's try again probably about what 30 yards away and it is going through trees and a fence so we are seeing a drop off in speed but I'm not so much worried about speed 150 megabits down is perfectly fine let's actually keep walking so I'm probably gonna have to turn the camera around so let's keep going and while I'm doing this I'll probably have some type of drone shot right now showing you exactly what the perspective is to my house and the access point but let's do another what 20 yards now we have a telephone pole multiple trees a fence still getting 150 which is pretty impressive I'm going to keep going upload is tanking okay we are a pretty good distance away a at this point let's see what our signal is looking like 10 millisecond ping 11 15. okay now we're starting to see some drop off try again speed test okay this is a significant drop off we're looking at 20 down I'm so far away though holy crap so right here is where about I'd put it on the five gigahertz Channel well let's switch over to the 2.4 okay let's start preparing it's not a good sign 240 okay for some reason we got better coverage on the five gigahertz Channel which is strange yeah we're not even picking up a signal all right so that's about the distance we're getting on the outdoor access point let's go ahead and switch to my regular uh unify indoor Network and see if we can even pull anything close to that okay I can't even join from here oh my gosh I'm like right next to the house come on dude I'm literally right here and we're only getting 14. from my indoor Network we were getting 150 way the hell down there so I'm not going to go into like decibels and Signal levels um it's more of a real world test what speed you can expect to see distances from a house with trees and whatnot in the way but obviously I figured it would make a difference but that is a massive difference okay let's head back to the house okay so thoughts on the tp-link y56 outdoor access point honestly it works really well I mean I've had decent coverage outside but with this thing that is next level I could probably make friends with my neighbors with this kind of signal so honestly it'll probably stay there and as of right now the time making this video you can get it on Amazon for 130 dollars link down in the description below if you want to pick one up it'll integrate pretty nicely into your omada setup or if you don't have omada it will work as a standalone access point no problem which is how I have it configured right now the key things 130 dollars Wi-Fi six Poe plus enabled IP67 weatherproofing meaning that it can get rained on and you shouldn't have any problems with it so stick it on a pole in the back of your yard and mesh a couple of them together to give yourself a stupid amount of Wi-Fi coverage I don't know but overall I'd say it's a pretty awesome device but that is all I have for you today if you like this video drop a like below if you like content like this then please consider subscribing if you want to see more or just look at my face that would be greatly appreciated but yeah if you're still hanging around watching I appreciate it thank you so much and I will see you in the next one [Music]

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Views: 28,228

Keywords: networking, tplink, wifi

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Length: 10min 3sec (603 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 08 2022