Here are three different Wireless Access Points with similar specs:
- $875 CISCO AIR-AP1252AG-A-K9 Wireless Access Point
- $150 NETGEAR WNAP210-100NAS Prosafe Wireless Access Point
- $49 TP-LINK TL-WA901ND IEEE 802.11b/g/n 300Mbps 3 antennas Wireless N Access Point
There's a 17-fold different in price between the cheapest and most expensive. All three support 802.11n and WPA2. The TP-LINK does not support PoE but the others do.
With networking equipment, I'm used to "getting what you pay for"… but I can't understand who is purchasing $875 WAPs and what they are using them for.
What am I missing?
Best Answer
One of those gets rebooted weekly, another works perfectly fine for most people, and another has the capability to take part in huge wireless mesh topologies that work together to cover entire campuses, allowing seamless handoff, load balancing, etc etc etc.