I hear a lot of good things about Ubiquiti's APs, but I was wondering how the EnGenius EAP 1200H compares to Ubiquiti's UAP-AC-LR. I wanted something with decent range and the EnGenius EAP 1200H seems to offer similar performance to Ubiquiti's LR AP at about the same price. The reason why I considered something other than Ubiquiti was because of a review I read where the reviewer indicated the bandwidth was reduced when you had multiple SSIDs. An Ubiquiti rep did indicate they were working on a fix for it, however. Here is the link to the review:
http://www.wegotserved.com/2016/02/18/review-ubiquiti-unifi-ac-lr-ap/
I don't intend on deploying the AP in a company, just to get the signal from the back end of a house all the way to the front.
So, these are the notable differences to me between the UAP-AC-LR and the EAP1200H.
Antennas:
UAP-AC-LR: 1 dual band, tri polarity 2.4 GHz 3 dBi, 5 GHz 6 dBi
EAP1200H: 2 - 2.4 GHz 5 dBi, 2 - 5 GHz 5 dBi
Max Transmit Power:
UAP-AC-LR: 2.4 GHz - 24 dBm / 5 GHz - 22 dBm
EAP1200h: 2.4 GHz - 26 dBm / 5 GHz - 26 dBm
Radio Chains
UAP-AC-LR: 2.4 GHz - 3x3 / 5 GHz - 2x2
EAP1200H: 2x2
Max Concurrent Clients:
UAP-AC-LR: 200
EAP1200H: 50
Onto the questions.
Should the EnGenius have better range at 2.4 GHz since it has a higher dBi antenna and transmit power, but the UAP-AC-LR would have better throughput since it has a 3x3 setup?
At 5 GHz, the UAP-AC-LR has the better dBi on the antenna but less transmit power than the EAP1200H, so would they be close on max range performance?
Is a single dual band antenna as effective as multiple single band antennas?
Also, since both units have integrated antennas, is it better to mount the AP vertically on a wall or horizontally on the ceiling?
Ubiquiti AP specs:
https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFi_AC_APs_DS.pdf
EnGenius EAP1200H specs:
https://www.engeniustech.com/resources/EAP1200H Data Sheet.pdf
http://www.wegotserved.com/2016/02/18/review-ubiquiti-unifi-ac-lr-ap/
I don't intend on deploying the AP in a company, just to get the signal from the back end of a house all the way to the front.
So, these are the notable differences to me between the UAP-AC-LR and the EAP1200H.
Antennas:
UAP-AC-LR: 1 dual band, tri polarity 2.4 GHz 3 dBi, 5 GHz 6 dBi
EAP1200H: 2 - 2.4 GHz 5 dBi, 2 - 5 GHz 5 dBi
Max Transmit Power:
UAP-AC-LR: 2.4 GHz - 24 dBm / 5 GHz - 22 dBm
EAP1200h: 2.4 GHz - 26 dBm / 5 GHz - 26 dBm
Radio Chains
UAP-AC-LR: 2.4 GHz - 3x3 / 5 GHz - 2x2
EAP1200H: 2x2
Max Concurrent Clients:
UAP-AC-LR: 200
EAP1200H: 50
Onto the questions.
Should the EnGenius have better range at 2.4 GHz since it has a higher dBi antenna and transmit power, but the UAP-AC-LR would have better throughput since it has a 3x3 setup?
At 5 GHz, the UAP-AC-LR has the better dBi on the antenna but less transmit power than the EAP1200H, so would they be close on max range performance?
Is a single dual band antenna as effective as multiple single band antennas?
Also, since both units have integrated antennas, is it better to mount the AP vertically on a wall or horizontally on the ceiling?
Ubiquiti AP specs:
https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFi_AC_APs_DS.pdf
EnGenius EAP1200H specs:
https://www.engeniustech.com/resources/EAP1200H Data Sheet.pdf
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