TP-Link Omada WiFi 7 Wireless Access Point | BE5000 Dual Band | 2.5G Port | PoE or DC Powered, Adapter not Included | Seamless Roaming | Easy Setup | 5-Year Warranty | Omada Remote Managed(EAP723)

The TP-Link Omada WiFi 7 BE11000 Access Point is great. I upgraded from WiFi 5 and the difference is night and day. The speeds are incredibly fast and consistent across all my devices, even when multiple people are streaming or gaming at the same time. Setup through the Omada controller was simple, and integration with the rest of my network was seamless. The build quality feels decent. I’m also impressed with the range one access point easily covers most of my house with strong, stable signal. Highly recommend for anyone who wants top tier speed and reliability.

First off, the setup was a breeze. I’ve used plenty of devices over the years, and this was one of the easiest to get configured to my liking. If you choose, you can use the Omada app as it walks you through step by step, but even without it, it’s simple to get things going if you know what you’re doing. I had it up and running in no time, and the app lets me fine-tune the settings with ease while i was playing with it. Once it was installed, the signal quality was where this thing really impressed me. It blankets my entire house, including upstairs and even into the backyard, with no dead spots. The 6GHz band is a game-changer for modern devices, and even when I’m running multiple streams from my Plex server at 4k, and doing work over remote desktop, everything stays fast and stable. The tri-band really helps with separating traffic so nothing gets bogged down. I also really appreciate the PoE functionality. It made placing the access point in the perfect spot much easier since I didn’t have to worry about finding an outlet nearby. With PoE, I could focus on getting the best coverage without running power cables all over the place. For anyone who’s got a decent-sized home and needs top-tier performance without fuss, this access point delivers. It’s not often I find gear that works this well straight out of the box, but the Omada EAP772 paired with my ER605 router definitely does.

I bought one of these to try out, we have APs that have just been so-so in my opinion in some ways especially for how expensive they are (the WiFi 6 5Ghz band doesn't even have the option for 160Mhz channels on our current ones...really?). For a fraction of the cost the speed is literally 3x as fast as our current APs (see file transfer screenshot). It seems the range is better and there are some options the current ones don't have. These also have 10GB uplinks which is far superior to the 1GB uplinks of the current ones, it makes a big difference and there is a POE injector on Amazon that is capable of 10GB throughput. For some reason I could not get into the AP over web browser, I ended up using the phone app, and be aware you are VERY limited on what you can do with config through the app. You can cover all the basic stuff if that is all you need, but there is a lot you are missing out on. I ended up installing the Omada Windows software, and was still sort of surprised that it will run the APs with no additional hardware or cost if you don't need anything super advanced. The Omada software is reasonably good for the most part, especially for it being a free download, and it will cover a lot of what you need in a lot of environments by itself. You do also have the option to have it sync to a TP-Link cloud account, I haven't got that far with it yet. Update: After getting my hands on a Qualcomm WiFi 7 adapter and the Win 11 24H2 update, the performance boost is significant. The same file transfer in the screenshot I posted (the screenshot was still 3x the transfer speed as the previous AP) is now pushing 150-200mbps, this is faster than the same transfer over a cabled 1GB connection. We chose to purchase 3 more of these instead of the current ones we have to expand coverage due to our satisfaction with these APs.

Works well, great range, and is a major improvement to any network

Today I'll be talking about this product. Brand: TP-Link Product: masquerading Wi-Fi 7 Model: EAP-723 Missing: 6 GHz not available My final thoughts on EAP-723. Where should I begin The product does not have 6 GHz radio. So it only has 5 GHz radio coming in at 4,324 Mbps. So they're allowed theoretical speeds an extra 240 MHz wider. See the problem here is good luck finding 240 MHz of clean spectrum in a 5 GHz band without interference. You need zero neighbors with Wi-Fi no DFS radar interference and perfect conditions. So that 4324 MB is pure fantasy for 99% of the users. So the true rating would be what the EU is getting 2882 megabytes closer to real world at 160 megahertz. It's easy to set up in value for the money but it's not what I wanted but I got a little closer and it's a shame that we can't really see these in the store so we know exactly what we're getting well box wise but a detail is left out anyway just be careful what you buy The company is that bad I mean they have good products and stuff I used to help them a lot and testing but not anymore I see The stability I guess it works I don't know I haven't used this product. Other products for them and lasted for a long time I'm actually using one of the business access points right now but that is the work with another system I have. Well anyway come on TP-link Get with the program Make something that really works and something with the 6 gigahertz speed.

A little to pricy. The unit has all the full speed wifi 7 specs. , not cut down like some of the slower units. Including 4x antennas, mlo etc. It does run hotter than the older generations as expected. The unit is not picky about placement for a good signal. It does take a little effort to setup all the 3 bands plus MLO. Bottom line I went from wifi 5 (average 144 Mbs for all devices) to wifi 7 and 1700Mbs 1000% increase I do expect to be faster later as I only have 2 antenna phones etc now. I do like that you can manage it through the cloud or app and buy a subscription etc. I only want the do the old style browser management and this is much appreciated, Many routers and mesh systems today seem to force you to use the cloud or a phone. Not this one. Should be fairly future proofed One of those rare purchases that is better than expected.

Fast, configurable, but not entirely reliable. I'm using the software controller in a VM for managing a couple of these. The configurability and options blow away any consumer device for not really any more cost. The only issue I seem to often experience is the 6Ghz SSID availability. When working, I can get just over 1 GBps over WiFi 6E from my phone. The is an internal test to a speed test docker that is capable of aleast 2.5GBE speeds. Lastly, TP-Link has a questionable security reputation. But I don't use a TP-Link router or other manager networking hardware. As they say, don't put all your eggs in on basket.

During long operation it DOES feel hot, but i haven't noticed any performance issues, so guess it's engineered to work under those conditions. One user who opened it saw there was no fan, so it's passively cooled. I came from a Ubiquiti ecosystem for managing unifi ap. So i wasn't sure what to expect for Omada. But i'm glad to report it worked quite well. I self host the omada controller via docker container on truenas via jailmaker. Works fine on the latest beta. The mobile app is also handy. You can manage this ap a few ways. Stand alone without any sort of controller, basically it's accessed via a webui in browser and also mobile app; Or cloud (which i'm not a fan of); or via controller (either hardware or self hosted software. i recommend the later). Out of these i recommend the controller because you get access fully to all options/features. 2nd recommandation is stand alone mode if you run a single ap and don't want to have any extra hardware running just to manage the ap. I couldn't test the wifi7. But wifi 6e and 6ghz works good. *update Samsung S24 Ultra now properly supports wifi7 6ghz channel band, 320mhz width. So i ran some tests. 5meters in direct line of sight, i got 1200-2000 Mbps @ 10-15meters with 1-2 walls between the ap and client device, it switches to 5ghz channel band. speeds were 300-350 mbps coverage using a single ap should be able to handle a small 2 story home. But if you are expecting 1000-2000 Mbps using wif7 6ghz, 320mhz, then you need - multiple aps to spread them out in different rooms for direct line of sight (maybe change the rssi to a lower setting to account for using multiple aps). set them in Mesh mode. - have a client device that supports 6ghz 320mhz (my Samsung s24 ultra smartphone does) If you want speeds exceeding 2000 Mbps, the EAP-873 might be able to. But if you want something for 1000-2000 Mbps that doesn't cost as much, then EAP-773 is fine as your entry point into wifi7.