Hi guys
I need your help to decide which hAP device i should take that will be able to achieve 1000/100 link over Wifi with AC1750 as hAP ac claims to do
Will it be a real difference between hAP ac^2 to hAP ac?
You will not achieve 1000Mbps over wifi. Maybe ± 500Mbps on 5Ghz with a 3x3 AC card in a laptop. If you want a 1000Mbps - use an ethernet cable.
Between the two - frankly if you do no need an SFP port - I would frankly just go for the hap ac2.
The connection speed can be way over 1Gbps, indeed the transferspeed is much lower. But that is how wireless works. What are your expectations @Shy?
More importantly, what is your use case or what are your use cases?
What are you trying to achieve?
Is this wifi being used for your ISP wan iput??
Is this wifi from the device to a specific location inside a house?
Is this wifi from the device to a specific location outside a house?
The better you detail the requirements the better your answers will be.
Also you dont say why you need the throughput to be XXXX?
Hello
Thanks for your answers
I will give some brief of my current setup and what i am willing to achieve.
I have fiber 200/200 connection which is configured with meraki device model MR33. Soon i will probably upgrade the link to 500/100 or 1000/100 . Currently my MR33 can be reachable on ac speed of 867mb with my mac. Since i just bought hEX s device to be as a router gateway i am willing to replace meraki with Mikrotik device as well. I am aware that on wifi internally in the house i won’t be able to reach pure 1gig and i am looking for the closet option. Since i am buying those devices for some years i don’t want to buy a hardware that won’t fit or will be old too soon
As i know hAP ac for years i am aware that this device is about 4 yr old and i wonder if for 3 chain wifi with ac1750 it will fit my neeeds for the next years. Since i haven’t got my hEX s yet i dont know what to expect from its being used with the meraki but i prefer to replace it.
So my questions are what is the best wifi solution i can achieve for now as June 2020 and will it be ok to buy hAP ac^2 or hAP ac?
The HEX will not suit your needs to maximize a 1gig down service but it would be fine for 500 down service, so thats up to you.
As for wifi, without knowing the area, floors,walls expected coverage any comment is useless, WIFI needs context!!
hEX s not hEX
What will be the ac speed of hAP ac compared to hAP ac^2?
I am talking of 100 m^2 square apartment with standard walls.
What is the layout of the apartment and where will the device be located and where are there other wired outlets?
NOTE: in terms of processor and testing, hex and hexs are the same. (the difference is SFP port and poe capability both on the hex S)
Its just in the center of the apartment
Most of the wifi devices are in the radius within 10 to 20 meters from the router.
I had a feeling that hEX s is the mosr powerfull of the 3 compared to hAP ac and hAP ac^2 isn’t it?
No, it is in the middle. HEX S has about half the “power” of HAP AC2.
HEX S is too slow for a full 1000 Mbits WAN. The Hap AC2 can manage it with ethernet.
With Wifi (with good signal and client device) you can go around real 300-350 Mbits (sum UP+DL of all connected devices) with HAP AC/WAP AC and around real 400-450 Mbits with HAP AC2/CAP AC.
Oh.. so i should get hAP Ac^2 for best performance?
Will the hEX s handle 200/200?
I must say that everytime i get different answers
From mikrotik support i was told that hAP ac will be more solid for wifi and overal performance and hAP ac^2 will be good for most of the wifi coverage situation.
Now i understand the oposite that hAP ac is too old to be usable for 1000/100 or even to 500/100
Routing ac2>ac, wireless ac>ac2
So routing plus wireless
hAP ac + hEX S (RB760iGS) ?
Or hEX s + ac^2?
I have to pick up with something because as it looks for now i will need to send back the hEX s …
Why not hAP ac + hAP ac2? 
Because i have hex s on delivery already…
Hi
I don’t have wire sockets
I count on wifi only.
I am worried for the hEX s on the 200/200. So i need to send it back and get what?
I’d send the hex back.
Then go with hAP ac2 and test its wifi performance.
Then two possible outcomes:
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If it will suit you → leave it as a router/switch and take cAP ac as a dedicated AP.
It’s basically the same hardware as hAP ac2 but better antenna array and less ethernet ports.
If you find yourself ok with hAP ac2’s wifi, cAP ac will do. -
If hAP ac2’s wifi performance won’t be enough for you → then again, leave it as a router/switch and go on the market for a dedicated AP with better performance.
See from that review about the hEX S
Speed rate
https://www.amazon.com/review/reviews-lightbox//ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_img?ie=UTF8&asin=B07F7HDRKX
And tnx for your idea