Review on MikroTik Dual-Concurrent Access Point: hAP ac Lite RB952Ui-5ac2nD-US by Soo Chang ᠌

Name: MikroTik Dual-Concurrent Access Point: hAP ac Lite RB952Ui-5ac2nD-US
Item: MikroTik Dual-Concurrent Access Point: hAP ac Lite RB952Ui-5ac2nD-US
Rating: 5

November 15, 2022

A great option for this money, one of the best offers.

Familiar with Mikrotik products, initially, thanks to work. At one time, it was decided in the whole office to change the Linux router of the machine to the same type of Mikrotik RB1100 routers, as well as WiFi routers to the same type of Mikrotik BaseBox 2.
Very cool and powerful pieces of iron for relatively little money.
I bought this WiFi box (hAP AC Light) for my home to replace Zyxel Kinetic Light III and ASUS RT-N12.

Pros

Amazing box for a very modest price! All Mikrotik products, despite the different hardware inside, work under the same RouterOS, which is nothing more than an almost full-fledged Linux. Opportunities are just darkness, hence the main drawback, described below. A very good signal coverage area, despite the fact that the antennas are internal. It is possible to connect a 4G modem to a USB port (port 2.0, do not expect special speeds) or a flash drive / external hard drive (the hard drive must be with its own separate power supply, because the box simply won’t pull it out) and make a small router out of home network storage or exchange network folder (it is better to format a flash drive / hard drive in the ext3 file system). It seems to me that the router will perfectly understand the connection of several devices via a USB hub, although I have not tried this option.

Cons

For fans, pressing two or three buttons to fully configure the device is not suitable. Here you need to either understand the basic principles of setting up a network in Linux and then you won’t have to poke around for a very long time, or read manuals, watch videos on YouTube. For an amateur, you will need a maximum of 2-3% of the capabilities of the operating system.