Review on 📶 Linksys LAPAC1200C AC1200 Wireless Access Point for Business (Cloud-Managed PoE WiFi Access Point), White by Brian Barnes

If you are using Wi-Fi provided by your ISP's router then this is a must read. First of all, let's be clear that this is a business-class access point and not a home wireless router. Access points don't have firewalls, so they sit behind your home router, not in its place. The benefit of this is that they only have one job to do and they do it better than any wireless router you can buy. If you plan to use this at home (my personal recommendation), you may need to turn off Wi-Fi on your home router. media sites. What they don't tell you is that most of them don't have bandwidth throttling, which allows you to limit the amount of data used by a stream. Because of this, you'll quickly find that getting past your shared data is easier than before. But most streams adapt to the available bandwidth (important note). With this access point you can not only throttle the bandwidth per SSID AND/OR per connection; You can create up to eight (8) SSIDs on this device. I bought one for my home after setting it up in a nearby office. I personally bought it for my home for SSID throttling and control. I set an SSID for my streaming entertainment devices to restrict HB streaming (high bandwidth) when I don't want it (throttling). I created an SSID for family devices like phones and tablets (with throttling). And an SSID for my home office (no throttling). I set my home cameras to the same SSID as my home office (to avoid lag) and connect smart devices (like lightbulbs) to a very limited bandwidth SSID. I could create a separate non-broadcast SSID just for my home security devices with insanely long passphrases. You can adjust the throttling to your liking until the streams are clear enough for daily viewing. This hotspot supports up to 802.11 AC (ie WI-FI 5), which is ideal for almost all but the most extreme gamers (who should be connected directly anyway). You can set up a guest SSID that will only be activated when necessary to improve security. In a family with teenagers, you can assign each person their own SSID with a set bandwidth and track their usage. You could then turn off a child's internet without interfering with other devices in the house (very cool). The second reason I did this was because I have devices at home. Most wireless routers provided by your ISPs do not have the aggregate bandwidth to support large numbers of simultaneous devices. The home WiFi router I got from my ISP was able to get 1100Mbps compared to this 1750Mbps access point. If you have 30 devices (smart TV, smart light bulbs, wireless cameras, smartphones, tablets, gaming systems) then at 1100 Mbps that's 36 Mbps per device compared to 58 Mbps at 1750. The downside is that every change in SSID is saved settings requires an access point. for a reboot that disables everything just to set up a single SSID (not bad for home use, but would be bad for change management in a company that requires a lot of red tape for work disruptions. It would be nice if there was only one reboot SSID is changing Cloud management is great and being cloud based you can be notified via email to your phone if your home network is down (text messages would be nice to add this) It also allows you to track the most active users See (devices using the most data). This is important for managing data usage. It can also tell you if your devices are having choppy processes sending or receiving when left idle for a week and then this in change the radio settings. Also, your devices won't detect what radio frequency they're connecting to, so if you find that Your device is connecting At a lower speed, try turning off the 2.5GHz radio for this SSID (WI). -FI 5 802.11ac only transmits on 5GHz). This is a trusted brand with a limited lifetime warranty which I have used with several companies with no regrets so I have every confidence that this is a good buy. Hope that helps