📶 EnGenius ENS500EXT-AC Technologies: High-Performance 5 GHz Outdoor 11AC Wave 2 Wireless Access Point Review

This is the third EnGenius AP I have purchased. The rest worked perfectly. This did not connect to a device either in the factory settings or after setting up the network. I contacted tech support via email (they disabled their tech support phone number) where after initially asking for my IP address and subnet mask they didn't reply to emails for TWO MONTHS. Finally answered with a link to a youtube video that might be helpful for those who don't know how to set up a network, but the fact that

I am a former network engineer and have been using EnGenius Wi-Fi products for several years. I have previously installed an ENS500EXT (the previous generation of the ENS500EXT-AC in question) in a WDS bridge configuration spanning my 12-acre campus. The earlier model allowed access to the management IP address on the device over the Wi-Fi interface. This meant I could remotely access any device on my campus network using a wireless connection. With the new version of this product, you CANNOT…

Bought this item 1 year ago and permanently connected it to my modem. It was outside, sheltered from the weather as I needed stronger internet for my separate office. It took about 2 weeks of troubleshooting/talking to support before I was able to get it to work properly. After that everything worked fine and I had fast and reliable internet in my office. Until recently, the connection was either broken or lost altogether. Spent a whole day troubleshooting and nothing is to blame, down to the…