TP-Link CPE210, Long Range Outdoor CPE for PtP, PtMP Transmission, 2.4GHz N300

I got two of these to provide internet connection to my detached garage for security cameras. The distance is at least 200ft and the first 20-30 ft go through the attic of my condo and my neighbor's. The first one is in the attic as an AP (access point) (Ethernet to the router) pointing at the direction of the garage (the condo rules don't allow me to put it outside). Like I said, between my condo and the garage there is another condo. The second unit is also in the garage (cannot have it outside) as a repeater.My phone sees the AP from the condo but the Internet is not usable.If I use the second unit as a repeater, I get a solid 5 to 15 Mbps. Mind you I haven't optimized their placement yet, I just placed them quickly to check the connection. I should be able to raise both units a few more feet and potentially improve the signal/penetration a bit.The RF of the units seem very solid and I love their interface. Many parameters to configure and monitor the connection status.The units support as low as 5MHz BW which can help with very long distances, however, my phone wouldn't connect with anything less than 20 MHz (couldn't see the AP). I guess less than 20MHz can be used when one unit is AP and other one a client.Finally, this setup is less than 1/3 of the cost of another WIFI repeater system by CC Vector, it offers a better interface and actually works. The CC Vector gave me a 25% signal but no usable Internet.Update April 20th, 2019:Before mounting the units higher, occasionally the upload speed from the garage to the condo would be practically unusable. I suspect interference from one of the several other APs in the condo complex (the survey tool picked up 96 APs!). I was able to make the connection more stable by changing the channel, and limiting the max speed and bandwidth (again it is very nice to have these options). After that I got around to mount the units higher which helped to make the signal more stable and I didn't have problems since.In order to be able to use a bandwidth less than 20 Mhz and set the unit in the garage in the client mode, I bought a cheap router (TL-WR940N, about the same price as an AP only) that I connected to the client CPE210. Originally, the router was set as an AP but I ended up using it as a router for utilizing data filtering options that were not available at the AP mode.If I had a line-of-sight I would have used the 5GHz CPE units since the 5Ghz band is less crowded. I am pretty sure the 5Ghz signal wouldn't fair well going through multiple walls and roofs.Still, very pleased and I hope they last a long time.

This CPE is great. I've used this in a setup for a family member to get internet out to their gazebo that is about 150ft from their house. Streaming video for watching NFL games, MLB games, movies etc works great without issue. It's an awesome setup!With that, I decided to get one myself to have internet in my detached shop. It's only about 50 feet from my house. I have this device configured as a client to my home wireless network and then running to a small WIFI router in my shop that is in AP mode. Standing in the same room about 20 feet from my home WIFI router it was getting about 75mbps download (2.4ghz band) and with my setup to my shop I get about 60mbps in my shop. So it's a solid connection.Here's the thing that some people MAY be overlooking if they are running a similar setup. I have a 1gbps internet connection. That's NOT the speed I can expect over wireless. If I were to use the 5ghz band I can get decent throughput but I'd have to be pretty close to the home router. Anyway, this CPE says 300mbps throughput in the 2.4 ghz band. IF you were to get that throughput that is ONLY to the CPE, NOT to anything that is using it to access the internet. The catch (for me) was the ethernet port. It's a 10/100mbps so that's where the bottleneck is in my scenario. The fastest I could hope to get is 100mbps. For me, there's nothing wrong with that and it will work great. I'm sure for a lot of people's needs this will work great. I just wanted to put it out there in case people had certain expectations. If ou really need the greater speeds, get the TP-Link CPE710 as it has the 10/100/1000mbps ethernet connection and the ethernet interface won't be the bottleneck any longer.Bottom line: Good, reliable, quality product. 100% recommend!

I loved the price of this TP-Link 2.4GHz N300 Long Range Outdoor CPE for PtP and PtMP Transmission. It also includes the Power Over Ethernet adapter needed. Since most routers don't provide POE, it's a necessary item. It arrived quickly in excellent condition. Installation was easy, but the software setup was difficult. The power cord for the POE adapter is about 12" long. I had to use a power strip to get power to the adapter. The average person would have difficulty getting this CPE to work. They want you to give your computer a static IP of 192.168.0.10 which was difficult for me. When I set that static IP on my computer, I lost internet connection because I get DHCP through my provider and the router is 192.168.50.1. I'm pretty good with computers and software, but I had a lot of trouble with this. I finally got to the Pharos interface, and things were easier after that. The documentation that comes with the CPE and the support on the TP-Link website didn't really help me get it to work.Once set up, I now have my wifi extended a half mile to another residence. This device has many capabilities and functions, and can transmit the signal more than 20 miles line of sight. I would probably buy it again, but I wouldn't want someone to need professional assistance to have it installed and set up.

Over the years, have setup many routers/access points/repeaters. I have a particularly difficult setup in this case with many acres to cover with cameras' with the routers being in direct sunlight and pouring rain situations. I was replacing a high performance router that got zapped by an electrical storm with a couple of these. Blowing out a 300 dollar router vs a 40 dollar router is a no brainer. But I knew going in, that these weren't going to perform as well. Mainly because they are fairly directional. instead of omni. I only needed 2.4ghz for these cameras. And they are all HD. Traditionally this is a pain in the butt because you only have so much band width to allocate. Usually you don't get to know what the router thinks about this on a individual basis. But this router has a SUPERIOR gui in it. For one, it responds nearly instantly. Whereas most other routers there's an annoying delay. It has an excellent graphing analytics, and group and per station real-time readout of signal/noise ratio and bandwidth used. This may seem unimportant to the casual user. But this is very important to know what each station is consuming and how well it's performing "live". I was able to fine-tune each camera's res/framerate to fit within the 300mbps this unit can handle. And to know the strength "live".In fact, the gui was obviously designed by a no-nonsense expert engineer. He put exactly and "only" what was needed on each and every page. You can fine-tune this baby up like a well oiled machine. As well as all the modern optimization techniques possible. The prices was good enough to buy a couple of them instead of one super one. These are POE so you can hang several and chain them around without resorting to ethernet switches.The antenna doesn't beat a super high performance router. BUT you can put it up a pole and get the same result. Since it is semi directional all your power is going where you want it. If that's not what you want. Its inexpensive enough to hang another one going the other way. Which then DOUBLES your bandwidth to 600mbps. These are obviously designed to work together. And if something blows one out. No big deal I am going to buy a carton of them now. What I have written here applies to people setting up large scale camera systems. If your just looking to get some wifi to watch youtube and netflix you will be fine. It's a very capable little thing. But it's strength lies in it's ability to co-exist with others, with a pricepoint to make that economically feasible.

10/18/2020 - one unit has stopped working. No Wi-Fi. I have reset it several times and still no WiFi. So disappointed. I cannot find anything in the manual for warranty information.I bought two of the 2.4 GHz extenders. One is in Access Point mode and the other is in repeater mode. Took some trial and error to figure out what would work best for my situation. It is also not documented anywhere whether the Ethernet port works for what modes. It does work in repeater mode, which is awesome, because you can hardwire a computer to it when in repeater mode. I have the unit set as the AP in our house and the unit set as repeater in my parent's house. To pay $55/month for 20 Mbps is crazy expensive. So, the signal is going through walls, windows, trees, bushes - through or around the neighbors house. I have had issues for years with signal strength - tried many different antennas and amplifiers and still continued to have issues. Especially in the summer at this time of year when the bushes and trees have leaves fully grown. Doing a speed test, the connection at my parent's house is just as fast as at our house. Went with the 2.4 GHz so our wireless printer would still work - no 5 GHz WiFi on it. Also, looking in the installation guide that came with it, the 2.4 GHz unit has a 65 degree horizontal bandwidth where the 5 GHz has 45 degrees, so better chance of having a good signal with the 2.4 GHz antennas if they are out of alignment a little. Plus 2.4 GHz just is better at penetrating walls, windows, trees, bushes etc. If there was clear line of site the 5 GHz would have been more tempting. Finding a way to mount these inside was a challenge. I mounted them to small desktop microphone stands - and that worked out well. The directions aren't the best. Overall, I am very happy with these. Less expensive than some of the other options I have tried over the years. And it appears a problem that has plagued me for years has finally been resolved.

I needed to get wifi from main house to guest house - a distance of about 175 feet (according to Google Earth). I ordered 2 N300's. One that I received was clearly a returned item - packaging was torn, printed user manual had someone else's handwritten notes in it, including their username and password. Kind of annoying, but for $42, I decided to see if it worked before sending it back (it did).The hardest part about installation was running the cable. I mounted the main house access point above the router closet, next to a parapet and used an existing conduit to run cable. It was harder than I expected, but after an hour of screwing around, I successfully pulled the cable. Set up was simple except that your router must have an ip address of 192.168.0.1. Mine was set as 192.168.1.1, so I had to reset it in order to communicate with the access point. I was afraid I would lose connectivity with existing devices after changing the router ip address and then back again, but that problem did not occur. After setting up the access point, I was able to change the gateway's ip address back to 192.168.1.1 and assign a new ip address to the access point (not in that order). installing the guest house access point was similar. I added a wireless access point in the guest house to distribute wifi there. Note that you cannot directly use the N300 for internet access, you need some kind of access point or switch. Download speed via wifi in the guest house is around 60mbs, while at the router in the main house I get 500mbs+. Advertised speed from Xfinity is 600mbs. So a significant loss in speed in the guest house, but should be sufficient to run a couple of cameras and stream one tv.One weird thing: as soon as the setup was working, an existing Nest Cam would not connect to it's long-time existing wireless access point. Eventually, I reduced the "transmit power" (on the wireless tab) for both of the N300's from 27 to 15 and that seemed to fix the problem. TP-Link tech support was responsive, but doubted that their devices could have interfered and did not believe that reducing the transmit power solved the problem. However, if I turn the transmit power back up the camera again works only intermittently. It's only circumstantial evidence, but to me it's pretty compelling.Bottom line: the N300's worked largely as advertised, with reasonably simple installation and setup requirements. They do what I needed.

8/1/21 Got clear email back from tech support. definitely the way to contact. The units are talking to each other great and will save about $1,000 per year from having to have additional Internet in separate building on same property. The sending unit is protected and will give an authentication error when connecting, BUT, it appears it is a security feature if you need it.Moving back to 5 stars as this system really solved a large issue and saving a lot of money. There is a learning curve, but worth it once you have it figured out. NOTE: USE THE VIDEO and figure out how to set IP to the units. Recommend a second computer for video as the first is hooked to units when pairing them together.7-30-21. Updated to 4 stars. Tech support is almost on existent. Chat support "Consult button" does not work. Was on hold 15 minutes to speak to someone in order to get transferred. At 40 minutes had to hang up.We purchased a second set of units because we were happy with the first and deciphered with the video how to set things up. It is throwing an authentication error from the sending unit and cannot figure out why, so have nothing. It would sit at a 3-star and averaged out with my 5-star to 4-------------------------------- May 2021So, it took a bit of study and thank goodness for the YouTube video how to set up. It helps to hav a computer that you can change the IP address to the units, plus a second computer to watch Youtube. When connected to the units the computer cannot do YouTube at the same time. Biggest challenge was configuring the computer to connect. Once connected, was easy.The sender is out doors and receiver is indoors in rafters. I am getting almost 50 mps download speed at 600 feet.I did try the single unit and had about 5 mps download. SO, the receiver was a very smart move.I mounted the sender under my porch (I have a walkout. SO about 7 feet off the ground and line of site to building I wanted to send signal to.I now can set up wifi security and have connect to my phone.Basically, you can use one unit to really push your signal, but having a second unit catch and push into its own router really works well.

I bought this antenna to avoid running another cable from my home to my garage some 50ft away, so I could place this antenna on an outside wall of my home and point it at the garage (the wifi signal from my router inside the house does not reach inside nor back of the garage).On receiving it, I hooked it up to configure it (easy, but the documentation leaves a lot to desire), then used a long cable to place it outside my home on a stool, facing the garage. The antenna worked fine, provided a very strong signal for the first 30ft (of open air -- nothing in the way), but fading very fast at the first wall. Close by, I measured the advertised signal strength, but 30ft away is was no better than the signal from my much less powerful ASUS router. The signal inside the garage was too weak for my Tesla car to connect to.Since there are reviews from people using a pair of these, facing each other at distances of over 1'000ft, my conclusion is that the main benefit of this antenna is the sensitivity of its receptor (rather than the power of its emitter) and it really delivers benefit only when using a pair (or 3 or more) to relay the signal along an unobstructed line of sight.I returned the antenna and the relatively short (50ft) cable I was going to run from outdoors to the equipment closet and bit the bullet, ordering instead a 175ft cable to run from my main router in the house to the router in the garage -- nasty work routing that cable inside two separate low-profile roofs, but guaranteed result ;-)

Compre 2 de estos para mandar señal de una casa a otra (Emisor+Receptor) que está a 100 metros de distancia, los configure adecuadamente, y la verdad funciona perfecto, no tengo ningún problema con la señal, es estable y a buena velocidad, los materiales son de excelente calidad, la instalación sencilla, el adaptador PoE es excelente para conectarlo desde dentro de la casa.

ITS WORK VERY GOOOD

Recently expanded the network on a farm to reach all outbuildings and create a wifi/cctv network where there is no phone signal. Excellent devices. The first two purchased have been in place for 18 months wto tith no need to reset and have braved snow and the longest hot summer. Very happy with TP-Link range and would recommend the EAP / CPE range to small business, mid size offices and cafes without hesitation. Awesome value.

No funciono. Intente múltiples configuraciones y no repetía el Internet, hable con el soporte técnico e intento configurarlo con una conexión remota y no pudo.

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