TP-Link Omada Hardware Controller | SDN Integrated | PoE Powered | Manage Up to 100 Devices | Easy & Intelligent Network Monitor & Maintenance | Cloud Access & Omada App (OC200)

Good product 👍🏻

It is great that it can be configured and managed standalone if one wants too, it works fine that way too and it is great if you have only one or two of these APs. I have also setup the omada controller in a container and it works great. Wifi coverage is better than my previous velop and I can now easily have my IOT and guests in separate VLANs and control at the firewall what they can access. I'm very pleased so far with this product.

Well build and fast performance for home SDN on the budget. Will be perfect solution for your large home or villa when combined with other Omada products

Best Hotspot ever, very very easy to operate and customizing log in pages You can control it from any where in the world Worth every single AED

Initially it was freezing and I was trying to update it but it keeps telling me software up to date.. after connecting it with the controller oc200 I was able to update it. It was running very stable after the update which is why I gave 3 stars. But very disappointed with the speed as my network speed is +500 mbps and this product is locked at 100mbps (not as described in the photos) .. I went ahead and bought the EAP235 which changed the game for me I was able to run the EAP235 with 560mbps and it runs stable. Hope this review is helpful for some of you.

omada controller getting offline every 6hour, not detecting auto connection of lan server. technical team not providing such useful information to reconnect, even seller of the amazon was not single reply until now for the past 10days, totally waste of money on buying tplink products.

after ussing 6 month this controller working perfectly still no problem.. good device 10/10

Very good product working fine

Having used consumer grade equipment with all the bells and whistles, I found that they were unreliable. Works for awhile then one day, it doesn't work requiring a power cycle or several power cycles to get it to work again. This is a business class equipment that once installed, continues to work all the time. A POE adaptor was provided with this item so there's no need to buy one if u don't have a POE switch.

In the attached photograph, the OC200 is the device on the left. TP-Link Omada equipment is primarily marketed to business. I am using it in a home network. I am using it to control three ceiling mounted TP-Link EAP610s (fed by the red patch cables in the PoE switch on the right) and an ER605v2 router. The OC200 is powered by PoE (it can also be powered by USB) reducing power cable management needs, and once set up, it just runs and lets you administer Omada devices without the need to have a software controller running is a 24/7 powered PC or a need for cloud management. The user interface (web based) can be a little confusing to figure out, but there is a fairly detailed PDF user manual you can download. It can do much more than I am using it for, I am using it to manage three ceiling mount EAP610s in a large house. First we just installed one to see how it went, and when it worked well we ordered the other two, importing them was literally a click of a button and they were configured to integrate with the settings used for the first. The controller makes management of the wireless network a breeze and it's designed so you can automate backup to a USB key so that if the unit ever fails, you can restore to a new unit from the backup (devices under it's control will continue to work if it fails, but you won't be able to change configurations until a new one is in place and restored) It could be argued it is too powerful and complex for a home network but if you are technically inclined, with a little help from online communities and the manual, it isn't too difficult to figure out. It's a good system.

I've only used this foress than a week but so far it's been pretty solid. Had a couple issues first time connecting my omada router and switch which kept not joining But after a bit of resetting and connecting I finally got it all paired and it's been solid since. Nice to have one panel to control all my omada gear and nice to have easy to read useful info taken from all gear in and placed in one spot.

The Omada software needs to be on 24x7 for certain features to work. eg: portal authorisation, AP roaming. The challenge with PC based systems is that when PCs reboot, the software javascript can't start up easily. Furthermore the cost a PC is more than the Omada hw controller and will take up more space. Worth investing in this hardware appliance.

To start, I am a network engineer with many years of experience in the high-tech industry. I’ve managed many enterprise wireless solutions (meraki, xirrus, ruckus, ubiquiti, Cisco). I started buying 2 of these EAP245’s and added a 3rd because I was so happy with the value of this unit. 3 of these units handles 40 clients (about 30 home automation devices) and 10 newer laptops/iPhones. I have gigabit internet and this install is in a 2700 sq. Ft home. Previously, I was running 2x TM-AC1900 (had terrible dark spots in the house, frequently had to disconnect and reconnect to connect to different AP’s) Pros: - Form factor — no big antennas poking off, Easily mounts to wall or ceiling. - Speed and Signal — excellent speed and signal. See screenshot. - Omada — once it’s setup, the controller software is really quite excellent. I would not run these in an enterprise but for a small business or an insanely powerful home solution, this is a great solution. Adding new AP’s is incredibly simple. Configuration is simple and the analytics/reporting is actually fairly impressive. - Advanced features — a large reason I chose this unit is the 802.1r functionality. This allows seamless roaming. No disconnection when walking through the house, great for WiFi calls. The Omada controller gives you great visibility into channel utilization. Cons: - Limited advances features — Frankly, for what I need to do in the house, the current feature set works perfectly. The only feature I wish the controller had is an “auto signal adjustment” feature. - Potentially misleading marketing — this is probably my own dumb fault but I did not realize that having the controller on the LAN was required to have centralized management. I mistakenly assumed the “cloud controller” was a phone-home / cloud-based solution provided by TP-Link. You must run the controller (either the OC200 device or the Omada controller). The “cloud controller” is simply the ability to access your controller remotely when you are outside of the network. Notes: - I battled setting up Omada for a few hours (again, I am a very technically inclined person). I’m running the Omada software in Docker on a Centos7 server. I can’t fault TP-Link for this as “firewalld” was preventing the Java app from correctly listening on my servers network interface. Takeaway: Overall, the EAP-245 is an amazing little access point. The low price point of the AP and quality of the business grade controller makes this a very robust home WiFi solution.