ᐅ Wi-Fi Access Points – Which Ones to Choose?

@rick2018
What is the opinion on the Devolo Wifi Pro 1750c? How about the speeds and so on?
They are quite a bit cheaper...

We still have 4 Access Point AC Pro units available, which I want to use for our ceiling outlets, adding a 5th one. I assume the advantage of the Nano HD is not significant enough to justify replacing them, right?

@opalau If you already have them, just use them. For the fifth one, you might as well get a NanoHD. If the others get too slow over time, you can replace them gradually.

@Golfi90
I don't have personal experience with it. What stands out to me is the power consumption of up to 22 W (four times as much as the NanoHD). According to the datasheet, it offers 5 GHz at 1299 Mbit/s and 2.4 GHz at 450 Mbit/s with only 3x3 MIMO. I am only familiar with older devices from Devolo. Back then, AVM or Unifi were superior in terms of usability and performance.
It is also quite large...
Personally, I wouldn’t save 200€ on 2-3 access points and then have to deal with issues related to administration, design, power consumption, etc. How often do you replace these anyway? Every 5-10 years?
Devolo or any other brands work just fine. We are talking about residential homes here, not venues with thousands of devices during concerts...
Both options can make you happy. For consumers without deeper technical knowledge, AVM is certainly a good choice since it can also be managed through the Fritzbox.

rick2018 schrieb:

What I notice is the power consumption of up to 22W (4 times as much as the NanoHD). According to the datasheet, 5GHz 1299 Mbps and 2.4GHz 450 Mbps, with only 3x3 MIMO.

My switch has 12 PoE ports with a total of 100 watts. Two of the Devolos and two small cameras are supposed to be connected. I think that should work. Or is there a maximum wattage per port that a switch (Netgear JGS524PE) can provide via PoE? I can’t seem to find any information about that.

The switch can easily handle that. My point was more about the fact that with, for example, 3 access points, you would have a power consumption of 15W with the NanoHD and 66W with the Devolo. And that continuously. It may not be a huge difference, but when buying new equipment, you can also pay attention to such factors. You probably wouldn't buy a washing machine with an energy rating of D anymore...

170€ vs. 40€ electricity per year. That’s definitely worth considering. Over time, the Nano HD will pay off through energy savings alone.