TP-Link Omada EAP683 LR

A business Wi-Fi 6 access point with good speeds and increased range plus great cloud management services

DAVE MITCHELL

SCORE PRICE £162 exc VAT from broadbandbuyer.com TP-Link’s dual-band EAP683 LR offers SMBs an affordable dual-band Wi-Fi 6 solution with an extra reach. An AX6000 rating makes this currently the fastest of TP-Link’s Wi-Fi 6 APs, with claimed speeds of up to 1,148Mbits/sec on the 2.4GHz radio and 4,804Mbits/sec on the 5GHz radio, which supports high-speed Wi-Fi-6 160MHz channels. The EAP683 LR has four internal aerials for each radio and boasts a maximum coverage of 185m2 – a 32% increase over the cheaper EAP670 (see issue 341, p96). TP-Link doesn’t provide any enlightenment on the reasons for this extra spread, but we can see from the datasheets that the EAP683 LR has a higher transmission power rating on its 5GHz band. It’s also one of TP-Link’s new range of slimmed down APs, as this…

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