Cisco Meraki MR56 3 Year Licensed Wireless Access Point Bundle

Purchased the Meraki MR56 to replace UniFi 6 LR access points that were underperforming and had connection issues. The Meraki MR56 are considerably more expensive but you get what you pay for. The MR56 access points are built for true commercial / enterprise deployment. The Meraki access point feels like it would last several years. The mounting hardware is much easier to use than UniFi 6. Although it does not sit as flush to the ceiling. The Meraki MR56 is perfectly quiet. There have been other models with electronic buzz, but it's not apparent on the 3 MR56 access points I have deployed. The power consumption is much lower than I expected out of an 8x8 access point. The MR56 are POE+ but in my deployment the APs are consuming 9-10 watts each only. Wireless throughput is fantastic with current crop of Apple WiFi 6 devices reaching 700Mbps - 800Mbps consistently. Beam forming and MU-MIMO support is still limited on the client side so achieving multi-gigabit real world throughput is not quite there yet. Meraki compatibility and connectivity is superior to UniFi. There have been zero unexplained connectivity issues across Sonos, Peloton, Apple, Nest and a wide range other IoT devices. This is worth the added cost alone of reduce frustration.

must have for that busy householdsupports 7 people concurrent use of phones, tv movie apps, music, etc very effectively.5000sqft coverage