Aruba Instant On AP12 Wireless Access Point

[Heckyman]

I picked up one of these at a very good price (over 50% discount) and would recommend it to anyone who’s looking for an access point. 

Quite a few people here use Ubiquity routers, switches and wireless access points as they offer better quality than the networking gear that is bundled from the ISP. 

 

I have a Ubiquiti AC lite, the Aruba is far more solidly built and has better range. Unlike the Ubiquiti which relies exclusively on PoE, it can take a 12V/1.5A DC input and also accommodates the Telegartner plugs seen on many premium Ethernet cables. You can buy a separate Aruba SMPS that looks a nice step up from the cheapest wall warts, use something like the iFi iPower 12V (what I’m doing), or even power it with a good LPS...
 

I’m using it as a second wireless access point just for audio, it’s plugged directly into my EtherREGEN. When streaming from a NAS, I can even disconnect my router completely from the audio system without affecting the rest of the non-audio network devices. 

 

I won’t make any claims about the sound quality as I haven’t done any proper comparisons. But I can confidently say it doesn’t sound worse.

[plissken]

Nice thing about Aruba IAP is that if you have multiples you power the first one, let it come up, find it's IP in DHCP lease table. Log in with admin/serial# and set it up. When you power on other IAP's they will simply autojoin and cluster.