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HP V-M200 SINGLE RADIO DUAL BAND 802.11N ACCESS POINT (US)
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Great SMB-grade WAP with simple yet complete management
By wz25
This is just an initial review, having only set this AP up recently. Will update with more info in the future.I purchased this for my home office to add 11n 5 GHz to an existing 2.4 GHz 11g network. I have no desire to deal with consumer-grade network devices for even semi mission-critical applications, and the ProCurve line represents a solid value for SMB applications.As an aside, this IS part of HP's ProCurve series, but is terribly marketed-- which is real pity, because it's a superb product at a very reasonable price point. It doesn't help that the all-white retail appearance makes it look like a bog-standard consumer model.Setup is as simple as one could hope for. Anyone who is looking to spend >$120 for a standalone WAP will almost certainly have more than enough knowledge to get this up and running as a standard AP within minutes. That said, the web interface provides easy VLAN, RADIUS, WDS, etc. configs. Do keep in mind that this is a single-radio dual-band device capable of 2.4 GHz OR 5 GHz operation, but NOT both simultaneously.I have this hooked up to my giga backbone as a WPA2-secured 11n (5 GHz only) AP only, for both LAN and WAN access. With 20/40 MHz auto, my Intel 5300 a/g/n-equipped notebook connects instantly at 300 Mbps, and real-world transfer rates (~2GB ISO via FTP over my LAN, wired to wireless) average a very consistent 8 MB/s. The 5 GHz space in my building is essentially empty, while the 2.4 GHz space is very crowded (300+ unit high-rise), so it's nice to have some breathing space as well as sufficient bandwidth to make wireless transfers and streaming less painful. Wired giga is still going to be required for real work, but going from 2.2 MB/s (11g) to 8 MB/s is a significant increase, and makes the occasional file transfer over WiFi only moderately painful, instead of downright infuriating.Can't say anything about uptime right now, but I fully expect this to be a set it and forget it affair based on my experience with other ProCurve equipment.~6 month update (6/24/2012):Still running flawlessly. There are some reports of connectivity issues on the HP forums with this model, but I've either been lucky or will encounter them soon. The stock firmware this came with was 5.4.1.0-01-9503, and I just updated to 5.4.1.1-01-11416. The original FW was fine, and the latest seems to be just as good so far.~2 weeks post FW upgrade (7/8/2012)Encountered an issue with client traffic not passing, but no obvious problems with AP (WLAN port up, login OK, client associated). Dissociating from the V-M200 and re-associating seemed to resolve the issue, but then I noticed that the AP's time/date were off by well over a year, possibly due to recent FW upgrade. Set the V-M200 to sync with my LAN ntpd server and the issue has not recurred. Local 1080P streaming still working flawlessly.VLAN update (7/20/2012)Got around to setting up VLANs. Once the managed switch and router were configured, the V-M200 makes VLANs a snap. Multiple SSIDs with VLAN tagging can be created and managed rapidly. The web GUI makes it easy to see which clients are associated with which VLANs/SSIDs, and all SSIDs (up to 4) are broadcast simultaneously without any fuss. Everything does run on the same radio settings, but this is clearly stated in the specs, so no surprises there.Being able to control wireless client communication (allow/disallow) and QOS for each community (i.e. VLAN) is all the more appreciated with multiple segregated SSIDs.Quick iperf update (8/6/2012):Client = Notebook with Intel 5300 AGN, same rooom, open air, ~8 feet from V-M200.Server = Desktop hooked into same giga switch, on same VLAN.V-M200 = N only, WPA2, 40 MHz*iperf -w 512k -fM -c 192.168.10.60 -i3------------------------------------------------------------Client connecting to 192.168.10.60, TCP port 5001TCP window size: 0.50 MByte------------------------------------------------------------[156] local 192.168.10.10 port 51834 connected with 192.168.10.60 port 5001[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth[156] 0.0- 3.0 sec 37.1 MBytes 12.4 MBytes/sec[156] 3.0- 6.0 sec 35.7 MBytes 11.9 MBytes/sec[156] 6.0- 9.0 sec 38.5 MBytes 12.8 MBytes/sec[156] 0.0-10.0 sec 124 MBytes 12.3 MBytes/secFor comparison, when on the wireless-G network using my Cisco Aironet 1100:*iperf -w 512k -fM -c 192.168.10.60 -i3------------------------------------------------------------Client connecting to 192.168.10.60, TCP port 5001TCP window size: 0.50 MByte------------------------------------------------------------[156] local 192.168.10.10 port 51779 connected with 192.168.10.60 port 5001[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth[156] 0.0- 3.0 sec 8.38 MBytes 2.79 MBytes/sec[156] 3.0- 6.0 sec 7.82 MBytes 2.61 MBytes/sec[156] 6.0- 9.0 sec 7.89 MBytes 2.63 MBytes/sec[156] 0.0-10.2 sec 26.7 MBytes 2.62 MBytes/secAnd there you have it. The V-M200 peaks at about 20 MB/s down or up with a two-client iperf sim. UDP test shows <0.5 ms (avg) jitter with 0% packet loss.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Wireless Access Point
By WPCS International
Needed an solution for an install. This wireless access point worked fine for my situation. Would recommened for an inexpensive solution.
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