MikroTik - hAP ac²

I can tell you that I tested in around 4 places mikrotik wifi. In all places had been changed to ubiquiti U6+ or cisco CAP2702i AP. In one place where was Hap ac2 (changed to U6+) change from unstable 30/10 to 600/300. With same APs placement. I dont now what do you mean in last additional text.

I've got two ax3's and a hapac2 running capsman and it works pretty seamlessly for me. When I look at the logs I can see devices roaming occasionally, especially phones.

I use an AC2 at home as my primary router with a “bigger” network than yours and it does the job just fine. No issues. I’d probably feel the same way if a Hex S were in charge. Never had a storage or upgrade issue, running 7.18.2 fully reliably, but I don’t dump logs (or any other data) to Flash. Both the HexS and AC2 have the same flash storage size. Hex S has the sd slot, passive PoE out, and SFP cage, which are not on the AC2. So be aware if you use those features. The Hex Refresh feature set is closer to the Hex, and not Hex S.

I use an AC2 at home as my primary router with a “bigger” network than yours and it does the job just fine. No issues. I’d probably feel the same way if a Hex S were in charge. Never had a storage or upgrade issue, running 7.18.2 fully reliably, but I don’t dump logs (or any other data) to Flash. Both the HexS and AC2 have the same flash storage size. Hex S has the sd slot, passive PoE out, and SFP cage, which are not on the AC2. So be aware if you use those features. The Hex Refresh feature set is closer to the Hex, and not Hex S.

I would go with hap ac2. I have one, running it as my main router on ros v7. One software difference comparing to hex s is that hap ac2 is arm device and it supports mikrotik "back to home" vpn which is really great thing to have so you don't need to worry about CGNAT, you can always connect to home network. Truth to be told, you can have similar setup on hex s too (but this includes more work to do to have it). Btw, hap ac2 can do around 600+mbps with simple queues (fq_codel) which is good.

I would go with hap ac2. I have one, running it as my main router on ros v7. One software difference comparing to hex s is that hap ac2 is arm device and it supports mikrotik "back to home" vpn which is really great thing to have so you don't need to worry about CGNAT, you can always connect to home network. Truth to be told, you can have similar setup on hex s too (but this includes more work to do to have it). Btw, hap ac2 can do around 600+mbps with simple queues (fq_codel) which is good.

I have done this in the past with a Mikrotik hAP ac2. Their RouterOS software is very customisable but a steep learning curve if new to it. I did it the other way around where I used my phone hotspot as backup. So the wired LAN was the primary but with a lower priority default route cost as it was always plugged in and active. When I turned on the personal hotspot on my phone within WiFi range of the router, its WiFi would connect to my phone as a client, auto populate its default route with a higher priority cost and take over as the active WAN connection. Turning off the phone hotspot would revert back to the primary wired fibre WAN. The switchover process would take around 3-5 seconds from memory.

I've used hAPs before with CAPSMAN, had no complaints other than the slow adoption of the new WiFi standards. I've since switched to Unifi AP ACs with OpenWRT and usteer installed, works a treat.

I have my daughter the ac2 with version 7.18.2 and two wireguard vpn and it works great with the new wireless package, but if I had to buy again I would avoid it, better an ax2, the 4011 is too much for a home network, the same as the 5009, plus they are more expensive

I have my daughter the ac2 with version 7.18.2 and two wireguard vpn and it works great with the new wireless package, but if I had to buy again I would avoid it, better an ax2, the 4011 is too much for a home network, the same as the 5009, plus they are more expensive

+1 mikrotik. Especially if you're not a heavy wifi user, as they are not the most advanced APs. I have a couple of hap ac2 and ax2 in different locations, and they're rock solid.

Ac2. But this router slowly die because of lack of memory. Actually i dont think its good deal in 2025. Maybe you can buy ax2 instead? It has 1GB RAM instead 128MB and 128MB flash instead of 16MB. Latest version of routeros is problematic on ac2.

Ac2. But this router slowly die because of lack of memory. Actually i dont think its good deal in 2025. Maybe you can buy ax2 instead? It has 1GB RAM instead 128MB and 128MB flash instead of 16MB. Latest version of routeros is problematic on ac2.

Get ac2 or ax2, hex has old cpu, new hex is okayish because it has arm but arm5 which is obsolete. Arm is a key factor here because you get free relay for your vpn (back to home cloud) and option for containers (apart from new hex which has arm5 with less containers options)

Get ac2 or ax2, hex has old cpu, new hex is okayish because it has arm but arm5 which is obsolete. Arm is a key factor here because you get free relay for your vpn (back to home cloud) and option for containers (apart from new hex which has arm5 with less containers options)