Grandstream GWN7660 WiFi 6 Access Point Introduction

[@tac73]

At my home, I installed 2 GWN7660s, to replace a couple of mesh systems. One was for IoT, and one for everything else. In all, I had 5 APs and 6 SSIDs. There was more RF flying around the house than necessary (obviously). With my 2 new 7660s, and having the advantage of VLANs, I was able to reduce the number of SSIDs to 4. The CAP (Master) is in my home office, and the RE (Mesh) is in the garage, at the far side of the structure. After reconfiguring a few client SSIDs, and testing everything (51 nodes in all), these APs are undoubtedly the best decision I could have made. My decision to buy Grandstream, was largely based on information you provided through your KZbin videos. So, a big thanks to you!

[@hawktuahdeeznutz]

How are you powering your RE (Mesh)?

[@tac73]

@@hawktuahdeeznutz Powered by a PoE+ injector.

[@denmanfite3156]

Hopefully your "mesh" setup uses cables and isn't a wasted device behaving as a wireless extender.

[@tac73]

@@denmanfite3156 No data cable connection. The garage AP is setup for wireless mesh. Grandstream calls it an RE (range extender). I set up another AP (RE) in the middle of the basement. Although, cables would be the preferred method, my current configuration works just fine.

[@gopies]

Thnx Willie good info, looks like this ticks most/all of my boxes. That embedded controller has tweaked my interest I think I’ll source one and try it out.

[@webbeto]

Hi Willi, would you mind do one video about PBR on a edge router, 2 ISP

[@mikaelnielsen2336]

Can they work as a mesh, where one is without a RJ45 connection? (backhaul)

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Great video love the beetlejuice sign

[@keatontaylor3612]

Excellent review, do they have a 4x4 WiFi 6 model?

[@snoerrebroe]

Thank you very much for the video. Do you have any information about when Grandstream will release a new firmware which enables all 5 GHz channels?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Good video as always Willie! Is the rogue AP detection specific to the 7660?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

@@WillieHowe Great! I was hoping it would just be a firmware push. 👍

[@akshayphadatare412]

I am now using Grandstream 7660 and my internet plan is 300 Mbps. I connect laptop and mobile but the speed is very low showing only 57 mbps

[@karloa7194]

Can you join the remote AP to the controller AP? The remote AP is connected to the main site via S2S VPN.

[@janezjanez7493]

Hi Willie, appreciate your introduction, which got me interested in Grandstream products. Before making any purchasing decisions I'm very much looking forward to your feedback on the product. Hoping it will be published soon? Thanks again and wishing you all the best, cheers!

[@wgb2004]

How does it compare to 7630 for speed?

[@MSPOldGuy]

i got two of these on the same network, took for ever for the "Detect AP" button to find my "Slave Device" got it up and running in my test environment. I then decided to deploy to real world, changed the ssid on the "Master" device, it never replicated to the second device, I have tried every way in the world to factory reset these devices. After doing so ( took so many tries to go thru) reconfigured my master, the detect ap never finds my slave device.. Now Im stuck cant reconfigure it.. may just return them to amazon find a different product.

[@sjnlim3925]

suppose i have 3 gwn7660 AP. the one which i first logged in would be master for other 2 AP or what? do these AP come with a POE adapter/injector or it works only with POE switch .

[@williehowetechnologyllc3053]

Any of them can be the master and they don't come with PoE injectors.

[@sjnlim3925]

Do they support poe injector sir?

[@VoIPPortland]

Am I crazy or is the only way to upgrade the firmware locally on these GS APs is to login with the MAC and Password, as a Master, then change the FW address, and update/upgrade. Then when done, unit is back to blue. Factory default/reset, back to purple and done. When updating the FW on the Master it does NOT update the slaves automatically unless I was missing a step. Is it me or is that odd? I see no place in the Master GUI to pass newer FW to the slaves.

[@WillieHowe]

There's an upgrade button but I don't believe there's an auto upgrade option.

[@ElaBellll]

In the documentation it says to upgrade the slaves first (through the access points > configuration) page and then after that is done, upgrade the master from the (Settings > Maintenance) page. I think this is just how they intended it to work, possible because the master orchestrates what ap's upgrade when or something maybe.

[@laloajuria4678]

amazon link to nothing.

[@Good_Boy_Red]

Is this a cheap Chinese knockoff of Ubiquity? I have never heard of this company. The APs, UI, and even the sign on page looks just like Ubiquity.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Axel, being a user of both platforms Ubiquiti and Grandstream, nothing about Grandstream resembles Ubiquiti, not even close.

[@JacobNussbaum01]

@@QuikTechSolutions which do you prefer?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

@@JacobNussbaum01 Hello Jacob. I've been using Ubiquiti APs for a majority of my installs for over fours years. In the last year however, I have been shifting to using Grandstream APs. I have a home currently under construction and Grandstream will be the APs of choice in my home. Now that said, it's not a one size fits all thing. It all depends on the use case. Every environment is different.

[@realifejon]

@@QuikTechSolutions any updates on your Grandstream deployment? I'm looking to pick up a new AP- torn between the GWN7660/7664 and TP Link EAP660 and Unifi U6Pro

[@QuikTechSolutions]

@@realifejon so the update is that I’ve installed the Grandstream GWN7630s in my home. It’s been about 8 months and I couldn’t be happier. BTW, can’t speak to TP-Link gear as I don’t use it. From a management perspective, I don’t have the luxury of using a single pane of glass like you get with Unifi. For example, my router is an Edgerouter 6P, my switches are all Unifi, and the APs are Grandstream. Everything works perfectly together, but I don’t have the luxury of managing the entire network from one central location. I also use the Grandstream UCM6302 PBX with a Wi-Fi VOIP handset. The Grandstream APs allow for optimizing the voice traffic, whereas you don’t get this with Unifi. Anyway, hope this helps.