When it comes to EnGenius’s enterprise-focused lineup, especially when it comes to access points, they have a wide variety that covers most needs. I’ve taken a look at some of their indoor and outdoor options but one area where they have been missing something on their outdoor lineup that they have had on their indoor access points is having a 4x4 Wifi 6 Access Point. I previously took a look at the ECW260 which is a 2 x 2 Wifi 6 AP. Well, they now have the ECW270 to fill in that gap. Like with the ECW260, it connects with a 2.5 Gigabit PoE connection but the ECW270 doubles up on its antennas and radios to better utilize that bandwidth. They have also given it a 1 Gig PoE capable port to make it easy to run a PoE camera nearby. We have been using the ECW260 to get better coverage outside and I’m curious how the upgrade to the ECW270 might perform. So today I’m going to take a closer look at the ECW270 and also see how it performs.
Product Name: EnGenius ECW270 WiFi 6 4x4 Outdoor Access Point
Review Sample Provided by: EnGenius
Written by: Wes Compton
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Specifications |
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Technical Specifications |
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Standards |
IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax on 2.4GHz IEEE802.11a/n/ac/ax on 5GHz |
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Processor |
Qualcomm® Quad-Core CPU ARM Cortex A53s @ 2.2GHz |
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Antenna |
Four (4) External 7 dBi 5 GHz Detachable N-Type Antennas Four (4) External 5 dBi 2.4 GHz Detachable N-Type Antennas |
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Physical Interface |
1 x 10/100/1000/2500 BASE-T, RJ-45 Ethernet Port 1 x 10/100/1000 BASE-T, RJ-45 Ethernet Port (PoE+ PSE out) |
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LED Indicators |
1 x Power 1 x LAN 1 x LAN 2 1 x 2.4 GHz 1 x 5 GHz |
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Power Source |
Power-over-Ethernet: 802.3at/bt Proprietary 48V – 54V IEEE 802.11e Compliant Source Active Ethernet (PoE) |
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Maximum Power Consumption |
46W |
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Surge Protection |
1KV |
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ESD Protection |
Contact: 4KV Air: 8 KV |
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Wireless & Radio Specifications |
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Operating Frequency |
Dual-Radio Concurrent 2.4GHz & 5 GHz |
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Operation Modes |
AP, Mesh, AP Mesh |
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Frequency Radio |
2.4GHz: 2400 MHz ~ 2482 MHz 5GHz: 5150 MHz ~ 5250 MHz, 5250 MHz ~ 5350 MHz, 5470 MHz ~ 5725 MHz, 5725MHz ~ 5850MHz |
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Transmit Power |
2.4GHz: 24 dBm 5GHz: 24 dBm Maximum power is limited by regulatory domain |
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Tx Beamforming (TxBF) |
Increasing signal reliability and transmitting distance. |
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Radio Chains/Spatial Stream |
4x4:4 |
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SU-MIMO |
Four (4) spatial streams SU-MIMO for 2.4GHz and four (4) spatial streams SU-MIMO for 5GHz up to 3,600 Mbps wireless data rate to a single 11ax wireless client device under both 2.4G Hz and 5GHz radio. |
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MU-MIMO |
Four (4) spatial streams multi-user (MU)-MIMO for up to 2,400 Mbps wireless data rate to transmit to one (1) four streams MU-MIMO 11ax capable wireless client devices under 5GHz simultaneously
Four (4) spatial streams multi-user (MU)-MIMO for up to 1,200 Mbps wireless data rate to transmit to one (1) four streams MU-MIMO 11ax capable wireless client devices under 2.4GHz simultaneously. |
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Supported Data Rates (Mbps): |
802.11ax: 2.4 GHz: 9 to 1148 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 2) 5 GHz: 18 to 2400 (MCS0 to MSC11, NSS = 1 to 2) 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11 802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 48, 54 802.11n: 6.5 to 600 Mbps (MCS0 to MCS15) 802.11ac: 6.5 to 1733 Mbps (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 2) |
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Supported Radio Technologies |
802.11ax: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) 802.11b: Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) 802.11ac/a/g/n: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple (OFDM) |
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Channelization |
802.11ax supports high efficiency (HE) —HE 20/40/80 MHz 802.11ac supports very high throughput (VHT) —VHT 20/40/80 MHz 802.11n supports high throughput (HT) —HT 20/40 MHz 802.11n supports very high throughput under the 2.4GHz radio –VHT40 MHz (256-QAM) 802.11n/ac/ax packet aggregation: A-MPDU, A-SPDU |
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Supported Modulation |
802.11ax: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM 802.11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM 802.11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM 802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK |
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Management |
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Multiple BSSID |
8 SSIDs for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios |
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VLAN Tagging |
Supports 802.1q SSID-to-VLAN Tagging Cross-band VLAN Pass Through Management VLAN |
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Spanning Tree |
Supports 802.1d Spanning Tree Protocol |
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QoS (Quality of Service) |
Complaint With IEEE 802.11e Standard WMM |
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SNMP |
v1, v2c, v3 |
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MIB |
I/II, Private MIB |
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Wireless Security |
WPA3-PSK (SAE) WPA3 Enterprise WPA2 Enterprise (AES) WPA2 AES-PSK OWE Hide SSID in Beacons MAC Address Filtering, up to 32 MACs per SSID Wireless STA (Client) Connected List SSH Tunnel Client Isolation |
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Environmental & Physical |
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Temperature Range |
Operating: -4º~149ºF/-20ºC~65ºC Storage: -22Fº~176ºF/-30ºC~80ºC |
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Humidity (non-condensing) |
Operating: 90% or less Storage: 90% or less |
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Waterproof & Dustproof |
IP68-Rated Enclosure |
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Device Dimensions & Weights |
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ECW270 Device |
Weight: 4.12lbs. (1.87kg) Width: 8.58” (218 mm) Length: 11.22” (285 mm) Height” 2.18” (55.5 mm) |
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Packaging |
Weight: 3.33 lbs. (1.51kg) Width: 9.21" (234 mm) Length: 11.18" (284 mm) Height: 5.67" (144 mm) |
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Package Contents |
1 – ECW270 Cloud Managed Outdoor Access Point 1 - Pole-Mounting Brackets 1 - Wall-Mount Screw Set 4 - 2.4 GHz 5dBi N-Type Antennas 4 – 5 GHz 7dBi N-Type Antennas 1 - Quick Installation Guide |
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Certifications |
FCC CE IC |
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Warranty |
2 Year |
