@JSchnee21,

IMO, EAP225 is still the top EAP since years now. EAP245 might be even better, but I never tested one nor installed one for customers, so I'm just an observer when it comes to an EAP245. Now, from observation I saw this:

EAP120, EAP220, EAP320 and EAP330 became EoL very soon, the former two b/c of technological change (N to AC).

EAP225 replaced EAP220. EAP245 replaced EAP330, but with 150 Mbps fewer WiFi rate.

As for the new EAP620 we will see whether it fits into a business scenario.

Personally, I think that EAP225 and EAP245 product line will still stay alive despite availability of an EAP620.

JSchnee21 wrote

"Omada SDN provides two kinds of SDN controllers: a Cloud-Based Controller (completely in the cloud) and a Hybrid-Cloud Controller (on-premises) with full cloud access. This gives customers maximum choices and full control of the whole network from the cloud to fit their business needs."

You can easily run the software controller in your own cloud (e.g. an AWS instance, Digital Ocean, own hosting server etc.). The SW controller deos not need to run in the local subnet. EAPs are adopted over L3 links.

I think the TP-Link cloud solution is for people w/o own infrastructure and I could imagine that this becomes a subscription service. We will see.

I had always assumed that the security gateway would be needed for the hybrid solution to do packet inspection.

 

But if there is a lighter version that works with the OC-200, all the better.

For deep packet inspection (DPI) you need to analyze the traffic. An OC200 does not see any traffic with foreign sites, just management traffic. So, yes, DPI requires to be done on the router, resp. the OSG. But I don't know whether the OSG supports DPI, still saw no specs.