Main difference is the level of configuration options the HW controller offers compared to EAP Controller. AC50/500 is suitable for big enterprises with an own IT department and requirements for high WiFi availability and fail-over for example, while EAP Controller might be better suited to small and medium businesses, who prefer a more easy-to-use WiFi network.

Demon wrote

What functios does it have that Omada Controller doesn't?

It has useful L3 functions, DHCP server pools, VLAN-Mapping (SSID and/or radio), MAC-based VLAN assignments, detailed level of statistics (unicast, broadcast, multicast, undersized, oversized etc.), WiFi weak signal detection (forbidden/discard), selection of WiFi modulation modes (MCS index settings), WiFi rate settings, Radius WiFi key authentication (WPA Enterprise), Radius portal authentication (PAP, CHAP, MSCHAP), Radius fail-over, detailed user management with authentication timeouts, authentication periods, per-user online times, link backup, just to name the functions not available in Omada Controller.

Of course it has time scheduling for reboots too, and you can even schedule firmware upgrades.

IMHO, the AC50/AC500 are controllers for environments, which need more fine-grained control over the WLAN infrastructure than would be possible with Omada Controller.

See the AC50/AC500 emulator or the User's Guide to learn more about the functions of AC50/AC500.

Demon wrote

Hi,

 

can you help me to find any valuable reason why to use CAPs with AC50/AC500 controllers instead of EAPs with OC200 or SW controller? I can see the only one for AC500 - duplication of controllers for HA. Otherwise AC50/500 has much worse statistics - some of them are even missimg, no schedulling, ...

 

Thank you for your points.

Hi Demon,

Thanks for your attention to our business Wi-Fi solution. Based on on our strategies, we will build the Omada ecosystem as the Next Generation Solution for the future SMB networking. 

Lately, we lanched the cloud controller OC200, mesh for outdoor solution, seamless roaming for 11ac AP, Omada app, and made continuous improvements for the controller.  And in future, we will add more and more "team members"  to the Omada family, including the high-level hardware controller for hundreds of AP what you said.