Festa F65 Ultra-Slim Wireless Access Point Wi-Fi 6 AX3000 Mesh, Seamless Roaming, MU-MIMO, HE160 Self-Organizing Network Free Cloud Management PoE+ Powered Does not Work with Omada

I recently set up the TP Link FESTA Wi-Fi system in my home. It includes FESTA router, FESTA switches, and FESTA AP. Comparing to the Ubiquiti system I had for the last several years, this FESTA system is much easier to set up and understand, at least to me - have very basic knowledge about networking. Controlling and seeing the status of the whole network (equipment and users) from the APP on the cell phone is quite convenient and clear. I highly recommend the FESTA system. The WiFi 6 is very fast. But since it is relatively quite new to the market, there is few videos in YouTube about this FESTA system.

Purchased this to replace a 5-year old Ubiquiti PRO AP for our home since did not feel Ubiquiti PRO was working as good as it used to. Also, wanted some of the upgraded features. Was getting frustrated though with Ubiquiti there management console is too complex. Used the Festa Web App for setup and it found the device easily. Seemed to step thru the process of setup easily. Then loaded the Android Festa app to verify settings. One thing important was roaming. Wanted to use the same SSID as my wireless router in the front of our home. This worked well with Ubiquiti. Even though the configuration shows the SSID I programmed in the AX3000 tis still broadcasting the same factory SSID. It did accept the password and range looks better than my Ubiquiti PRO. Also noticed from the Android App there is a setting to turn off the blue light but this does not work. Attempted to contact live chat. Said I was 2nd in queue but there has not been any response in nearly 2-hours. Likely going to return this due to lack of support. Maybe I could live with other deficiencies but my wife will not accept a blue light on the ceiling. Too bad, I like TP-Link and have quite a few of their dimmers and switches that are controlled via Kasa.

Used in my wife's office, 2 storeys, all wire lath plaster. One upstairs , 2 downstairs, perfect coverage across 2500sq ft of what is essentially a giant faraday cage. Setup with Festa app is super easy. Ran regular cat 5. Very happy with results.

This access point is okay. Setting it up on my network was difficult. It took me quite done time to figure it out. Once I got it up and running it has yet to let me down. It would be nice if I could have individual control over which wifi devices in my home connects and which ones dont at any given time but I haven't found that feature. The range is good and there isnt any drop off any where in my tiny home. This device is not the best for DIY setup (even though thats what I did). But if you can be patient its worth purchasing.

Great signal up close and far away. Bought 2 for our home, one upstairs and one downstairs. Works great, very happy with Festa system and AP signal strength. No connectivity issues through walls or floors.

The Festa F65 is a nice POE+ wireless Access Point, but must be configured using a Cloud based management console. For security reasons, I wanted to configure the AP in standalone mode -- meaning it's managed independently and not controlled by a central Omada controller. Standalone mode is outlined in support documentation, but tech support advises it's unavailable due to TP-Link moving device management to the Cloud. Item returned and different model ordered.

Website says it can be used as “standalone” WAP but instructions for setting up for this application were incomplete. Most recent version of mobile app did not match the incomplete instructions. 2 emails to tech support were unanswered in 5 days (over the weekend, so 3 business days)

I cannot believe that TP-Link released this product without ensuring it works properly. This is my first purchase of an access point (AP) that acts like a brick. The AP will show as "online" when trying to add it, but once added to the controller, it will keep showing as "disconnected," and I cannot access the AP from the local network directly. The worst part is that it has OPEN wifi enabled by default, so your network can be accessed without passwords while trying to get it to work. Getting help online is impossible. I would stay away from this product or any new TP-Link releases.

Didn't perform as advertised, expensive and manual/support wasn't particularly helpful. Returned it.

The information indicates it supports WPA2 Enterprise but it doesn’t under under Festa Cloud Controller options.