Need suggestion for wifi access point

[CostcoSamples]

Hi guys.  I'm doing some major home network upgrades and need help choosing a good wifi access point.  Don't need an expensive router, just an access point (must be wifi AC and dual band would be nice). My network will be something like this:

 

 

 

[Z3R0C00L]

Hi guys.  I'm doing some major home network upgrades and need help choosing a good wifi access point.  Don't need an expensive router, just an access point (must be wifi AC and dual band would be nice). My network will be something like this:

I would buy a TP-Link archer C7 v2 . 

Its cheaper than pretty much all the other AC1750 and can be used as access point only.

Its not the fastest router out there BUT as wireless access point only it will extremely good

 

Note that you will pay way more for a real AC WAP 

 

[CostcoSamples]

I would buy a TP-Link archer C7 v2 . 

Its cheaper than pretty much all the other AC1750 and can be used as access point only.

Its not the fastest router out there BUT as wireless access point only it will extremely good

 

Note that you will pay way more for a real AC WAP 

 

thanks for the advice, I'll check it out!

[Scheer]

Ubiquiti access points are amazing. $65 for the 2.4 only version, but I get 40mbps speeds to my phone everywhere in my house... my Wireless AC router to my wireless AC phone doesn't even reach to the edges of the house, and I only get good speeds if I am within 10 feet or so of the router and then it drops off down to 10 ish until I loose coverage.

 

The Ubiquiti dual band and AC are ~$200 and $260, respectively. They are likely really good as well, but I'd have a hard time justifying the cost with how well the much cheaper 2.4 one works. There is also a $80 long range 2.4 version that I didn't realize existed when I bought mine, but I'm getting coverage in my detached shop that is around 100 feet away from the AP on the edge of my yard... so all the long range would do for me is cover my neighbors.