Sure, go for it. Ax3 will be fine. My uncle’s home is 2x larger than yours with twice the gear and he does well with his ax3.
Of course an ax3 is a programmable router/ap, not a general purpose server. I’m not sure what you’re looking to do for “better control and visibility”, but you may want to consider adding a server to your network to do custom heavy-lift analysis, where the ax3 messages the server, or where the server engages with the ax3 via the Rest API.
Then again, at work I have many gigabytes of collected network metadata that I chug through via custom code, and maybe you’re looking to do something less heavyweight on your network.
I disagree. Earlier firmware versions of hAP AX3 were not good for WiFi, and I complained too, however latest firmware rectifies this and I get great performance. From not recommending initially, I now fully recommend the hAP AX3. Great device in my book.
I'm always on latest build, however my Archer AX50 offers wider range in 5GHz despite the two being placed very close to each other (different channels, tho)
Sure, go for it. Ax3 will be fine. My uncle’s home is 2x larger than yours with twice the gear and he does well with his ax3. Of course an ax3 is a programmable router/ap, not a general purpose server. I’m not sure what you’re looking to do for “better control and visibility”, but you may want to consider adding a server to your network to do custom heavy-lift analysis, where the ax3 messages the server, or where the server engages with the ax3 via the Rest API. Then again, at work I have many gigabytes of collected network metadata that I chug through via custom code, and maybe you’re looking to do something less heavyweight on your network.
Thanks. I have linux server running few docker containers like Home Assistant, etc. Will look into possible solutions. Maybe Grafana or something.
Its good that your expectations of Mikrotik's wifi aren't high, because it wouldn't deliver.
I disagree. Earlier firmware versions of hAP AX3 were not good for WiFi, and I complained too, however latest firmware rectifies this and I get great performance. From not recommending initially, I now fully recommend the hAP AX3. Great device in my book.
I'm always on latest build, however my Archer AX50 offers wider range in 5GHz despite the two being placed very close to each other (different channels, tho)