Linksys LAPAC1750PRO Business AC1750 Pro Dual-Band Access Point

The AP comes with a static IP address of 192.168.1.252, but also set to pull an IP address via DHCP if it finds a server. Logging in with the default admin / admin lands you at the System Status page shown below. As you might expect from a "pro" level product, there aren't any wizards to get in your way of bit twiddling. Just jump right on over to the Configuration tab and go at it.

I found documentation a bit wanting, although an attaboy is deserved for decent online help. The basics seem to be covered in the User Guide. But you'll probably want to also check the FAQ tab on the product support page as well as this FAQ page. The latter page was where I learned the LAPAC1750PRO's WDS implementation is proprietary and doesn't even work with Linksys' other APs like the LAPAC1750.

Features

The LAPAC1750PRO has a lot of features. Here's a rundown of the key ones:

• Multiple SSIDs: 16 (8 per radio)
• VLAN Support: Yes
• Number of VLANs: 17
• SSID to VLAN Mapping: Yes
• Captive Portal: Yes
• Workgroup Bridge: Yes
• WDS Bridge: Yes (NOTE: Proprietary implementation)
• IPv6: Yes
• Access Control per SSID: IPv4, IPv6, and MAC-based
• DiffServ for QoS: Yes
• WEP, WPA, WPA2, 802.1X with RADIUS: Yes
• Rogue AP Detection: Yes
• 802.1X Supplicant: Yes
• Channel Isolation: Yes
• WMM: Yes
• Single/Central Management System: With Cluster
• Bandwidth Utilization: Yes
• Scheduler: Yes
• Band Steering: Yes
• Beamforming: Yes
• Dual Firmware Image Support: Yes
• Management Access Control: MAC and IP-based
• Management Interface: Web (HTTP / HTTPS), SNMP
• Event Notification : Local Log, Remote Syslog, and Email Alerts
• Network Diagnostics: Log, Ping, and Packet Capture
• Wi-Fi Certified: Yes

Note that WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) is not supported, which is par for a business-grade access point.

Despite the list above, I couldn't find features like automatic AP power adjustment, fast roaming and client load shedding / distribution, so checked with Linksys. They said that they currently support 802.11i pre-authentication for roaming with clustered LAPAC1750PROs, but that client devices must also support 802.11i.

Linksys also said automatic power adjustment of clustered APs and client load shedding are "in the product roadmap", but with no definite implementation timeframe. Centralized firmware upgrade of clustered APs is also in the roadmap.

Automatic channel management for clusters is already implemented. The screenshot below shows that channel reassignment frequency and interference levels can be set. You can also lock channel assignments for specific radios. Linksys said they determine best channel use by monitoring actual channel utilization.