Can i use a TP-Link Omada EAP610 access point to connect my ipad to the sq5 without a router?

Can i use a TP-Link Omada EAP610 access point to connect to my sq5 without the need of a router to work with my ipad ?

According to Google that model doesn’t feature a DHCP server.

So if you can assign a static IP address to your iPad it will work. Make sure to also assign a static IP to your SQ out of the same network.

E.g. 192.168.1.1/24 to SQ and 192.168.1.2/24 to the iPad.

OK. Thnx. I already bought a switch with poe so this ip adres will be made automatic.

POE doesn’t assign DHCP addresses. POE simply provides power over ethernet. Unless the switch is a layer 3 managed switch (and you turn on the DHCP service inside of it), you will still need to set manual IP addresses for all devices.

There are stand alone WiFi APs that have DHCP services available in them, but the EAP610 is not one of them.

It is a managed switch. So that should work. TP-Link TL-SG105PE

A quick Google search leads me to believe that while that switch is VLAN aware, it doesn’t have any other “Layer 3” functionality - like the ability to run a DHCP service.

Again, this isn’t the end of the world. You can manually assign IP addresses to each device on the network (including the network switch, Wifi AP, console, and your mobile devices). Or you can use the fallback APIPA system. When devices look for, but cannot find a DHCP service, they are designed to self assign an IP address in the 169.254.X.X subnet. In theory each device should be able to communicate with the other devices since they will all be in the 169.254.X.X subnet.

The switch isn’t the solution. It has no DHCP server.

You need to configure the Omada to match your requirements. Without an Omada controller it is not really easy.
But the simple solution would be a Wi-Fi AP that can provide DHCP.
It makes everything much easier and TP-Link has a wide range of possible devices to offer.

I use C6 or C1200 router without any problems.

Sorry, that isn’t working reliably with the console. It is a Windows function.

Best practice would be a static IP address for the SQ and a DHCP server that provides IP addresses for all other devices. That’s what a simple Wi-Fi router is doing with ease.