[148451] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: enterprise 802.11
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Eisenberg)
Sun Jan 15 15:53:51 2012
From: Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us>
To: Mike Lyon <mike.lyon@gmail.com>, Meftah Tayeb <tayeb.meftah@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:52:49 +0000
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Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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Ubiquiti's Unifi products are decent, and have *MUCH* improved since their =
original release (amazing what you can do with better code!). In the origi=
nal release, you had to have a management server running on the same L2 net=
work as the Aps - they've moved the management to a L3 model so you can put=
the controller elsewhere. The big PITA with their system is that any chan=
ge requires 'reprovisioning' the APs, which means rebooting all of them in =
sequence. They've added VLANs, multiple SSID's/AP, wireless backhaul/chain=
ing, guest portalling, and limiters to balance the # of clients / AP.
In a noisy environment, I've found that they top out at around 30 devices /=
AP for good performance, and 50 devices / AP for 'working/not working'. I=
n a clean environment, I've seen decent performance with 70 - 100 devices /=
AP. Of course, if one bad client comes along (with a card that doesn't ba=
ckoff its TX power, etc), it can wreak havoc with higher densities. You re=
ally can't argue with Unifi's price.
If you move up the price scale, Meraki seems to be a good midrange solution=
, and they have some really sweet reporting functionality. They're more ex=
pensive, though.
And then, yes, Cisco is the gold standard, but it will cost you some gold t=
o get it.
Nathan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Lyon [mailto:mike.lyon@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 11:54 AM
> To: Meftah Tayeb
> Cc: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: enterprise 802.11
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> Ubiquity (www.ubnt.com) has their Unifi line of products. It's still pret=
ty new
> in the marketspace and this, working out the bugs. I use their other prod=
ucts
> exclusively for outdoor wireless.
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> However, in the offices ive done, ive used Cisco's WLC 4402 controller wh=
ich
> supports 12 access points. They have controllers which support more APs a=
s
> well.
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> Hit me up offlist if you have any quesrions.
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> -mike
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jan 15, 2012, at 11:39, Meftah Tayeb <tayeb.meftah@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Ubiquity
> > or ubikity, maybe is miss spelled
> > Someone correct the spelling for him please thank you
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken King" <kking@yammer-inc.com>
> > To: <nanog@nanog.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 9:30 PM
> > Subject: enterprise 802.11
> >
> >
> > I need to choose a wireless solution for a new office.
> >
> > up to 600 devices will connect. most devices are mac books and mobile
> phones.
> >
> > we can see hundreds of access points in close proximity to our new offi=
ce
> space.
> >
> > what are the thoughts these days on the best enterprise solution/vendor=
?
> >
> > Thanks for your replies.
> >
> >
> > Ken King
> >
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> >
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