[177639] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Thu Jan 29 12:06:26 2015
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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:06:11 -0600 (CST)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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UniFi, Xirrus, Ruckus. Only WiFi I would deploy anywhere (well, aside from =
residential).=20
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Mike Hammett=20
Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
http://www.ics-il.com=20
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From: "Jermaine Edwards" <JEdwards@sonifi.com>=20
To: "Paul Stewart" <paul@paulstewart.org>, "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net=
>, nanog@nanog.org=20
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:02:20 AM=20
Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office=20
Ruckus should work fine for you. You need to have a controller and need a g=
ood RF plan but as far as capacity, throughput, roaming etc they are really=
solid. Of course the best is Cisco but if you can't afford them Ruckus is =
the way to go. I use them in small and very large convention centers and ho=
tels with no reservation.=20
jle=20
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From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stewart=20
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:55=20
To: 'Mike Hammett'; nanog@nanog.org=20
Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office=20
It was all users getting randomly disconnected ... the AP's stayed online b=
ut the traffic would completely halt for 15-30 seconds at a time. Their ass=
ociation with the AP would stay in tact ....=20
Paul=20
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From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett=20
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:53 AM=20
To: nanog@nanog.org=20
Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office=20
Did you figure out why it was dropping out? All of it dropping out? Just so=
me APs dropping? Just some users dropping?=20
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Mike Hammett=20
Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
http://www.ics-il.com=20
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From: "Paul Stewart" <paul@paulstewart.org>=20
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net>, nanog@nanog.org=20
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:34:46 AM=20
Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office=20
I had a bad experience with it one time at a tradeshow environment. 6 acces=
s points setup for public wifi. The radio levels were quite good in various=
areas of the tradeshow however traffic would keep dropping out at random i=
ntervals as soon as about 300 users were online. It wasn't my idea to use U=
BNT but it definitely turned me off of their product after digging into the=
ir gear...=20
Again as someone pointed out, for residential and perhaps SOHO applications=
it can probably work well - and in my opinion it's priced for that market.=
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Paul=20
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From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett=20
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:23 AM=20
To: nanog@nanog.org=20
Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office=20
What problems have you had with UBNT?=20
It's zero hand-off doesn't work on unsecured networks, but that's about the=
extent of the issues I've heard of other than stadium density environments=
.=20
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Mike Hammett=20
Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
http://www.ics-il.com=20
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From: "Manuel Mar=C3=ADn" <mmg@transtelco.net>=20
To: nanog@nanog.org=20
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:06:39 PM=20
Subject: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office=20
Dear nanog community=20
I was wondering if you can recommend or share your experience with APs that=
you can use in locations that have 300-500 users. I friend recommended me =
Ruckus Wireless, it would be great if you can share your experience with Ru=
ckus or with a similar vendor. My experience with ubiquity for this type of=
requirement was not that good.=20
Thank you and have a great day=20
