[177645] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Thu Jan 29 13:16:23 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:15:33 -0600 (CST)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <3399A5C3-B88A-4A6E-AF04-64DEC4016C7E@bloomcounty.org>
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Thus far only available for backhaul, but they're looking pretty good from =
the reports I've read.=20
There will be a webinar in about an hour. http://mimosa.co/webinar=20
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Mike Hammett=20
Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
http://www.ics-il.com=20
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From: "Clay Fiske" <clay@bloomcounty.org>=20
To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>=20
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:12:23 PM=20
Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office=20
Anyone played with/deployed any Mimosa gear? I=E2=80=99m not a =E2=80=9Crea=
l=E2=80=9D wireless guy so I=E2=80=99ll spare folks any armchair speculatio=
n. Just looks interesting to me.=20
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On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:34 AM, Steven Miano <mianosm@gmail.com> wrote:=20
> Another hat that I haven't seen thrown in the ring yet is Aerohive.=20
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> They're great to work with - and the product is decent in terms of=20
> scalability across geographically locations with management being hosted =
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> them, or you - as/when needed.=20
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> Huge list of features and capabilities (from having silly fun with the LE=
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> on the units, to 802.1x and WIPS/etc).=20
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> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Paul Nash <paul@nashnetworks.ca> wrote:=
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>> You can also VLAN allocation through RADIUS. Our setup has a single SSID=
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>> 250-odd user accounts. User connects to the SSID & authenticates with=20
>> their userid/password and is assigned to their VLAN, which connects them=
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>> the appropriate DHCP server, gateway, etc.=20
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>> Makes management and segregation fairly trivial (for non-trivial values =
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>> trivial :-)).=20
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>> paul=20
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>>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Tyler Mills <tylermills@gmail.com> wrote:=
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>>> Most of the issues are related to firmware. Most of my UBNT experience=
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>>> with the UAP-Pro and the UAP-AC, and it wasn't a good experience.=20
>>> Production firmwares seem to be of beta quality.=20
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>>> For features, they can't compete with Ruckus. One thing I can think of=
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>>> the top of my head is support for tagging management on its own VLAN an=
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>>> tagging wired traffic onto another. If you were to implement this on th=
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>>> UBNT products you would have to SSH into every single one and implement=
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>> the=20
>>> features as you would on a linux box, and it might work. Ruckus, you=20
>>> configure the VLAN's how you would want through the Zonedirector or the=
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>>> AP's GUI and it will just work.=20
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>>> They cost more, but you get what you pay for.=20
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>>> On Thu Jan 29 2015 at 10:54:44 AM Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote=
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>>>> Did you figure out why it was dropping out? All of it dropping out? Ju=
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>>>> some APs dropping? Just some users dropping?=20
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>>>> -----=20
>>>> Mike Hammett=20
>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
>>>> http://www.ics-il.com=20
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>>>> ----- Original Message -----=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
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>>>> I had a bad experience with it one time at a tradeshow environment. 6=
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>>>> access points setup for public wifi. The radio levels were quite good =
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>>>> various areas of the tradeshow however traffic would keep dropping out=
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>>>> random intervals as soon as about 300 users were online. It wasn't my=
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>> idea=20
>>>> to use UBNT but it definitely turned me off of their product after=20
>> digging=20
>>>> into their gear...=20
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>>>> Again as someone pointed out, for residential and perhaps SOHO=20
>>>> applications it can probably work well - and in my opinion it's priced=
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>>>> that market.=20
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>>>> Paul=20
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>>>> -----Original Message-----=20
>>>> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett=
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>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:23 AM=20
>>>> To: nanog@nanog.org=20
>>>> Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office=20
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>>>> What problems have you had with UBNT?=20
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>>>> It's zero hand-off doesn't work on unsecured networks, but that's abou=
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>>>> the extent of the issues I've heard of other than stadium density=20
>>>> environments.=20
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>>>> -----=20
>>>> Mike Hammett=20
>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
>>>> http://www.ics-il.com=20
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>>>> ----- Original Message -----=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
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>>>> Dear nanog community=20
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>>>> I was wondering if you can recommend or share your experience with APs=
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>>>> that you can use in locations that have 300-500 users. I friend=20
>> recommended=20
>>>> me Ruckus Wireless, it would be great if you can share your experience=
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>>>> Ruckus or with a similar vendor. My experience with ubiquity for this=
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>>>> of requirement was not that good.=20
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>>>> Thank you and have a great day=20
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