[177663] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Nash)
Fri Jan 30 09:07:07 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Paul Nash <paul@nashnetworks.ca>
In-Reply-To: <0AA634BD14529B41BB3816DC3D8FD768016F78CD3C@SFCOEX06.lodgenet.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 09:06:59 -0500
To: "Edwards, Jermaine" <JEdwards@sonifi.com>
Cc: Untitled 3 <nanog@nanog.org>
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My personal experience is that the Ruckus kit outperforms the Cisco =
Air-O-Net stuff. This was looking at penetration through concrete =
walls, co-existence with other devices, throughput. =20
YMMV, I=E2=80=99m not a Cisco expert but *did* have a local =
certified-up-to-his-eyeballs Cisco dude check what I had done, and he =
could not squeeze any better performance out of the Cisco gear either. =
Maybe they just want to sell more APs and controllers? Oh, and for this =
application, the Ruckus kit came in an order of magnitude cheaper than =
Cisco would have.
Ruckus is also *way* easier to configure than Cisco. Some of the Cisco =
folk that I know think that that is a point in favour of Cisco, as it =
adds to job security :-)
paul
> On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Edwards, Jermaine <JEdwards@sonifi.com> =
wrote:
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> Ruckus should work fine for you. You need to have a controller and =
need a good 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 hotels with no reservation.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stewart
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:55
> To: 'Mike Hammett'; nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
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> It was all users getting randomly disconnected ... the AP's stayed =
online but the traffic would completely halt for 15-30 seconds at a =
time. Their association with the AP would stay in tact ....
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> Paul
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:53 AM
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
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> Did you figure out why it was dropping out? All of it dropping out? =
Just some APs dropping? Just some users dropping?=20
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> Mike Hammett=20
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Paul Stewart" <paul@paulstewart.org>=20
> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net>, nanog@nanog.org=20
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> I had a bad experience with it one time at a tradeshow environment. 6 =
access 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 intervals as soon as about 300 users were online. It wasn't my =
idea to use UBNT but it definitely turned me off of their product after =
digging into their gear...=20
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> 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.=20
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> Paul=20
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> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett=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 =
about the extent of the issues I've heard of other than stadium density =
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> ----- Original Message -----=20
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> From: "Manuel Mar=C3=ADn" <mmg@transtelco.net>=20
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:06:39 PM=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 =
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 Ruckus or with a similar vendor. My experience with =
ubiquity for this type of requirement was not that good.=20
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> Thank you and have a great day=20
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