[177718] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Sun Feb 1 09:54:41 2015
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 08:54:33 -0600 (CST)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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I try to avoid anything that Cisco has touched.=20
Also not a fan of their stop paying our recurring fee and the device become=
s a brick policy.=20
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Mike Hammett=20
Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
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From: "Dennis Bohn" <bohn@adelphi.edu>=20
To: "Eric C. Miller" <eric@ericheather.com>=20
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>=20
Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2015 8:41:52 AM=20
Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office=20
We are substantially larger and use Aruba, but I am wondering why no one=20
has mentioned Meraki (now cisco-meraki). We tried one of their give-away=20
aps and it seemed fine, with the 'cloud management.' I am not advocating=20
Meraki, just curious.=20
best,=20
Dennis Bohn=20
Manager of Network and Systems=20
Adelphi University=20
bohn@adelphi.edu=20
5168773327=20
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Eric C. Miller <eric@ericheather.com>=20
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> +1 Xirrus, especially for the multi radio arrays. Crowded common areas=20
> benefit from sector antennas attached to individual radios. Also, there X=
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> server is really useful for managing a large cluster. Ubiquiti UniFi is=
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> good for smaller installations, but I wouldn't trust them for enterprise=
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> level reliability.=20
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> Eric Miller, CCNP=20
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> -----Original Message-----=20
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Lyon=20
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:17 AM=20
> To: Manuel Mar=C3=ADn=20
> Cc: NANOG=20
> Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office=20
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> Check out Xirrus=20
> On Jan 28, 2015 9:08 PM, "Manuel Mar=C3=ADn" <mmg@transtelco.net> wrote:=
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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 me Ruckus Wireless, it would be great if you can share=20
> > your experience with Ruckus or with a similar vendor. My experience=20
> > 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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