[177719] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Nash)
Sun Feb 1 09:58:11 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Paul Nash <paul@nashnetworks.ca>
In-Reply-To: <CAJUvGzA8HmiHp=hn-+_8PD+srSRRr4R6vbKi_cdfrzSmq91v_Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 09:55:17 -0500
To: Dennis Bohn <bohn@adelphi.edu>
Cc: Untitled 3 <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
I have tried Meraki for a large deployment, and was significantly =
underwhelmed.
PF performance was poor compared to Ruckus, meshing was erratic, Radius =
auth only worked with one Radius server (a cloud-based service). The =
final straw was when we were trying to debug the Radius auth problem =
with a Meraki tech, who started sniffing our network traffic from =
California or wherever, without us needing to do anything.
Can you say =E2=80=9Csecurity hole=E2=80=9D? Like =E2=80=9Cgreat gaping =
security chasm=E2=80=9D?
As soon as they did that, I disconnected everything and shipped it back =
to them. Never considered them for anything ever again.
paul
> On Feb 1, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Dennis Bohn <bohn@adelphi.edu> wrote:
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> We are substantially larger and use Aruba, but I am wondering why no =
one
> has mentioned Meraki (now cisco-meraki). We tried one of their =
give-away
> aps and it seemed fine, with the 'cloud management.' I am not =
advocating
> Meraki, just curious.
> best,
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> Dennis Bohn
> Manager of Network and Systems
> Adelphi University
> bohn@adelphi.edu
> 5168773327
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> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Eric C. Miller <eric@ericheather.com>
> wrote:
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>> +1 Xirrus, especially for the multi radio arrays. Crowded common =
areas
>> benefit from sector antennas attached to individual radios. Also, =
there XMS
>> server is really useful for managing a large cluster. Ubiquiti UniFi =
is
>> good for smaller installations, but I wouldn't trust them for =
enterprise
>> level reliability.
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>> Eric Miller, CCNP
>> Network Engineering Consultant
>> (407) 257-5115
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Lyon
>> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:17 AM
>> To: Manuel Mar=C3=ADn
>> Cc: NANOG
>> Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
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>> Check out Xirrus
>> On Jan 28, 2015 9:08 PM, "Manuel Mar=C3=ADn" <mmg@transtelco.net> =
wrote:
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>>> Dear nanog community
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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.
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>>> Thank you and have a great day
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