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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>UniFi is a choice if you are on a budget and do not need to span a large area. Coverage on these things is limited so best to overlap the coverage areas. Another downside is having to run the management software on a server somewhere rather than having a dedicated device like Motorola’s RFS, Ruckus, Meru.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>UniFi can be meshed, however, you will see degraded performance when doing so.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Motorola is very expensive and the support is basically useless so steer clear unless you are well versed in WiNG.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Khan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>James McMillan<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 8 August 2014 10:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> Damien Gardner Jnr; Nic Passmore<br><b>Cc:</b> ausnog@ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Wireless Access Point recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What unit is it? Is the firmware up to date?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>James<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> AusNOG [<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Damien Gardner Jnr<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 8 August 2014 10:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> Nic Passmore<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Wireless Access Point recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>We have a UniFi at work, and it is horrendous :( I swear it gets power cycled 5-10 times a day because random staff lose the ability to talk to the network on it. That said, when it IS working, it works very well, and the management interface is quite cool.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>On 8 August 2014 10:39, Nic Passmore <<a href="mailto:nic.passmore@gmail.com" target="_blank">nic.passmore@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Ross,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>If you're looking for Enterprise features in a budget package, suggest you check out UniFi from Ubiquiti which I haven't seen mentioned so far.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>=Nic<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Beeson, Ayden <<a href="mailto:ABeeson@csu.edu.au" target="_blank">ABeeson@csu.edu.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think most names have been said, so I’ll just throw this comment out there, be thorough in your testing and research, particularly in regards to multi-client performance. </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We have tested a few products and I have read a lot more about others, throughput once you start loading them up with multiple clients changes significantly with different vendors…</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks,</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Ayden Beeson<i> </i></span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> AusNOG [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Tonoli<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 8 August 2014 10:23 AM</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><br><b>To:</b> Ross Cheetham<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU>Subject:</span></b><span lang=EN-AU> Re: [AusNOG] Wireless Access Point recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'>"Ross Cheetham" <<a href="mailto:ross@crucial.com.au" target="_blank">ross@crucial.com.au</a>><br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, 8 August, 2014 9:56:18 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[AusNOG] Wireless Access Point recommendations</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'>Hi All, </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'>Looking to get a decent AC or N standard Access Point for our office. Use will vary from mobile's, laptops and some workstations. Predicting staff will be connecting using multiple devices, not just 1 device per staff member.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'>I figured some of you out there may of rolled varying configurations / setups into offices before so looking to call upon your experience. </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'>Looking to get something decent, but of course on the relatively budget side but not dirt cheap</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'>Can't go wrong with either Ruckus or Cisco.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'>Cheers,</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'>Peter.<br><br><br>-- </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-AU style='color:black'>Peter Tonoli < <a href="mailto:peter@medstv.unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">peter@medstv.unimelb.edu.au</a> > <a href="tel:%2B61-3-9231-2399" target="_blank">+61-3-9231-2399</a> <br>IT Manager <br>The University of Melbourne - Eastern Hill Academic Centre, St. Vincent's Institute and O'Brien Institute </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span lang=EN-AU><a href="http://www.csu.edu.au/" target="_blank" title="Charles Sturt University"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=210 height=60 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.png@01CFB2F8.8B5CC4E0" alt="Charles Sturt University"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C42129'>| ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ONTARIO | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA |<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-AU><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LEGAL NOTICE</span></b><span lang=EN-AU><br></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. 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