[AusNOG] Wireless Access Point recommendations

Fri Aug 8 11:07:00 EST 2014

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.

UniFi can be meshed, however, you will see degraded performance when doing so.

Motorola is very expensive and the support is basically useless so steer clear unless you are well versed in WiNG.

Khan

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of James McMillan
Sent: Friday, 8 August 2014 10:58 AM
To: Damien Gardner Jnr; Nic Passmore
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Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Wireless Access Point recommendations

What unit is it? Is the firmware up to date?

James

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Damien Gardner Jnr
Sent: Friday, 8 August 2014 10:56 AM
To: Nic Passmore
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Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Wireless Access Point recommendations

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.

On 8 August 2014 10:39, Nic Passmore <nic.passmore at gmail.com <mailto:nic.passmore at gmail.com> > wrote:

Ross,

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.

Cheers,

=Nic

On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Beeson, Ayden <ABeeson at csu.edu.au <mailto:ABeeson at csu.edu.au> > wrote:

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. 

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…

Thanks,

Ayden Beeson 

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Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Wireless Access Point recommendations

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Sent: Friday, 8 August, 2014 9:56:18 AM
Subject: [AusNOG] Wireless Access Point recommendations

Hi All, 

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.

I figured some of you out there may of rolled varying configurations / setups into offices before so looking to call upon your experience. 

Looking to get something decent, but of course on the relatively budget side but not dirt cheap

Can't go wrong with either Ruckus or Cisco.

Cheers,

Peter.

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