[AusNOG] Wireless Access Point recommendations

[Matt Carter]

+1
Make sure you are running the latest stable version of the controller and firmware.
The controller has really got some legs since it supports multi-site capability (given it’s free.) the insight tab for example is quite useful now.
I have about 15 sites now all working beautifully the largest site has about 50 unifi AP’s combination of indoor and outdoor units.
Cable techs can take a unit out of the box at customer site and it just appears our cloud controller and  presto.
Being able to wirelessly link an isolated AP has come in handy from time to time.
Are you using zero handoff at all ? (still classified as “beta”).
It’s not $enterprise$ vendor if you think you can go to a bug navigator or get traction on issues forget about it, you get what you pay for, if it works great, if it doesn’t, bugger.
Kind regards,


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
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
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

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net<mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] On Behalf Of Peter Tonoli
Sent: Friday, 8 August 2014 10:23 AM

To: Ross Cheetham
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Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Wireless Access Point recommendations


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From: "Ross Cheetham" <ross at crucial.com.au<mailto:ross at crucial.com.au>>
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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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