Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

[Mike Lyon <mike.lyon () gmail com>]

If all goes well, my Mimosa gear should be arriving this week :)

-Mike


On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Clay Fiske <clay () bloomcounty org> wrote:

> Anyone played with/deployed any Mimosa gear? I’m not a “real” wireless guy
> so I’ll spare folks any armchair speculation. Just looks interesting to me.
>
> -c
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:34 AM, Steven Miano <mianosm () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Another hat that I haven't seen thrown in the ring yet is Aerohive.
> >
> > They're great to work with - and the product is decent in terms of
> > scalability across geographically locations with management being hosted
> by
> > them, or you - as/when needed.
> >
> > Huge list of features and capabilities (from having silly fun with the
> LEDs
> > on the units, to 802.1x and WIPS/etc).
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Paul Nash <paul () nashnetworks ca>
> wrote:
> > > You can also VLAN allocation through RADIUS.  Our setup has a single
> SSID,
> > > 250-odd user accounts.  User connects to the SSID & authenticates with
> > > their userid/password and is assigned to their VLAN, which connects
> them to
> > > the appropriate DHCP server, gateway, etc.
> > >
> > > Makes management and segregation fairly trivial (for non-trivial values
> of
> > > trivial :-)).
> > >
> > >        paul
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Jan 29, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Tyler Mills <tylermills () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > > > Most of the issues are related to firmware.  Most of my UBNT experience
> > > was
> > > > with the UAP-Pro and the UAP-AC, and it wasn't a good experience.
> > > > Production firmwares seem to be of beta quality.
> > > >
> > > > For features, they can't compete with Ruckus.  One thing I can think of
> > > off
> > > > the top of my head is support for tagging management on its own VLAN
> and
> > > > tagging wired traffic onto another.  If you were to implement this on
> the
> > > > UBNT products you would have to SSH into every single one and implement
> > > the
> > > > features as you would on a linux box, and it might work.  Ruckus, you
> > > > configure the VLAN's how you would want through the Zonedirector or the
> > > > AP's GUI and it will just work.
> > > >
> > > > They cost more, but you get what you pay for.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu Jan 29 2015 at 10:54:44 AM Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>
> wrote:
> > > > > Did you figure out why it was dropping out? All of it dropping out?
> Just
> > > > > some APs dropping? Just some users dropping?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -----
> > > > > Mike Hammett
> > > > > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > > > > http://www.ics-il.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > >
> > > > > From: "Paul Stewart" <paul () paulstewart org>
> > > > > To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net>, nanog () nanog org
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:34:46 AM
> > > > > Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
> > > > >
> > > > > I had a bad experience with it one time at a tradeshow environment. 6
> > > > > access points setup for public wifi. The radio levels were quite good
> in
> > > > > various areas of the tradeshow however traffic would keep dropping out
> > > at
> > > > > random intervals as soon as about 300 users were online. It wasn't my
> > > idea
> > > > > to use UBNT but it definitely turned me off of their product after
> > > digging
> > > > > into their gear...
> > > > >
> > > > > Again as someone pointed out, for residential and perhaps SOHO
> > > > > applications it can probably work well - and in my opinion it's priced
> > > for
> > > > > that market.
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Hammett
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:23 AM
> > > > > To: nanog () nanog org
> > > > > Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
> > > > >
> > > > > What problems have you had with UBNT?
> > > > >
> > > > > It's zero hand-off doesn't work on unsecured networks, but that's
> about
> > > > > the extent of the issues I've heard of other than stadium density
> > > > > environments.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -----
> > > > > Mike Hammett
> > > > > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > > > > http://www.ics-il.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > >
> > > > > From: "Manuel Marín" <mmg () transtelco net>
> > > > > To: nanog () nanog org
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:06:39 PM
> > > > > Subject: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear nanog community
> > > > >
> > > > > 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.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you and have a great day


-- 
Mike Lyon
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