Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

Thus far only available for backhaul, but they're looking pretty good from the reports I've read. 

There will be a webinar in about an hour. http://mimosa.co/webinar 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
http://www.ics-il.com 



----- Original Message -----

From: "Clay Fiske" <clay () bloomcounty org> 
To: "NANOG" <nanog () nanog org> 
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:12:23 PM 
Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office 

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