RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

["Edwards, Jermaine" <JEdwards () sonifi com>]

Ruckus should work fine for you.  You need to have a controller and need a good RF plan but as far as capacity, 
throughput, roaming etc they are really solid.  Of course the best is Cisco but if you can't afford them Ruckus is the 
way to go.  I use them in small and very large convention centers and hotels with no reservation.

jle

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Paul Stewart
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:55
To: 'Mike Hammett'; nanog () nanog org
Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

It was all users getting randomly disconnected ... the AP's stayed online but the traffic would completely halt for 
15-30 seconds at a time.  Their association with the AP would stay in tact ....

Paul


-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:53 AM
To: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

Did you figure out why it was dropping out? All of it dropping out? Just some APs dropping? Just some users dropping? 




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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. 




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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