I second Lee's comments. There is so much choice out there that you may discover you can find something that fits your specs more precisely for a better price. We did a bake off between eight vendors and ended up choosing Aruba from the bunch as they best fulfilled our overall WLAN needs and wants. Ruckus looked very good to us as well.
Brian From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:11 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: Cisco vs. Aruba vs. Meru Not that you're asking... but I'd also throw Ruckus, Motorola, Bluesocket, Meraki, and Aerohive into the mix right now. The WLAN space has had some amazing development and certain vendors have sweetspots that the others don't, depending on a particuilar set of conditions and scale. They all have pros and cons, but beyond the market leaders feature sets get pretty interesting. Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer, ITS Adjunct Instructor, iSchool Syracuse University 315.443.3003 ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] on behalf of Scott Smith [ssm...@siu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:30 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco vs. Aruba vs. Meru I've seen many times on this list people discuss the differences between Cisco, Aruba, and Meru. I know there are pros and cons of each, but I'm wanting to get feedback from people who have either done a "bake off" or at least tested between them, and more specifically somewhat recently. I did this like 2 years ago, and discussed with hospitals as well as other Universities but I'm now wondering about more recent testings. -- [cid:image001.jpg@01CCD622.06D3FCD0] Scott Smith Network Engineering Information Technology Southern Illinois University Carbondale Redhat Certified Engineer ssm...@siu.edu<mailto:ssm...@siu.edu> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
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