Airport extremes are really awesome, much better than the more consumer oriented Linksys and Netgear stuff.
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Toni Hogan <[email protected]>wrote: > I had an Airport Extreme in my hands about an hour ago but I got > nervous. We only had 4 people here today and the Linksys and been > blocking additional users since yesterday. It's only letting on person > connect. The Netgear only works for about 10 minutes. I had to go home > to get my Clear Puck...imagine that. It's working just fine. We are > broadcasting two free coworking days next week and a few people have > already signed up for Wednesday so we have to be ready...and we will > be. :-) > > Toni Hogan > > On Jun 13, 2:17 pm, Jacob Sayles <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, just one Airport Extreme. At the moment we have 42 devices > connected > > to the wireless out of 63 in the space... but it's also a quiet day. > Last > > Wednesday, our busiest day ever, we had 107 devices in the space. I > can't > > see how many of those were on the wifi. I say "devices" because most > users > > are at least 2 with their phone and their laptop. Today we have 26 > members > > in the space. > > > > Jacob > > > > --- > > Office Nomads - Individuality without > Isolationhttp://www.officenomads.com- (206) 323-6500 > > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alex Hillman < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > Just one Airport Extreme How many people share that AP? > > > > > -- > > > /ah > > > indyhall.org > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote: > > > > > We run pfsense on an old P3 machine and it works great. The WAN > fail-over > > > is a little clunky so don't expect seamless transitions. It takes > about 10 > > > seconds to switch over and all VPNs, file transfers, etc are dropped. > That > > > said, 10 seconds of outage is better then being down. That's why we > pay > > > $200/month for a second internet connection. We balance it out by > having > > > that line (comcast) handle all our phones (4). > > > > > Wifi we are happy with our Airport Extreme. 5000sqft and solid > coverage. > > > > > Jacob > > > > > --- > > > Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation > > >http://www.officenomads.com- (206) 323-6500 > > > > > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Alex Hillman < > [email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > I'm working on a complete redux of the evolution of our networking > > > equipment as we've grown for my blog, I'll share it here when it's > done. > > > Here's a bit of a preview of the latest evolution. > > > > > On the router side of things, we now have a pfSense-based appliance > called > > > a Firebox. pfSense is a very robust piece of router software and can > be run > > > on a variety of appliances that range in price, but we were able to > pick > > > one of the older models (RX6264S) up on EBay for ~$220. > > > > > pfSense itself is free and open source, but specialized hardware can > run > > > it optimally. We looked at new hardware fromhttp://www.hacom.netand > > > it runs $800-1500. > > > > > It's a LOT more powerful than anything in the consumer arena, handling > > > 1000's of users and millions of connections. Consumer gear starts to > slow > > > down with anything north of 50 users. It' usable, but you'll start > noticing > > > problems. Also, pfSense gives us REALLY great analytics for finding and > > > squashing problems, like connections that are flooding the network for > all > > > users and also gives us really useful tools for giving things that need > > > connection priority (like Skype and SSH connections) over things like > > > Youtube and torrents. > > > > > For us, that means a much easier to manage "network policy". You can > use > > > just about anything on our network, and the router figures out if it's > > > causing problems and throttles the amount of network it has access to. > > > > > The hardware we bought also allows for bridged WAN, which means we can > > > install a fallback ISP for when our primary ISP is having issues, and > that > > > way people don't' ever lose their connection. > > > > > On the wireless side of things, we tested Meraki and Ruckus and went > with > > > Ruckus. Meraki APs seemed to have a shorter range and while the Cloud > > > Control system was badass, we'd never use 99% of it. The sales people > were > > > really nice and helpful, but it didn't seem like a good fit for us. > > > > > Ruckus, on the other hand, was challenging to work with through their > > > normal enterprise sales channels so we went to Ebay again and bought a > new > > > AP for 25% off list price and it works awesome. We don't get their > > > enterprise support, but I'm not too worried about it. I'm very happy > with > > > the performance of a single access point (covering and supporting >100 > > > users on 2 floors) and plan to buy a 2nd AP to beef up the coverage. > We're > > > using the Ruckus 7962 - > > >http://www.ruckuswireless.com/products/zoneflex-indoor/7962 > > > > > Thanks for the recommendation for Ruckus from the Cambridge Innovation > > > Center crew. I'm a happy customer. > > > > > I also strongly recommend NetSpot (www.netspotapp.com) for doing a > site > > > survey, which I was recommended by Chris Johnson (copied on this > email). > > > It's a free app that lets you do a heat map of signal strength and > signal > > > to noise ratios. It gave me a TON of insight into placement and the > > > resulting coverage of wifi. Probably the most useful tool I learned > about > > > last month! > > > > > -Alex > > > > > -- > > > /ah > > > indyhall.org > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > On Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: > > > > > I lied, we use Netgear routers. They're odd. They needed to be > restarted > > > constantly when we first moved in but now run very smoothly. > > > > > On Sunday, June 3, 2012 8:55:04 PM UTC-6, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: > > > > > We use Dlink routers. One in the basement conference room where the > juice > > > line comes in that's hardwired up to the 3rd floor where most of the > > > coworking happens. Both are activated for wireless. Additionally, I > think > > > the guys ran hard wires all the way upstairs and then hooked up a > couple of > > > switches. Several people hard wire in while at Cohere but the majority > > > don't. > > > We have 5-10 people in the space at any time and we have Comcast Biz > class > > > 50/10 for $200/mo. It all depends on how your city is wired up. We have > > > some special consideration being just a couple of blocks away from a > large > > > university here. > > > > > Angel > > > > > On Thursday, August 25, 2011 9:09:58 AM UTC-6, JJ wrote: > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > Without getting into too much introduction and details, I'll just cut > > > right to it. > > > > > I'm opening a space next week in South Dakota. Working on finalizing > > > details right now, and one thing I'm not too sure about is internet. > We've > > > got 20 members or so pre-signed to move in day 1 and in trying to plan > for > > > the future, am trying to figure out what sort of internet speed I > need, and > > > what sort of router to handle the space's size and amount of people. > It's > > > a long space, about 150ft, and we could very easily have 100 people > > > accessing the network at any given time. > > > > > Any of the larger spaces out there have insight? I'm currently > looking at > > > an internet speed of 50 down/10up or 100 down/15 up. Also am looking > at > > > 801.11n routers that have two to three adjustable networks built into > the > > > device. > > > > > Would love some thoughts. > > > > > Best, > > > > > *Josh Aberson* > > > [email protected] > > > m: 521.6158 | @JoshAberson > > > > > 220 S. 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