Jacob, you should be able to "Share" printers with Google Cloud Print http://support.google.com/chromeos/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1329537
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Jacob Sayles <[email protected]>wrote: > We have a lot of traffic with 4 apt buildings surrounding us so there are > approximately 20-30 competing signals depending on where you sit. We still > have issues if someone is on 802.11g only (2.4ghz) but most users are on > the 5ghz band. The full place is wired though so if anyone has issues, we > just tell them to plug in. When I hear "I'm having wireless issues" I > check out their laptop and 9 times out of 10 it's an older machine that > only does 802.11g. > > One piece of hardware I would love to find is a google cloud print server. > Currently anyone needing to print from a chrome book needs Alexandra to be > logged in to Chrome and it goes through her account. This is a horrible > solution. Anyone got a better solution? > > > Jacob > > --- > Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation > http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Alex Hillman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Impressive. How many other wifi access points are within range? >> >> I have a feeling that our signal to noise ratio was hurting our ability >> to run that many devices from even 4 Airport Extremes. >> >> I guess the lesson here is "your milage may vary" on any of these pieces >> of equipment, so don't expect a silver bullet. >> >> -- >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Jacob Sayles 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 Isolation >> http://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 from http://www.hacom.net and >> 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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