Awesome feedback guys - thank you!
-- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Jonathan Markwell < [email protected]> wrote: > I've not got hard data but since we got our UniFi AP Pros I've not had to > think about WiFi. It's the only networking hardware I've ever had that gets > close to an Apple-like Just Works experience. > > We regularly have 90+ devices without a problem but we've got 3 APs > sharing the load - I've never stress tested one by itself. They're such > good value and play so well with each other that I get the impression we'd > be fine adding more APs if we needed to scale. I understand that among > other things regulate their own signal strength so they don't interfere > with each other. They even continued to work without complaint when the > controller (an old Mac Mini) was accidentally turned off for a few days. > > Jon > > > On 10 February 2014 17:32, Alex Hillman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks Kyle! >> >> Do you (or does anyone else on the list) know about a specific place >> where these APs are in production with 100+ devices connected? One of the >> things that we learned to account for is that 100 members usually equals >> 200+ devices (count in mobile phones, tablets, etc. >> >> We did trials with a bunch of options - with an emphasis on the cloud >> controllers - and found that nobody performed as well as the Ruckus devices >> in spite of the promises on their websites and from their sales people. We >> have two Ruckus 7962's that outperform every other device we tried in >> production (including Meraki & Cisco hardware, at opposite ends of the >> price spectrum). >> >> Mind you, the cloud controllers are WAY better than what we have, and >> man, do I want some of those features. But they don't matter much when >> people can't consistently connect to the AP in the first place. ;) With all >> of that in mind, I'd replace our Ruckus hardware in a heartbeat if I knew >> for a fact that we'd get equal or better performance. >> >> So you'll have to forgive me for being suspicious of the theoretical >> performance capabilities, and why I'm hungry for more data. >> >> You mentioned reviews - could you point me towards them? >> >> -Alex >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Kyle McLaren >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hey Alex, >>> >>> They are cheap, Ubiquity is famous for disruptive pricing. At maximum >>> capacity we hope to have 100 members with 2 AP's running (may add a third). >>> The AP's have some nice features like automatic load balancing of traffic >>> and zero-handoff for seamless roaming between AP's. >>> >>> The nice thing about UniFi is they have a software controller (as >>> opposed to hardware) that can even run on a cloud server, it's free as well >>> whereas Cisco etc charge licensing fees for their software. >>> >>> Time will tell how they perform but reviews have been great. Many people >>> reccomend them over Ruckus for instance and for a coworking facility, you >>> probably don't need much more. >>> >>> (I have no affiliation with them :) >>> >>> Kyle McLaren >>> Founder >>> @EngineroomHQ <http://www.twitter.com/EnginroomHQ> >>> >>> On Monday, February 10, 2014, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Those UniFi AP's look pretty great, but are surprisingly cheap to me >>>> compared to the other enterprise options I've tested. It says "up to 100 >>>> concurrent connections" in the traffic management part, but I've learned >>>> the hard way that those numbers are usually theoretical :) How many people >>>> do actually you have distributed across each one? >>>> >>>> -Alex >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> /ah >>>> indyhall.org >>>> coworking in philadelphia >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:49 AM, Kyle McLaren >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm in the process of implementing a technical solution to this for my >>>>> new coworking space (Engineroom). >>>>> >>>>> We have a Ubiquity UniFi <http://ubnt.com/unifi> WLAN from which I'm >>>>> able to get a list of users (through a 3rd party API) who are currently >>>>> active on the network. This list is then published to a >>>>> Firebase<http://www.firebase.com>database and users can then view (in >>>>> realtime) who is active on the network >>>>> via a web app that pulls data from Firebase. >>>>> >>>>> Kyle McLaren >>>>> Founder >>>>> @EngineroomHQ <http://www.twitter.com/EnginroomHQ> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, 31 January 2014 01:36:15 UTC+2, Eli Malinsky wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hey all >>>>>> >>>>>> Wonder if anyone has novel ways of showing which members are in the >>>>>> space on a given day. Do you use table signs? flags? Pictures? Anything? >>>>>> I'd love to hear any creative ideas. >>>>>> >>>>>> We've tried a few things in the past but nothing's really stuck. I'd >>>>>> love to hear your experiences, see pics, etc. >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> Eli Malinsky >>>>>> Centre for Social Innovation >>>>>> New York // Toronto >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "Coworking" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/S7ZJ7Yf5WHA/unsubscribe. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Jonathan Markwell > > Software engineers with startup experience - > http://CoderFounders.com<http://coderfounders.com/> > A home for your work in Brighton - http://theSkiff.org<http://theskiff.org/> > > mob: +44 (0)7766 021 485 | tel: +44 (0)1273 252 191 > skype: jlmarkwell | twitter: http://twitter.com/jot > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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