Sonicwall allows bandwidth management, which is a good solution but is harder to configure correctly. Also Unifi does actually support caps - not sure if you had an older controller version?
On Sunday, February 23, 2014 6:48:47 PM UTC-7, Tom Brandt - Workantile wrote: > > Stephen, > > Could you give a little more detail about the microwave antenna solution? > Who's your service provider? Did they provide the equipment? > > On Friday, February 21, 2014, Stephen Shumaker > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > >> We were having the same issue at our more 'techy' building with lots of >> heavy bandwidth users, here was our expensive but effective solution: >> >> >> 1. Upgrade bandwidth to as much as we could afford, which is 50/50 >> mbps symmetrical. One-time cost of $5k (to install microwave antenna on >> roof), then $125/mo. We also have backup dual-line DSL for failover and >> VOIP. We have the option to upgrade to 100/100 in the future if needed. >> 2. Upgrade Wifi Access Points to Ruckus Wireless. We originally had >> the Unifi APs, and they worked reliably and provided good coverage, >> however >> they do not have any sort of load balancing or rate limiting features. >> Ruckus APs are a significant cost at $660 per AP and over $1000 for the >> hardware controller, but they have some incredible features, such as AP >> roaming, rate limiting, and what they call 'airtime fairness'. Airtime >> fairness works to dynamically shifting more RF energy to the devices that >> need it the most (such as those streaming video or syncing to a cloud >> server). Most APs shoot RF in every direction, like a lightbulb, meaning >> that all devices get the same 'priority' in terms of the RF reaching >> them. >> Ruckus APs 'point' their RF in a particular direction, like a lighthouse >> with a rotating spotlight. This means that light users browsing the web >> or >> checking email won't be bogged down by heavy users streaming or syncing. >> Ruckus also supports rate limiting at the AP level, though we've found >> that >> just the airtime fairness feature was enough to solve our bandwidth >> issues, >> so fine-tuned rate limiting isn't needed. However, I did configure a hard >> cap of 45/45 mbps via the Ruckus APs, so that no single device can ever >> max >> out our bandwidth, leaving a 5/5 mbps buffer for all the hardwired >> devices >> that bypass the APs. >> >> At $10-15k this is not a cheap solution, but it has solved all of our >> network/bandwidth-related problems practically overnight. For our third and >> future buildings we will be rolling out this system from the beginning. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > -- > twb > @twbrandt > Sent from my Phone of i > -- 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.
