Craig, Thanks for posting this.... we are about the same size and were just about to try out the Asus RT-AC68U as a compliment to our Airport Extreme(s).
I have also heard good things about Aerohive <http://www.aerohive.com/products/overview/access-points.html>, but am not set on anything right now. We might be adding fiber soon, so its a good time for us to think about a more robust network setup. Alex: Thanks for the tip on PFSense <https://www.pfsense.org/>. Thanks guys! Robert Bull City Coworking On Thursday, November 20, 2014 8:09:02 PM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote: > > A) Separate your wireless access points from your router. You want a > single router that provides network + internet to the entire network, and > the wireless access points to be “dumb”, in that the wireless access points > only provide a wireless connection to the network. > > B) Its time for you to leave consumer access points behind. We kept > throwing Airport Extremes at the problem and still had issues, so we > tested…well, basically everything we could afford. *I would recommend > Ruckus 7962 Access Points (probably 2 of them) to cover the space.* > They’re pricey, especially when you buy them through a dealer, so I > recommend scouting eBay. I’ve had no problem finding them brand new sealed > in box for $600-800 each, which is around half what they retail for. > > C) Router choice is more about how much control you want. We use a > “Firebox” router running PFSense, but to be honest it can be *complicated* if > you don’t have experience configuring that sort of thing. At your scale, > once you decouple access points from your router, you could get away with > something on the consumer end (like a Linksys DDWRT) and just turn off the > wifi. It might be tempting to leave the wifi on “for another access point”, > but don’t. :) > > -Alex > > > ------------------ > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com > Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com > > > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking > <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Creative Density is about 3500 sq. ft. in an old manson. We have two >> independent internet connections from Comcast and Centurylink each piping >> in 30+mbps each. However, people, mostly windows machines but many of them >> new within the last year, are having connection issues. They get on and >> it's working but it is fickle. Both of the connections. We have a an Asus >> RT-AC68U and an 2012 Apple Airport Extreme. They both should handle a lot >> more traffic that is passing through. >> >> What would you recommend? Settings? Routers? Other solutions.. >> >> I know this topic has been discussed before but I wanted to start a new >> thread since these situations change throughout time. >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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/d/optout.
