I've expanded on this with the full story of how we solved our WiFi problems at The Skiff here:
http://jonathanmarkwell.com/2014/11/22/best-coworking-wifi/ I've tried to make it easy to understand for non-technical people, with just enough information for technical people. I'd love to hear any thoughts you have on it. On Friday, 21 November 2014 21:56:14 UTC, @jot wrote: > > Ruckus APs are worth every penny but there is a great alternative that's a > little cheaper and much easier to setup. > > You still need a separate router as Alex described but the thing that > makes the biggest difference to WiFi is more access points. They just need > to be intelligent enough to regulate their signal strength and work > together rather than against each other. > > We use 5 Unifi UAP Pro's for a similar size space to yours but depending > on the layout 3 would probably be plenty. You can get a three pack of them > for less than $1000. They work best with a computer permanently set up as a > controller either on your local network or remotely but they're not > dependent on it. The software is significantly easier to use than most > domestic router software I've used. > > I was able to set them up within 15 minutes of unboxing them and they > completely transformed the WiFi. It went from a running joke to one issue > in six months. That one issue required nothing more than turning the APs > off and on again. > > Your Internet connection and/or router will become the bottleneck with > these APs. We'd already switched to a leased line and a high spec router by > the time we got them so we knew it was the APs causing problems. Now we > don't have to really think about the Internet connection, everything else > gets more time. We see around 100 devices per day and I'm confident that we > could go well above 200 with this set up. > > I'm feeling pretty lucky that they work as well as they do given the price > difference. Has anyone had a contrasting experience with Unifi kit? > > Jon > > > > — > Jonathan Markwell > > Follow my adventures in space, time and code: > http://jot.is/sustainablyindy > > The Skiff: Brighton Coworking Community http://jot.is/sharing-space > Coder Founders: Digital Product Consultancy http://jot.is/investing-time > CoGrid: Meeting Room Booking Software http://jot.is/writing-code > > +44 (0)7766 021 485 > skype: jlmarkwell | twitter: http://twitter.com/jot > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am ready to make the dive off the deep end and go high grade with the >> routers that Alex is talking about. I don't need to fine tune control but I >> want it to be reliable for 100 devices. We often will have 30 people using >> the space at once and with tablets and cell phones that number spikes above >> 50. It's a one time fee that is probably worth the investment. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- 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.
