Oh yeah my experience matches Stuart's, the dual band is *much* better. I thought we could get away with the single band $99-per-unit versions when we expanded our initial cover and...yeah, they're just not as good.
Definitely spring for the Pro units - this 3 pack: http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-Enterprise-System-UAP-PRO-3/dp/B00DJERLFG Or this single unit: http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Enterprise-System-AP-Pro-UAP-PRO/dp/B00HXT8T5O/ref=pd_sim_pc_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=1SYSFCBY9V4T4H5TW0P1 -Alex ------------------ *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Stuart Lambert <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 to the Unifi recommendation. > > We found that the dual band versions work far better. It seems a lot of > users in the building our space shares are using 2.4Ghz only routers so we > have the 5Ghz band to ourself... > > Something we've bumped into very recently is exhausting the DHCP pool on > our router (a Draytek) which only supports 254 DHCP total address, no > matter what size subnet you configure. The symptoms are people being unable > to connect to the network because there is no spare DHCP address for them. > We have one of these on order which will fix this issue, and provide us > with better throughput from our network to the internet - > http://linitx.com/product/linitx-apu-1d-3nicusbrtc-pfsense-embed-firewall-kit-red/14094 > > > On Thursday, 2 April 2015 14:02:24 UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote: >> >> I've never seen a resource that organizes bandwidth usage that way - even >> within our individual respective spaces I think that would be tricky data >> to acquire! >> >> But two things that aren't obvious about Internet usage (and how >> bandwidth is just a tiny part of the equation) until you've had hundreds >> of people piping through a shared connection every day: >> >> 1) bandwidth is important, but latency is more important. Without getting >> super duper technical, latency is the speed that the network responds, >> which is different from how fast files download. >> >> MOST people spend a lot of their day clicking around the Internet, or >> using internet connected apps. With some rare exceptions like game >> developers and video editors, the files we move around in our daily work >> are relatively small. >> >> But when the latency is bad - everyone feels it because clicking to load >> a page, or refresh email, or live typing on Google docs etc feels like it >> has a lag. Our network (internal wireless + gigabit) plus our 50mb >> down/10mb up almost always has more than enough bandwidth for 120+ people >> working hard every day. And that includes streaming videos, music, etc. >> >> Where things go haywire is when latency ratchets up. This can happen in >> our network because wifi coverage is interrupted, or because our internet >> provider is having issues, or most often because someone on the network is >> uploading a huge file (offsite backup like a Dropbox sync or uploading a >> video to YouTube) and our ISP starts to throttle latency because it thinks >> something is wrong. This tool is FOREVER to figure out! >> >> Our normal network latency is 20-30ms response time from a popular site >> like google.com when it goes above 100ms, you start to notice things >> slowing down. 200ms and the network feels like it's crawling. >> Interestingly, though, you can still download big files quickly they just >> take a few extra moments before they start. >> >> It's a rough experience to explain to people, and they don't care if it's >> latency or speed they just want to work. So understanding that more speed >> without an improvement in latency is important. >> >> 2) the network itself is just as important as the Internet connection. >> There's been a bunch of great discussions on this list about network design >> and what hardware to get before, but Jon Markwell's post sums up the >> majority of the best of it: http://jonathanmarkwell. >> com/2014/11/22/best-coworking-wifi/ >> >> We upgraded to the Unifi system that he mentions in this post and it's >> been a MASSIVE improvement over everything else we tried. I >> heartily endorse this recommendation now from first hand experience! >> >> -Alex >> >> On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, Cassidy <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone! >>> >>> do you recommend any websites or databases for researching average data >>> consumption by industry and/or company size? >>> >>> or do you have any insights to share regarding how your ventures provide >>> internet services? >>> >>> thanks :) >>> >>> Cassidy >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> ------------------ >> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* >> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com >> Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast >> >> -- > 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. 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