Those tools look great. Thanks for sharing Alex! Our APs get rebooted about once per month. It's difficult to tell if they actually needed it, it's the first thing members will do when they experience any connectivity problems.
We have between 60 and 100 devices per day across 5 access points, two of which can only get an uplink at 100Mbit due to old wiring. We've left the configuration to defaults, they adjust their own power levels and channels as the environment changes. I'm of the opinion that the easiest way to improve WiFi is simply to buy more access points (provided they are smart enough to keep their power levels low and can roam users to their nearest AP). I've already spent too much of my life trying and failing to optimise WiFi configurations. :) On 27 April 2015 at 14:51, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting - we did a trial with Meraki and for us, the broadcast range > was terrible in our building. > > I found some tools <https://github.com/calmh/unifi-api> that work with > the Unifi API to detect issues and can even trigger an access point reboot, > I'm considering an experiment to cycle access points regularly to keep them > "fresh" and see if that helps. > > -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 Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Aaron Schaap <aa...@elevatorup.com> > wrote: > >> We've been using Unifi for awhile now and started having the same issues >> after a few months of usage. I did a lot of the load balancing stuff, along >> with a lot of Channel/Band configuration to deal with problems. We had the >> same issues of needing to reboot and it didn't matter if it was 60+ people >> or only 10. I tried to see if it was a time of day and that didn't seem to >> matter. I thought it was a POE issue for a bit but after playing with >> different things, it didn't seem to be the case. >> >> We actually just switched everything to Meraki (https://meraki.cisco.com/). >> I manage our infrastructure but also chat quite a bit with the building >> owner that offers WIFI to the rest of the building (4 floors). They had >> Unifi as well and were noticing the same things. The verdict is still out - >> on day 2 right now but I like the additional reporting within Meraki. >> >> I also like how Meraki handles wireless band selection (2.4GHz vs 5GHz) >> much better as well. Unifi is supposed to do this but doesn't do it well. >> We noticed a lot of users (mostly Mac) could connect to 5GHz but got stuck >> at 2.4GHz often. I ended up broadcasting only 5GHz and created another SSID >> for 2.4GHz for the few users still needing that. Wasn't ideal but everyone >> had a much better experience. Meraki does "Band Steering" much better by >> detecting clients capable of 5GHz operation and steers them to that >> frequency, while leaving 2.4GHz available for legacy clients. >> >> I'd be curious if you figure it out but we decided to switch to Meraki >> ourselves. >> >> ------------------------------ >> Aaron Schaap >> The Factory - www.workthefactory.com >> @schaapy and @coFactory >> >> -- >> 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Jonathan Markwell Lessons learned building better workplaces: http://jonathanmarkwell.com Work better in Brighton: http://theskiff.org Coworking community with workspace in North Laine. Find your coworking community: http://worksnug.com Worldwide workspace directory that puts communities first. Ship your digital product: http://coderfounders.com Coaching for businesses that want to make money while they sleep. +44 (0)7766 021 485 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
