One thing I will add to this is that when they shut down the AP for none payment of license they brick the device. I was told they could turn it back on later but to you it would be a brick. Jon From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Opinions on the Best wireless - Meraki | Ruckus | Cisco | Aruba | other? Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 15:20:22 -0400
You should be able to get a Meraki pretty easy for free by "attending" an online seminar. That said Meraki has a licensing issue, at least to me, that requires you to keep the license paid or they shutdown the AP. If you are willing to go that route then having control web based (outside web site that they own) is nice. Reports they generate can be customized to some degree, and their web site will report when you have an outage to email and maybe SMS. A nice touch to this is you can turn on a separate VLAN just for guests that have different connection keys. Jon From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Opinions on the Best wireless - Meraki | Ruckus | Cisco | Aruba | other? Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 14:46:13 +0000 I'm shopping for a new internal wireless solution and was wondering if anyone here has opinions on what's the best gear right now. I've been looking at traditional Cisco gear(55xx controllers, 37xx APs), Meraki, Ruckus, and Aruba is on my list to look at. Everything seems to have pluses and minuses. Does anyone have opinions on what gear they like, what to avoid? Thanks, Jon Jon Derrenbacker | CISSP | Sr. Systems Engineer | Manager | Keiter 4401 Dominion Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Glen Allen, VA 23060 phone: 804-273-6221 | fax: 804-747-3632 | keitercpa.com Encrypted File Upload Experience | Knowledge | Relationships | Insight Unless the above message (“this message”) expressly provides that the statements contained therein and in any attachments thereto (“the statements”) are intended to constitute written tax advice within the meaning of IRS Circular 230 § 10.37, the sender intends by this message to communicate general information for discussion purposes only, and you should not, therefore, interpret the statements to be written tax advice or rely on the statements for any purpose. The sender will conclude that you have understood and acknowledged this important cautionary notice unless you communicate to the sender any questions you may have in a direct electronic reply to this message. Note: This communication, including any attachments, may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, or believe you have received this communication in error, do not print, copy, retransmit, disseminate, or otherwise use the information contained within. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
