Another hat that I haven't seen thrown in the ring yet is Aerohive. They're great to work with - and the product is decent in terms of scalability across geographically locations with management being hosted by them, or you - as/when needed.
Huge list of features and capabilities (from having silly fun with the LEDs on the units, to 802.1x and WIPS/etc). On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Paul Nash <[email protected]> wrote: > You can also VLAN allocation through RADIUS. Our setup has a single SSID, > 250-odd user accounts. User connects to the SSID & authenticates with > their userid/password and is assigned to their VLAN, which connects them to > the appropriate DHCP server, gateway, etc. > > Makes management and segregation fairly trivial (for non-trivial values of > trivial :-)). > > paul > > > > On Jan 29, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Tyler Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Most of the issues are related to firmware. Most of my UBNT experience > was > > with the UAP-Pro and the UAP-AC, and it wasn't a good experience. > > Production firmwares seem to be of beta quality. > > > > For features, they can't compete with Ruckus. One thing I can think of > off > > the top of my head is support for tagging management on its own VLAN and > > tagging wired traffic onto another. If you were to implement this on the > > UBNT products you would have to SSH into every single one and implement > the > > features as you would on a linux box, and it might work. Ruckus, you > > configure the VLAN's how you would want through the Zonedirector or the > > AP's GUI and it will just work. > > > > They cost more, but you get what you pay for. > > > > On Thu Jan 29 2015 at 10:54:44 AM Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Did you figure out why it was dropping out? All of it dropping out? Just > >> some APs dropping? Just some users dropping? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- > >> Mike Hammett > >> Intelligent Computing Solutions > >> http://www.ics-il.com > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > >> From: "Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> > >> To: "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > >> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:34:46 AM > >> Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office > >> > >> I had a bad experience with it one time at a tradeshow environment. 6 > >> access points setup for public wifi. The radio levels were quite good in > >> various areas of the tradeshow however traffic would keep dropping out > at > >> random intervals as soon as about 300 users were online. It wasn't my > idea > >> to use UBNT but it definitely turned me off of their product after > digging > >> into their gear... > >> > >> Again as someone pointed out, for residential and perhaps SOHO > >> applications it can probably work well - and in my opinion it's priced > for > >> that market. > >> > >> Paul > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: NANOG [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett > >> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:23 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office > >> > >> What problems have you had with UBNT? > >> > >> It's zero hand-off doesn't work on unsecured networks, but that's about > >> the extent of the issues I've heard of other than stadium density > >> environments. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- > >> Mike Hammett > >> Intelligent Computing Solutions > >> http://www.ics-il.com > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > >> From: "Manuel Marín" <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:06:39 PM > >> Subject: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office > >> > >> Dear nanog community > >> > >> I was wondering if you can recommend or share your experience with APs > >> that you can use in locations that have 300-500 users. I friend > recommended > >> me Ruckus Wireless, it would be great if you can share your experience > with > >> Ruckus or with a similar vendor. My experience with ubiquity for this > type > >> of requirement was not that good. > >> > >> Thank you and have a great day > >> > >> > >> > >> > >
