Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Anyone tried Ubiquiti UniFi campus wifi?

2013-09-11 Thread James Andrewartha
Hi Steve, On 11/09/13 04:24, Steve Bohrer wrote: A few months ago there were some generally positive posts about Ubiquiti's Air Fiber links, but I'm wondering if anyone has tried out their UniFi controller-less campus wifi solution, particularly with their dual-band UniFi Pro AP and/or

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Anyone tried Ubiquiti UniFi campus wifi?

2013-09-11 Thread Hall, Rand
If you're willing to consider Ubiquiti you should take a look at Cisco's Meraki stuff. You may be able to get some trade-in value for your old Cisco stuff to stay with Cisco. It might make replacing your whole wireless network within reach. We have a 450 AP Meraki installation that's great. We

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Anyone tried Ubiquiti UniFi campus wifi?

2013-09-11 Thread Lee H Badman
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hall, Rand Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8:06 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Anyone tried Ubiquiti UniFi campus wifi? If you're willing to consider Ubiquiti you should take a look at Cisco's

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Anyone tried Ubiquiti UniFi campus wifi?

2013-09-11 Thread Mike King
** ** ** ** *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Hall, Rand *Sent:* Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8:06 AM *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Anyone tried Ubiquiti UniFi

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Anyone tried Ubiquiti UniFi campus wifi?

2013-09-11 Thread Hanset, Philippe C
Steve, From discussions that I have had with nsrc.org (the guys at University of Oregon known for building networks in Africa), they really enjoy Ubiquiti for small and mid size networks (they use point to point and campus APs). This said, you are managing a campus in the US and your

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Anyone tried Ubiquiti UniFi campus wifi?

2013-09-11 Thread Lee H Badman
] Anyone tried Ubiquiti UniFi campus wifi? Steve, If you don't want to rip and replace, you may want to consider strategic deployment of the new Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch - there is a wireless license that turns it into a controller and will support up to 50 APs. Cisco recently had a promotion

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Anyone tried Ubiquiti UniFi campus wifi?

2013-09-11 Thread Jeffrey Sessler
Steve, If you don't want to rip and replace, you may want to consider strategic deployment of the new Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch - there is a wireless license that turns it into a controller and will support up to 50 APs. Cisco recently had a promotion where the AP license (25 I think) was