Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com) -----Original Message----- From: Lee H Badman [[email protected]] Received: Wednesday, 03 Oct 2012, 6:55am To: [email protected] [[email protected]] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Xirrus- anyone ever made the switch?
As 11ac looms on the horizon and our AP counts have gone from 4 to 50 to 600 to 3500, I think it's natural to think "is there a better way than changing out 3,500 of these things"... and so I ponder simple basics like: - What would 3,500 APs reduce to for arrays? - What would a building with say 125 APs typically reduce to with arrays? A building with 50? A building with 3? - How much existing AP wiring might happen to be in the right place to support arrays? - Would the clients notice any difference between a traditional AP deployment and an array-based WLAN if both properly designed? - With 3,500 APs, a fleet of controllers, and 16K plus clients, an effective management strategy is as important as any marketing foo foo about AP performance (to me). How good, buggy, and complete has Xirrus' management platform been? - What has been extremely satisfying about Xirrus beyond reduced AP locations? - What are the warts? Please- no calls from Xirrus. Or any other vendor. Or integrator. I already have corporate contacts with most WLAN companies and am not shopping at this point, only gathering data to satisfy my own curiosity. Thanks- Lee Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer, ITS Adjunct Instructor, iSchool Syracuse University 315.443.3003 ________________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [[email protected]] on behalf of Brian Helman [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 9:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Xirrus- anyone ever made the switch? Lee, we moved to 100% Xirrus a few years ago. I'd be happy to discuss. I'll send a more detailed reply to the group later (in a meeting now). If you have any other specific questions, feel free to add them and I'll answer as best I can when I'm back at my desk. FYI, we have about 300 arrays and will be adding another ~50 in the coming year. Thanks, Brian ________________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [[email protected]] on behalf of Lee H Badman [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 8:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Xirrus- anyone ever made the switch? Am wondering if anyone with hundreds or thousands of APs on this list has ever ditched it all and moved to Xirrus? Would like to hear how it went and is going for you either on list or off. Thanks- Lee Lee H. Badman Network Architect/Wireless TME Information Technology and Services (ITS) Syracuse University 315 443-3003 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
