One can't ignore the controller and licensing costs and compare AP pricing. You need to look at the total system cost.
Frank From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barros, Jacob Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] anyone using Aerohive? Depends on what you chose to factor in to the cost and which model you choose. We are an Aruba shop and we use the 'low end' AP's (and happy with them at that). If you compare an AP93 to the HiveAP121, the AP93 is way less. Choose to factor in the cost of the controller and licensing and the numbers are a lot closer. However if you look at the list price on an AP125, it is about the same as HiveAP330. Again, factor in the cost of the controller and the Aerohive unit is less. I believe it's worth a look either way. Get out your must haves list and compare. Jake Barros | Network Administrator | Office of Information Technology Grace College and Seminary | Winona Lake, IN | 574.372.5100 x6178 <tel:574.372.5100%20x6178> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Ashfield, Matt (NBCC) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Thanks for the reply. I am a bit surprised at the sticker price comment. It was my understanding that it'd be quite a bit cheaper than the conventional centralized/controller based solutions? From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Barros, Jacob Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:16 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] anyone using Aerohive? We have a few deployed at an apartment style building outside our physical cabling plant range. So far it's been a great solution. It overcame a few density and coverage issues, so kudos there. Management interface is web based and hosted and that works well. My only negative is the sticker price. It's a little more than other systems, but so far it has been fantastic. We have not attempted to integrate it with our NAC and there is no need to tunnel to on-campus resources, so I cannot comment there. They offered us a trial and I was sold in the first few days. If you are looking to do a live testing environment, I would recommend you do so without hesitation. Do you have any specific questions? Jake Barros | Network Administrator | Office of Information Technology Grace College and Seminary | Winona Lake, IN | 574.372.5100 x6178 <tel:574.372.5100%20x6178> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Ashfield, Matt (NBCC) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Been hearing a few things about Aerohive, but not a whole lot of discussion on here. Has anyone looked at it? What are your impressions? Thanks Matt Ashfield New Brunswick Community College ********** 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/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
