I failed to mention that you pay for maintenance per AP as well. If I did a straight up replacement of all access points on campus, at the rates I am currently paying, Aerohive maintenance would be double my Aruba maintenance, making long term cost comparisons very close.
To bring this back around, I like the solution. If the approach and numbers work for you, I would recommend an eval in a live environment. Jake Barros | Network Administrator | Office of Information Technology Grace College and Seminary | Winona Lake, IN | 574.372.5100 x6178 On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 2:17 PM, phanset <[email protected]> wrote: > And when you do include the cost of controllers > make sure to consider the lifetime of a controller. > We are on our second generation of access-points > but still relying on the same controllers. So, the final > cost is amortized over two generations. Time will tell > if we can use them for a third one ... > > Philippe > Univ. of TN > > > On Nov 17, 2012, at 9:38 PM, "Frank Bulk" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]<[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**** > > > > **** > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Ashfield, Matt (NBCC) < > [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]] *On Behalf Of *Barros, Jacob > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:16 PM > *To:* [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**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Ashfield, Matt (NBCC) < > [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/. > > ********** 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/.
