Hi Educause: We here at Minnesota (Twin Cities and Morris) are a pretty large Juniper (Used to be Trapeze wireless) shop. We are also a Cisco shop.
35 MX-2800 contollers 5000 access points, all 802.11n 20,000 peak users. How are the reporting features? Always been pretty good, hugely improved lately. Is the interface easy to use? Ringmaster is a Java thing, so there are some java\apple issues to deal with for admins with apple. If you are running the ringmaster tool you will need java. Even if apple things it should not run java at all. Are upgrades easy? Very easy. We do vet everything (switches, routers, wireless) before deploying. 802.11ac early support? Nothing shipping yet. What are your experiences with support? Great. How expensive? Reasonable, it was very much cheaper than the Cisco proposal. How does it compare with Cisco’s offerings? Not sure about the current cisco lineup, but it was a little ahead of Cisco when we bought. The RF planning tool works well for us. Cisco had some issues with the scale of our plant, but I suspect they have fixed that by now. The Diagnostics are very extensive. /daniel/ daniel westacott University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus. On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Joshua Strohschein <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings to all, > > > > We are considering a wireless refresh for our campus and would appreciate > some vendor recommendations. While we currently are a Cisco shop, that does > not necessarily mean we will be in the future. > > > > Here is our current setup: > > > > 1. 3x Cisco 4404 controllers > > 2. Approx 150 APs. Mixture of 1142n and 3502i models > > 3. Average 1500 devices at peak hours > > > > We have two options. Upgrade our Cisco gear or choose a different vendor. So > who do you like and why? > > > > Here are the main points that we’d like to know: > > > > 1. How are the reporting features? > > 2. Is the interface easy to use? > > 3. Are upgrades easy? > > 4. 802.11ac early support? > > 5. What are your experiences with support? > > 6. How expensive? > > 7. How does it compare with Cisco’s offerings? > > > > Note: This project does not include our dorms, this is handled by a third > party. > > > > Any other valuable insights are welcome! > > > > Thank you for your time. > > > > Joshua Strohschein > > Network Analyst > > The University of Texas at Tyler > > > > > > ********** 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/.
