Forgot to say this is Eckerd College, We have had over 400 APs and 4200 connections at one time
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 6:14 PM, Harry Rauch <[email protected]> wrote: > We have been using Ruckus for at least 7 years. We mainly use 1 controller > with a backup and a 2nd controller for newer devices as a test platform. > > We have gone from Extreme to Cisco to Ruckus and now entirely ruckus. We > have purchased from several suppliers and found the cost to be about 10% > less than others. > > We have used wifi bridging on numerous occasions; the reliability and > durability never ceases to amaze. A case in point: we bridged from a main > building to our Athletics gym and offices - approx. 2000 yards. We had a > series of rough weather but saw no issue with the network connection or > throughput. However, when we went to the gym area the antenna - on a > portable tripod and weighted down - had blown over the edge of the building > and the antenna was facing a wall 180 degrees from the original target. The > reception had not changed and the AP was working like it should. > > Ruckus has a good automatic meshing of APs without major programming. The > only issue I had was that our dorm complexes were close enough that an > issue of slow internet which was not showing up on Solarwinds was because > of the automatic meshing. Two APs close enough to mesh with each other > allowed the switches to offer reasonable bandwidth via the meshed section. > > I have tested numerous APs over the years and cannot find APs from another > company to match them. The more signal reflection the better the APs > perform. > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:01 PM, Wesley Troy Scott <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> >> I'm curious about how you are using Ruckus Wireless products on campus. >> Specifically: >> >> >> >> 1. What's the size of your deployment (waps, controllers, users, etc) >> 2. Are you completely Ruckus or do you have a mix of WLAN vendors >> 3. Did you transition to Ruckus from another vendor or was it a >> greenfield deployment >> 4. How does the cost compare to other vendors >> 5. Any concerns about specific use cases >> 6. Anything folks should know when talking about Ruckus >> >> >> Thanks to anyone that can throw some light on Ruckus and is willing to >> share their experience with me. I'll take responses off list too if that's >> better for you. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> >> Troy Scott >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE >> Constituent Group discussion list can be found at >> http://www.educause.edu/discuss. >> >> > > > -- > Harry Rauch > Network Analyst > Eckerd College > 4200 - 54th Ave So > St. Petersburg, FL 33711 > 727-864-8318 <(727)%20864-8318> > -- Harry Rauch Network Analyst Eckerd College 4200 - 54th Ave So St. Petersburg, FL 33711 727-864-8318 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
