I’m curious about the requirement that controllers be “cloud based” and what business requirement that maps to.
Trying to understand what a cloud based controller give your business that an on-premises controller does not. How that translates to better experience, happier students or faster connectivity. Sent from my iPhone > On May 17, 2018, at 12:13 PM, Norton, Thomas (Network Operations) > <tnort...@liberty.edu> wrote: > > I highly recommend looking at Aruba as well. > > T.J. Norton > Wireless Network Architect > Network Operations > > Office: (434) 592-6552 > > > > Liberty University | Training Champions for Christ since 1971 > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Trenton Hurt > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 2:11 PM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Options > > https://www.mist.com/ > > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 2:10 PM John Rodkey <rod...@westmont.edu> wrote: > Our college - about 40 buildings, 1200 students, 3500 wireless clients per > day, currently 310 WAPs - is considering a major upgrade in WAPs, replacing a > number that are 9 years old and no longer supported. > > We could replace with the latest model of our existing vendor, but want to > consider all the feasible alternatives. We have a hard requirement that the > controller be cloud-based, the system deal well with Mac clients, understand > VLANs and an enterprise quality network, and have a rich set of > configuration, logging, monitoring, and troubleshooting tools for dealing > both with clients and access points. Responsive support is also required, and > unsurprisingly total system cost is a significant issue. > > 3 vendors come to mind: Meraki, Ubiquiti, and Aerohive. > > Questions: > 1) do other vendors come to mind that play well in this space? > 2) what are your positive experiences with any of the above? > 3) what are your negative experiences? > 4) have you recently gone through this analysis, and if so, what were your > conclusions? > 5) what issues have you experienced with PoE capacity requirements with > these devices? > > John Rodkey > Director of Servers and Networks > Westmont College > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
