Another request that you look at Aruba, you can go down cloud based controller route with them, or you can mesh up to 64 AP’s into their own virtual controller if you wanted to organise by areas and the numbers worked for you. Their AP’s are good, I have never had any trouble with their support, they are good as gold, we have been running Aruba for over 10 years now and recommend them highly
Martin | Infrastructure Engineer - Networks, Telecoms & Security | Information Technology. London Business School | Regent's Park | London NW1 4SA | United Kingdom. Switchboard +44 (0)20 7000 7000 | Direct line +44 (0)20 7000 7772 www.london.edu<http://www.london.edu/> London experience. World impact. Connect with us: [twitter.jpg] <https://twitter.com/LondonBSchool> Follow us on Twitter<https://twitter.com/LondonBSchool> [facebook.jpg] <http://www.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/London-Business-School/14027365105> Become a fan on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/London-Business-School/14027365105> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of John Rodkey Sent: 17 May 2018 19:10 To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Options 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.
