Only the 7962 and 7761 are dual-band mesh... the rest is straight 2.4GHz. Mediaflex is their in-home equipment for streaming HD video... only wi-fi manufacturer on the planet that can do that well :-)
Metroflex is their muni wi-fi client device line Zoneflex is the product line that most people are going to look at (for SMB's, hotels, etc. etc.). If I get 7dB more directional gain than your standard AP... you bet its going to make a big difference. That's a 200% increase. Plus the gear is smart enough to not try and blast through walls. For instance... did a site survey this last week in a 100 year old building with foot thick solid stone walls. Put the AP in a room one plaster wall away from that solid wall... and was getting full throughput outside in the courtyard. The product is smart enough to know that bouncing off the wall through a window is the best path over brute force. I have yet to see anyone argue that the antenna technology is something other than a work of art once they have seen what it can do in person. If you're serious about purchasing some gear, I could probably setup a demo for you. Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 3:58 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Indoor deployment question Yeah, I saw that, many times. Are there any other reviews? I suspect the good performance over and above a regular high quality AP is that it's dual band mesh. The Ruckus gear is dual band mesh right? I get a lot of hits when I Google "ruckus dual band mesh mediaflex" but the Ruckus site isn't totally clear. Could a little more directional gain really make that much difference? I suspect head to head with other dual band mesh gear the Ruckus gear would prove to be similar in performance. It needs to be an apples to apples comparison. Greg On Nov 22, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: > http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/beamforming-wifi-ruckus,2390.html > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 4:26 PM > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Indoor deployment question > >> Does Ruckus state their antenna gain anywhere? If their "beam forming" >> gain isn't all that much higher than the competition's omni gain then the >> performance couldn't be all that much better unless there's noise or multi >> path issues. >> >> Greg >> >> On Nov 22, 2009, at 5:13 PM, 3-dB Networks wrote: >> >>> Depends on your definition of economical :-) >>> >>> Ruckus has meshing built in to all of their AP's... plus with the antenna >>> array built into these babies you can usually get by with deploying 1/2 >>> as >>> many AP's... so it can end up costing less than a roll your own Mikrotik >>> system >>> >>> Daniel White >>> 3-dB Networks >>> http://www.3dbnetworks.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Mike Hammett >>> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 3:01 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [WISPA] Indoor deployment question >>> >>> I would prefer copper to link indoor APs. If that won't work due to >>> either >>> technical issues or the customer just plain doesn't want holes drilled, >>> is >>> WDS pretty much the only financially viable alternative that properly >>> bridges the network? Could do a boat-load of PtP links, but that'd be >>> silly. >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>> http://www.ics-il.com >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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