You still need power to the AP but no need to run Cat5 through a building for new locations. This takes some engineering and additional products but not hard at all.
Any location under 4 APs though (should be most) you don't even need the ZoneDirector. Just the 3 APs. Cool part is, 3 APs can cover a ton of ground. We put one up and got good signal from over 3 buildings away in our business park. Very cool and inexpensive stuff. -Jeff Ehman General Manager Phone: (312) 205-2509 "There is a difference" -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:15 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Want to try a Ruckus home AP What about batteries? =) Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." --- Winston Churchill On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Paolo Di Francesco <paolo.difrance...@teleinform.com> wrote: > another interesting feature, should be the possibility to NOT use > ethernet cables to build your network. In few words, there is no need to > put cables to connect the AP to the switch, only power cable. > > This is interesting in places where ethernet cable cannot be used. > > Obviously, power cable is always needed. > > Paolo > >> Yeah, beam forming seems like it's definitely the way to go. >> >> Greg >> >> On Feb 18, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Jeff Ehman wrote: >> >>> In general, the Ruckus product line is very inexpensive for access points. >>> Plus, their beamforming technology allows their product to use about 1/2 >>> the APs as their main competitors (Cisco...). This is accomplished because >>> they don't use the typical omni antenna that most do. The beamforming >>> searches out other Ruckus access points and creates a PtP link between them >>> so the throughput and connection between APs is much greater and they can >>> be further apart. When an omni is used to create connections between >>> access points, they have to be placed much closer together. Not to mention >>> the channel bonding they use for additional throughput. >>> >>> -Jeff Ehman >>> General Manager >>> Phone: (312) 205-2509 >>> "There is a difference" >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of Jeff Ehman >>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:25 AM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Want to try a Ruckus home AP >>> >>> We are the highest partner with Ruckus and have a services division that >>> has deployed tons of their APs in schools around the area. We can assist >>> with configuration and getting anyone going with this product. >>> >>> -Jeff Ehman >>> General Manager >>> Phone: (312) 205-2509 >>> "There is a difference" >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of Greg Ihnen >>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:07 AM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: [WISPA] Want to try a Ruckus home AP >>> >>> I'm thinking of trying a Ruckus home AP. I'm going to use a Mikrotik router >>> and then the Ruckus as AP only. At the Ruckus website it seems like I'd use >>> the MediaFlex 2835. When I Google shopping'ed this I don't get a single hit >>> - "Your search - MediaFlex 2835 - did not match any products.". Does one >>> have to buy straight from Ruckus? There's a form to fill out for finding a >>> "big dog value-added reseller" but why wouldn't they just put a list of >>> their resellers on their site? So they can collect all my contact info and >>> then have follow up contact? I don't like it when our relationship has to >>> be on their terms. If I want follow-up presales communication I'll call >>> them. It almost seems like they don't want to sell them. The more obstacles >>> they put between me and the "buy now" button the less likely it is that I'm >>> going to buy it. >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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