Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

Sun Feb 1 14:55:17 UTC 2015

I have tried Meraki for a large deployment, and was significantly underwhelmed.

PF performance was poor compared to Ruckus, meshing was erratic, Radius auth only worked with one Radius server (a cloud-based service).  The final straw was when we were trying to debug the Radius auth problem with a Meraki tech, who started sniffing our network traffic from California or wherever, without us needing to do anything.

Can you say “security hole”?  Like “great gaping security chasm”?

As soon as they did that, I disconnected everything and shipped it back to them.  Never considered them for anything ever again.

	paul

> On Feb 1, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Dennis Bohn <bohn at adelphi.edu> wrote:
> 
> We are substantially larger and use Aruba, but I am wondering why no one
> has mentioned Meraki (now cisco-meraki).  We tried one of their give-away
> aps and it seemed fine, with the 'cloud management.'   I am not advocating
> Meraki, just curious.
> best,
> 
> 
> Dennis Bohn
> Manager of Network and Systems
> Adelphi University
> bohn at adelphi.edu
> 5168773327
> 
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Eric C. Miller <eric at ericheather.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> +1 Xirrus, especially for the multi radio arrays. Crowded common areas
>> benefit from sector antennas attached to individual radios. Also, there XMS
>> server is really useful for managing a large cluster. Ubiquiti UniFi is
>> good for smaller installations, but I wouldn't trust them for enterprise
>> level reliability.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Eric Miller, CCNP
>> Network Engineering Consultant
>> (407) 257-5115
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Lyon
>> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:17 AM
>> To: Manuel Marín
>> Cc: NANOG
>> Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
>> 
>> Check out Xirrus
>> On Jan 28, 2015 9:08 PM, "Manuel Marín" <mmg at transtelco.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear nanog community
>>> 
>>> I was wondering if you can recommend or share your experience with APs
>>> that you can use in locations that have 300-500 users. I friend
>>> recommended me Ruckus Wireless, it would be great if you can share
>>> your experience with Ruckus or with a similar vendor.  My experience
>>> with ubiquity for this type of requirement was not that good.
>>> 
>>> Thank you and have a great day
>>> 
>> 