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Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:19:31 -0500
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:06 AM, Manuel MarĂn <mmg () transtelco net> wrote:
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.
Hi Manuel, At 300-500 users you may still be in dd-wrt territory with the lack of smart roaming and self-healing features mitigated by a price that makes it practical to simply deploy more access points. Dumb roaming can be good enough when the user count per AP is low. Aruba it is not, but I had a 150 user deployment on 5 dd-wrt APs that was largely trouble-free. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside com bill () herrin us Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
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