Re: 802.11 based WISP hardware

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

Typically WISP refers to an outdoor fixed wireless provider, not local area WiFi deployments. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
http://www.ics-il.com 

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From: "Jason Lixfeld" <jason () lixfeld ca> 
To: "NANOG" <nanog () nanog org> 
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 5:59:30 AM 
Subject: 802.11 based WISP hardware 

Hi all, 

I’m looking to gather some public opinion, links and pointers around the current landscape of WISP hardware vendors. 
I’m familiar with Cisco, Ruckus, AdTran, Motorola and Aruba (HP) but I’m wondering who else is out there that folks 
have used with success. My main areas of interest are around controller based (hardware or virtual (in-house, not 
off-net cloud based)) systems that have a range of indoor & outdoor 802.11AC PoE capable APs. The controller(s) would 
be capable of tunnelling traffic from the APs for one or more SSIDs, support per-SSID captive portals and unique, 
intra-SSID captive portals. In a perfect world, an on-board DHCP server would be super handy too. The system should 
support CAPWAP, but some proprietary alternative is also fine, the usual suite of security protocols per SSID, reliable 
intra-SSID AP roaming algorithms and multi-SSID capable. 

Thanks in advance.