I've been doing Wi-Fi and networking since 2001. My main focus is on Wi-Fi but a person has to be pretty good at networking to do Wi-Fi.What experience do you have, what products do you use? Any cool projects?
Are you a wisp?I've been doing Wi-Fi and networking since 2001. My main focus is on Wi-Fi but a person has to be pretty good at networking to do Wi-Fi.
I've done about any type of Wi-Fi project a person can imagine. On the indoor side, home all the way to major enterprise. Simple one AP outdoor to full on WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider).
Credential wise, I'm CWNE (Certified Wireless Networking Expert) #21 of about 130 in total as of right now.
Hope that helps!
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No, I've built one about a decade ago and work with one locally when they need help.Are you a wisp?
Ubiquity? Cisco? Ruckus?No, I've built one about a decade ago and work with one locally when they need help.
For employment I work for a Wi-Fi manufacturer but I'm not here to push their products. I'd just like to help if I can.
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Nice stuff! Little pricy, but nice.Ruckus.
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Yeah; I actually put that deal together. It is pricy for the home market but affordable considering our enterprise competitors.Nice stuff! Little pricy, but nice.
Is AMX Wi-Fi made by Ruckus?
Excluding ubiquity...Yeah; I actually put that deal together. It is pricy for the home market but affordable considering our enterprise competitors.
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The only thing that holds them back is the 4 SSID limit, and the product doesn't have the horsepower to support anymore. Ruckus supports 7 correct?They aren't an enterprise competitor.
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Ruckus isn't exactly competitive either, maybe outdoor, but enterprise at this point is really a 2 vendor game, Cisco and Aruba. Moto is still out there with lots of OEM deals, and still popular with retail due to the Symbol acquisition. There are plenty of smaller players like Juniper, Entarasys/Extreme, Aerohive, etc, but only Cisco and Aruba have the end to end solution for both wired and wireless access control as well as MDM integration.
For home use, Ubiquity is a great value and performs quite well. I have a UAP-PRO per floor inside and an Outdoor AP as well. Still have a few Cisco's around as well, but too complex for home use and it wasn't worth replacing them as they are getting older.
That's far from the only thing that holds them back.The only thing that holds them back is the 4 SSID limit, and the product doesn't have the horsepower to support anymore. Ruckus supports 7 correct?
I'm curious, what the largest deployment you have?
Oh goodness... Xirrus is a huge can of worms to open there.How does Xirrus compare?
Although Ubiquity is a little feature lacking it preforms incredibly well in every install thus far. I still haven't put in any large installs, but thus far I'm REALLY impressed (Never surpassed 3VLANS & 1 guest portal).
Let's say that I installed a hotspot and I want it to redirect to another page, (like an agreement page) every time someone logged in. Sort of like how they do in hotels, coffee shops, etc..where you connect to their wifi, go to google and then it redirects to website where it says, "You must click on "agree" according to these terms blah-blah-blah etc." before you can go to any other website.I'd be more than happy to help.
Holy crap Ted he's not here to answer grade school questions. HahhahahLet's say that I installed a hotspot and I want it to redirect to another page, (like an agreement page) every time someone logged in. Sort of like how they do in hotels, coffee shops, etc..where you connect to their wifi, go to google and then it redirects to website where it says, "You must click on "agree" according to these terms blah-blah-blah etc." before you can go to any other website.
Also, can I do this with my Linksys WRT54G router or do I need something else?
Nothing about vendor bashing, I just like as honest response. Feel free to sell me on your product, just keep your answers truthful and avoid posting links.That's far from the only thing that holds them back.I don't want to turn this into a vendor bashing thread; they are a large company that plays well in very specific markets.
Ruckus supports 32 SSIDs but that's only because our carrier customers require it. Anything over 4 in a deployment is ridiculous due to the beacons taking up too much airtime.
Largest deployment? We have 180,000 APs for one customer in Japan. We have the largest mesh network in the world (about 70,000 APs). We also have deployments for the city of San Jose (silicon valley) and San Francisco.
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