+1 on Xirrus or Ruckus if you care to sleep at night. Just my 2cents
Carlos Alcantar Race Communications / Race Team Member 1325 Howard Ave. #604, Burlingame, CA. 94010 Phone: +1 415 376 3314 / car...@race.com / http://www.race.com On 1/30/15, 8:19 AM, "William Herrin" <b...@herrin.us> wrote: >On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:06 AM, Manuel MarĂn <m...@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 ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us >Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> >