Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-02-04 Thread Paul Nash
It’s the “remote capture” that scares me. I was testing some Meraki kit, called their NOC to try to debug some Radius issues, tech tells me “oh yes, I can see your traffic going hither and yon between the test client and test server that are both in your office, and looking at the packet conten

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-02-04 Thread Ray Soucy
Honestly, in a lot of cases you don't even need a device to support packet capture as a feature to add it as a feature once its compromised. This is just FUD IMHO. On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 7:24 AM, Paul Nash wrote: >> I love the built-in remote packet captures, > > You, the NSA, and lots and lots

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-02-04 Thread Paul Nash
> I love the built-in remote packet captures, You, the NSA, and lots and lots of hackers, ALL love the remote packet capture. If Meraki support can turn it on, so can someone who penetrates their systems (by getting a job there or by hacking), and then they get to see everything happening INS

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-02-03 Thread Sean Hunter
I happen to administer a deployment of almost exclusively Meraki gear; ~140 switches (mix of MS42 and MS22) and ~400 AP's (almost all MR16's). I would *not* recommend them for this situation. If you've got a low-usage scenario, they might be fine. The tech support quality has noticeably declined o

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-02-02 Thread Tim Franklin
> That's it. Step 1, buy the equipment at full price. Step 2, pay for the cloud > management license, yearly. Step 3, no extended warranty option, so pay full > price if equipment from step one fails. As long as you're doing step 2 (which you *have* to, otherwise it's a brick), isn't step 3 "repo

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-02-01 Thread Lewis, Mitchell T.
icense key to your Dashboard >> account. > > > > > > Eric Miller, CCNP > Network Engineering Consultant > (407) 257-5115 > > > > -----Original Message- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Sunday, Feb

RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-02-01 Thread Eric C. Miller
ammett Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 9:55 AM To: NANOG Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office I try to avoid anything that Cisco has touched. Also not a fan of their stop paying our recurring fee and the device becomes a brick policy. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Co

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-02-01 Thread Paul Nash
t trust them for enterprise >> level reliability. >> >> >> >> Eric Miller, CCNP >> Network Engineering Consultant >> (407) 257-5115 >> >> >> >> >> -Original Message----- >> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-02-01 Thread Mike Hammett
o: "Eric C. Miller" Cc: "NANOG" Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2015 8:41:52 AM Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office 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

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-02-01 Thread Dennis Bohn
gt; From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@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&qu

RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-30 Thread Eric C. Miller
prise level reliability. Eric Miller, CCNP Network Engineering Consultant (407) 257-5115 -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@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 fo

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-30 Thread Rob Seastrom
Paul Nash writes: > Ruckus is also *way* easier to configure than Cisco. Some of the > Cisco folk that I know think that that is a point in favour of > Cisco, as it adds to job security :-) That matches my experience with Cisco 802.11 kit. Way too many knobs exposed, and guidance on how to se

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-30 Thread Carlos Alcantar
+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" wrote: >On Thu, Jan

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-30 Thread William Herrin
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:06 AM, Manuel Marín 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 wit

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-30 Thread Paul Nash
---Original Message- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stewart > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:55 > To: 'Mike Hammett'; nanog@nanog.org > Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office > > It was all users getting randoml

RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-30 Thread Edwards, Jermaine
ntion centers and hotels with no reservation. jle -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stewart Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:55 To: 'Mike Hammett'; nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office It was al

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-30 Thread Rob Seastrom
Manuel Marín writes: > 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 experi

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Jared Mauch
quot;Sean Harlow" > To: "Mike Hammett" > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:50:20 PM > Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office > > > I have had this same behavior at my UniFi pilot site. What I discovered in my

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
suck in that regard. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Sean Harlow" To: "Mike Hammett" Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:50:20 PM Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Sean Harlow
Again as someone pointed out, for residential and perhaps SOHO > applications it can probably work well - and in my opinion it's priced for > that market. > > Paul > > > -----Original Message- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Mike Lyon
through the Zonedirector or the > >>> AP's GUI and it will just work. > >>> > >>> They cost more, but you get what you pay for. > >>> > >>> On Thu Jan 29 2015 at 10:54:44 AM Mike Hammett > wrote: > >>> > >>>&g

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
rom: "Clay Fiske" To: "NANOG" Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:12:23 PM Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office Anyone played with/deployed any Mimosa gear? I’m not a “real” wireless guy so I’ll spare folks any armchair speculation. Just looks intere

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Clay Fiske
sers dropping? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> - >>>> Mike Hammett >>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>> http://www.ics-il.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Seth Mos
Op 29 jan. 2015, om 17:18 heeft Tyler Mills het volgende geschreven: > Most of the issues are related to firmware. Most of my UBNT experience was > with the UAP-Pro and the UAP-AC, and it wasn't a good experience. > Production firmwares seem to be of beta quality. It’s meh, but it’s good enou

RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Paul Stewart
Open – it was just for a trade show setting .. few years ago …. Thanks, Paul From: Mike Lyon [mailto:mike.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:07 PM To: Paul Stewart Cc: Mike Hammett; NANOG Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office Just curious, were

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Jared Mauch
gt;> >> >> >> >> - >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> - Original Message - >> >> From: "Paul Stewart" >> To: "Mike Hamm

RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Mike Lyon
gt; association with the AP would stay in tact > > Paul > > > -Original Message- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:53 AM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
quot; , nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:02:20 AM Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office Ruckus should work fine for you. You need to have a controller and need a good RF plan but as far as capacity, throughput, roaming etc they are really solid. Of course the

RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Paul Stewart
Mike Hammett Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:53 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office Did you figure out why it was dropping out? All of it dropping out? Just some APs dropping? Just some users dropping? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Comp

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Steven Miano
-- > >> Mike Hammett > >> Intelligent Computing Solutions > >> http://www.ics-il.com > >> > >> > >> > >> - Original Message - > >> > >> From: "Paul Stewart" > >> To: "Mike Hammett

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Paul Nash
- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> - Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Paul Stewart" >> To: "Mike Hammett" , nanog@nanog.org >> Sent: Thursday, Jan

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
29, 2015 10:18:31 AM Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office Most of the issues are related to firmware. Most of my UBNT experience was with the UAP-Pro and the UAP-AC, and it wasn't a good experience. Production firmwares seem to be of beta quality. For features, they can&#

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Tyler Mills
? Just some users dropping? > > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Paul Stewart" > To: "Mike Hammett" , nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Thursday, Jan

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Tiago Felipe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 +1 Xirrus On 01/29/2015 08:17 AM, Paul Nash wrote: > Make that +2. I am halfway through an install for about 800 users > spread through a multi-story building with around 100 R700 access > points and ZD 3000. Once you understand the basics, it is

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
t; , nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:34:46 AM Subject: RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office I had a bad experience with it one time at a tradeshow environment. 6 access points setup for public wifi. The radio levels were quite good in various areas of the tradeshow h

RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Slade, Ian
Solutions ian.sl...@saic.com  | 703.676.5234 -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Smith Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:13 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office Aruba Networks is also good for wir

RE: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Paul Stewart
rom: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:23 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office What problems have you had with UBNT? It's zero hand-off doesn't work on unsecured networks, but that

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Ray Soucy
Yeah, most people ignore ZH. UBNT marketing hyped it up quite a bit, and for a residential deployment it can work OK, but if you have any kind of background in wireless you'll understand that it goes out the window for a non-trivial deployment due to the requirement of all APs sharing a channel.

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
What problems have you had with UBNT? It's zero hand-off doesn't work on unsecured networks, but that's about the extent of the issues I've heard of other than stadium density environments. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Messag

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Ray Soucy
Just curious. What kind of problems have you seen with the Ubiquiti solution? I've had a few units in for testing a potential managed wireless for rural libraries and so far they've been pretty rock solid for the price. My biggest critique is that they don't support many features and are fairly

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Aaron Smith
Aruba Networks is also good for wireless. I support ~2000 users spread out over 50+ buildings on a small college campus. Lots of add on options like Clearpass for NAC and guest provisioning and Airwave for historical data and RF planning. Good Luck! Aaron Smith - Original Message - F

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Paul Nash
Make that +2. I am halfway through an install for about 800 users spread through a multi-story building with around 100 R700 access points and ZD 3000. Once you understand the basics, it is trivial to set up, easy to manage, performance is superb. Using RADIUS auth you can assign different gr

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Chris Knipe
Mikrotik's also a rather good choice for the Wireless AP side... On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Eduardo Schoedler wrote: > +1 Ruckus+ZoneDirector > > -- > Eduardo > > Em quinta-feira, 29 de janeiro de 2015, Tyler Mills > escreveu: > > > Have had a lot of experience with Ruckus(and Unifi un

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-29 Thread Eduardo Schoedler
+1 Ruckus+ZoneDirector -- Eduardo Em quinta-feira, 29 de janeiro de 2015, Tyler Mills escreveu: > Have had a lot of experience with Ruckus(and Unifi unfortunately). The > Ruckus platform is one of the best. If you will be responsible for > supporting the deployment, it will save you a lot of f

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-28 Thread Tyler Mills
Have had a lot of experience with Ruckus(and Unifi unfortunately). The Ruckus platform is one of the best. If you will be responsible for supporting the deployment, it will save you a lot of frustration when compared with UBNT. On Thu Jan 29 2015 at 12:18:54 AM Mike Lyon wrote: > Check out Xirr

Re: Recommended wireless AP for 400 users office

2015-01-28 Thread Mike Lyon
Check out Xirrus On Jan 28, 2015 9:08 PM, "Manuel Marín" 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