Almost always ignore any range specifications a manufacturer has. Just do the power calculations for yourself.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason McKemie via Af" <af@afmug.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 11:32:52 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone worked with the Ruckus Xclaim yet? Not much, but I'm not looking to use the outdoor version with my phone, so moot point. I'm interested in using it for small cell deployments, which go further than 400 ft. This may just be a guideline that ubiquiti came up with for use with typical end user devices, but since it is a very specific number and is listed on their spec sheet I thought that there might be more to it. On Thursday, November 27, 2014, Mike Hammett via Af < af@afmug.com > wrote: How much range do you think y our phone has? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: "Jason McKemie via Af" < af@afmug.com > To: af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 4:37:52 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone worked with the Ruckus Xclaim yet? I haven't used them, but Ubiquiti claims that unifi has a range of only a few hundred feet (software limited I assume). You think xclaim carries this same limitation? On Thursday, November 27, 2014, Rory Conaway via Af < af@afmug.com > wrote: <blockquote> I’ve got an indoor unit. Seems to work okay. Can’t do much with it though until they get a management program. I’d suspect the outdoor range is very similar to Ubiquiti. Rory From: Af [mailto: af-boun...@afmug.com ] On Behalf Of Jason McKemie via Af Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 10:02 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone worked with the Ruckus Xclaim yet? Has anyone used these as of yet? Does the outdoor version have range limitations similar to unifi? On Sunday, November 9, 2014, Rory Conaway via Af < af@afmug.com > wrote: Thanks. I’m shocked that you can get an additional 20% it and I didn’t realize it had a distribution channel. I assumed at that price point it was direct. It would need at least a windows or cloud support for us to use it though. Setting up a VPN tunnel wouldn’t be a problem but managing a few hundred from a phone, not the best option. The thing that shocked me was the outdoor unit cost for 802.11AC. $200 less than Ubiquiti and as you suggest, a 20% discount, that’s huge. I’m also very interested in the dual-band indoor, especially at $120. Rory From: Af [mailto: af-boun...@afmug.com ] On Behalf Of Darin Steffl via Af Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2014 8:31 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone worked with the Ruckus Xclaim yet? I have one at home to play with. I generally like it but for now you can only support and manage it with an Android or iOS app with no cloud support... yet. They say it is coming so we can manage multi-site and remotely like UniFi but for now you have to be on the layer2 network with the AP's to configure them. Performance seems similar to UniFi but there are added improvements like auto channel scan and band steering and some QOS built-in. There is very little that can be configured yet. You can select channel but not channel size and the auto channel selection has caused a few issues with packet loss while the channels change but once it scans the entire band, it is very stable. We get 20% off by buying through a reseller so followup with Xclaim on who their preferred distributor is. On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 9:19 PM, Rory Conaway via Af < af@afmug.com > wrote: Pricing is really good, especially on the GHz products. Hard to believe someone could undercut Ubiquiti and if the Ruckus firmware quality is there, I sense a war coming. Rory Conaway Triad Wireless 4226 S. 37th Street Phoenix, Az. 85040 602-426-0542 r...@triadwireless.net www.triadwireless.net -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi Like us on Facebook </blockquote>
