Thanks for the review Alex. It's nice to see a field report talking about the pros and cons. My license with Meraki is up in June and I've already started building a shopping list. Ubiquiti has been high on the list for some time. I'm also looking at their routers.
--- Glen Ferguson Cowork Frederick 122 E Patrick St Frederick, MD 21701-5630 +1 (301) 732-5165 www.coworkfrederick.com @CoworkFrederick <http://twitter.com/CoworkFrederick> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just wanted to bump this thread by saying that back in December I > hunkered down and picked up a 3 pack of the Unifi AP Pro's from Amazon. > > It took me more time to find the drill and the move our ladder than it did > to actually install them (we already had ethernet run, and a Power over > Ethernet switch installed), since it was just swapping them in place of our > old Ruckus APs. > > Setting up the controller software on the same Mac Mini that runs our > music server wasn't hard, though if you've never done any sort of network > or web service setup it might seem a *little* confusing. Nowhere near > impossible though. > > Once "adopting" the new access points to the configuration and updating > the software on the access points, the controller software spent the first > afternoon appearing to "tune" the network. It detected signal and channel > interference, automatically choosing optimal configurations. It was > actually pretty amazing to see it Just Work(tm). Within a day, the wireless > was noticeably faster and more stable than it had been in a long time. > > The only issue we've run into is that the coverage isn't as good as the > Ruckus APs, so we're going to end up needing a few more of the UnifiAPs for > our space. I already added one more to an especially troubled area, my > guess is that we'll end up with 6-8 total devices to cover 10k square feet > on 2 floors without any dead zones. The good news is that a) adding a new > AP is INSANELY easy thanks to the controller software and b) the devices > are really affordable. > > Overall, I'm a very happy customer, and really appreciate Jon's > recommendation to take these wireless APs for a spin. > > Next step is that we're considering a router upgrade, and have been > looking at Unifi's options for that as well given how great the APs are. :) > > Oh, and happy new year, everyone! > > -Alex > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
