Hey all, more of a Meta question here. Can anyone recommend a good IT primer? I've just set up a unifi AP AC but would love to know more about getting *the rest of the story* in regards to hardware firewalls, switches and routers. Thanks. PS, I lucked out and Fios 500/500 is cheap in my area. They have like 10 lines available IN my unit. :)
On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 3:21:30 PM UTC-8, Glen Ferguson wrote: > > 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 <dangerous...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> 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+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> 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.
