I've never used ubiquity equipment as an AP but I would be pretty leery
of using a $40 piece of equipment as an AP in an environment for a
paying customer. I have gone with cheap end equipment (cheap for 802.11)
and never had anything other than headaches with it. Under power issues,
overpower issues, overheating issues, generally needing resets.
The best I have come up with for 'low-end' APs has been MT Crossroads
still a bit on the expensive side but where I have installed them I
haven't had the phone calls and I don't have to train clients/customers
to powercycle the APs on occasion.
Just thought I would pass it on. I have spent thousands of dollars in
'cheap' equipment that was just that... cheap. Nothing wrong with
operating on a budget, we all have those issues, but it is one thing to
go with cheap end CPE where you can ask the person to power cycle first
and if it is a consistent issue to call and we can replace it. It is
another when a hotel/motel/apt manager is constantly having to futz with
the equipment and deal with complaining clients when things don't work.
Especially if they are looking for something that is low-maintenance,
spend now, the headaches of hidden cost of tech support will far
outweigh the additional cost of APs.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
Butch Evans wrote:
On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 11:59 -0500, Rick Smith wrote:
Anyone used the bullets yet ? Are they really going to be "that good" ?
What is "that good"? I mean, at under $40 for an AP, you can't expect a
LOT. :-) Either way, you can't find them at the moment. Ubiquiti has
had a delay of some sort getting them out the door. They were expected
over a month ago, IIRC.
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