Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks?
They target the enterprise market. Way easier to work with than Cisco's enterprise WiFi system IMO. My apartment is a RF mess in 2.4Ghz. I've been cycling through WiFi vendors every quarter or two for the past couple of years to see how their products behave between my work, my wife's streaming work, etc. I have a pair of the Ruckus IAP93 (embedded controller, APs on same LAN work it out, otherwise all their stuff wants a controller) and they tag-team finding clear channels and shifting clients and AP channels around to dodge the neighbor's microwave, WiFi (my neighbors include appliance/telco service people that bring their trucks home at night with onboard WiFi hotspots), etc. Shorter range than UniFi at it's best but it's winning at it just works all the time. They have some interesting features too. The APs can build a VPN per SSID back to different endpoints so your cash registers go on the SSID that VPNs back to the billing system, staff VPNs to somewhere else, etc. They have neat teleworker/remote office boxes to send home with staff. One box VPNs back to your main office, does WiFi just like in the office for staff devices, and does PoE out to a desk phone. It tracks MOS score for the phone inside the VPN, etc. Built-in username/password for WPA2-Enterprise if you want (username/pass per employee) so you get the ease of WPA2-PSK with WPA2-Enterprise's per-user control. We still like UniFi for low to medium density in unchallenging environments, though I'm getting tired of hacking up UniFi controller config files to make handoff sorta work. I hear Xirrus is the best for high-density from people that do WiFi at large events (e.g. basketball stadium full of gamers) but haven't had a need/chance to play with it yet... On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Chuck McCown ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: I see HP bought them. Never heard of them. I would have thought that if they were any good this crowd would have been talking about this at some time or other.
Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks?
Their fans get hard ons over them. Xirrus, Ruckus, UniFi. That's all you really need. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown ch...@wbmfg.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 10:55:56 AM Subject: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks? I see HP bought them. Never heard of them. I would have thought that if they were any good this crowd would have been talking about this at some time or other.
Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks?
We know the (former?) CEO and at least one of their engineers. AFAIK,
they sell an enterprise WiFi management system. Haven't kept track of
them other than that.
bp
part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com
On 3/2/2015 8:55 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
I see HP bought them. Never heard of them. I would have thought that
if they were any good this crowd would have been talking about this at
some time or other.
[AFMUG] Aruba Networks?
I see HP bought them. Never heard of them. I would have thought that if they were any good this crowd would have been talking about this at some time or other.
Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks?
Chuck, Aruba was one of the original switched Wi-Fi vendors, like Airespace that Cisco bought around 2005. Aruba now is part of HP, who had been really late in the game (even later than Juniper) in broadening its in-house expertise to include Wi-Fi. Patrick On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Chuck McCown ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: I see HP bought them. Never heard of them. I would have thought that if they were any good this crowd would have been talking about this at some time or other. -- Patrick Leary Director BD, North America, Telrad 727.501.3735 patrickleary.af...@gmail.com [this address is only for AFMUG] patrick.le...@telrad.com patrick.le...@telrad.com [this is my corporate address]
Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks?
Aruba had the best routing protocols for mesh deployments that I’d seen. There was definitely value in that. They were the only ones that seemed to have done that versus the different limited mesh protocols others had in place. rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 9:57 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks? Their fans get hard ons over them. Xirrus, Ruckus, UniFi. That's all you really need. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL[http://www.ics-il.com/images/googleicon.png]https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]https://twitter.com/ICSIL From: Chuck McCown ch...@wbmfg.commailto:ch...@wbmfg.com To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 10:55:56 AM Subject: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks? I see HP bought them. Never heard of them. I would have thought that if they were any good this crowd would have been talking about this at some time or other.
Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks?
Remember that R2D2 barrel looking thing that Motorola was trying to launch for mobile mesh? What a bunch of hype. Did anyone ever succeed in good mobile mesh? From: Rory Conaway Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 10:07 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks? Aruba had the best routing protocols for mesh deployments that I’d seen. There was definitely value in that. They were the only ones that seemed to have done that versus the different limited mesh protocols others had in place. rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 9:57 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks? Their fans get hard ons over them. Xirrus, Ruckus, UniFi. That's all you really need. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: Chuck McCown ch...@wbmfg.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 10:55:56 AM Subject: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks? I see HP bought them. Never heard of them. I would have thought that if they were any good this crowd would have been talking about this at some time or other.
Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks?
BelAir did the same thing, but they did it the right way technically, separate radios in every direction. Motorola did it the wrong way at ½ the price and introduced the 1/n problem with a single radio. Tropos had the best mesh mobile solution and it worked great. Aruba has a great mobile solution also up to about 40mph though, just not the cheapest. None of them had any reasonable throughput though over multiple hops, especially with the 1/N issue. When we tested the BelAir, the best we could get through it was about 17Mbps TCP/IP versus SkyPilot at 12Mbps but the BelAir could hop.The biggest problem for all of them is they priced themselves out of the market. The most cost effective solution today is any vendor with a Peplink mobile router in the car with dual radios talking to the cheapest APs you can get up on the poles. It can look ahead and connect before dropping the previous connection. Rocket M2’s with omni’s work pretty well. rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 10:09 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks? Remember that R2D2 barrel looking thing that Motorola was trying to launch for mobile mesh? What a bunch of hype. Did anyone ever succeed in good mobile mesh? From: Rory Conawaymailto:r...@triadwireless.net Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 10:07 AM To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks? Aruba had the best routing protocols for mesh deployments that I’d seen. There was definitely value in that. They were the only ones that seemed to have done that versus the different limited mesh protocols others had in place. rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 9:57 AM To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks? Their fans get hard ons over them. Xirrus, Ruckus, UniFi. That's all you really need. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL[http://www.ics-il.com/images/googleicon.png]https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]https://twitter.com/ICSIL From: Chuck McCown ch...@wbmfg.commailto:ch...@wbmfg.com To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 10:55:56 AM Subject: [AFMUG] Aruba Networks? I see HP bought them. Never heard of them. I would have thought that if they were any good this crowd would have been talking about this at some time or other.
