Re: [Coworking] What's your bandwidth?

[xaymanhsu]

Alex - what a goldmine of information and insight. It's so much more 
practical to hear from actual operators who understand the clientele and 
with experience of running spaces. Thank you very much!

Unifi swtich - our ISP will be providing enterprise class Cisco or Huawei 
routers, will these be compatible with this switch?

Uifi controller - impressive list of functionalities but does it also 
provide individual user access from the APs? not sure what the technical 
term is but I'm looking for a solution that allows members to login to the 
wireless network with their own individual login and password credentials 
over the same network, as opposed to everyone given the same password to 
login. Furthermore, does the controller allow for the creation of a captive 
portal, say on a Guest wireless network?


Trevor - thanks for sharing! Are you concerned with 50mb up being 
insufficient, or do you envision the use case for the majority of members 
not requiring extra bandwidth?

On Tuesday, 18 September 2018 21:21:56 UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
> In my experience, 100 mbs up and down *should* be ample for most users. 
> 30 people with ~2ish devices each should be fine. 
>
> We have 150 down/120 up for over 150 users and *never* run into bandwidth 
> issues, even when lots of people are streaming videos, downloading large 
> files, doing big dropbox syncs, etc. Actual real world usage in our 150 
> person space shows that that it's a near-zero occurrence that more than 1-5 
> people are large bandwidh users *at the same time. *At this moment as I 
> write this email, 6 people are using more than 1 meg per second.  
>
> That said, even with the exact same setup we used to have *major* issues 
> with our old Comcast service, their non-fiber upload speeds are limited and 
> more importantly, when you "fill" the upload pipe it can do anything from 
> slow the download connection to crash the modem. Go figure. Comcast 
> "business class" is pretty terrible. Avoid at all costs. 
>
> For the rest of your infrastructure - I'd plan for *more than one* Unifi 
> AP. I've got a super detailed outline of our Unifi setup in this other 
> thread on the google group 
> . 
> These day's I'd recommend going with the AP AC Pro. They're awesome. 
>
> That said, every environment is different, but we start to see performance 
> degradation when there is more than 30-40 devices on a single AP. Two 
> should be good, and help you spread coverage across the space. And make 
> sure you follow the mounting instructions! 
>
> Alex
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 2:26 PM > wrote:
>
>> Super new to this and would appreciate some advice. I'm opening up a 
>> small space with a capacity of 30 people, including laptops and phones I 
>> expect around 60-70 devices at full capacity.I expect to have our CCTV, 
>> entry system, POS and printer hooked up to the network at all times. 
>>
>> I estimate 90+% of our users to be of the drop-in type, similar to those 
>> who work from your local coffee shop or Starbucks. The remaining minority 
>> of users will have more demanding needs in terms of their internet speeds.
>>
>> I'm planning on getting an uncontended leased line, with symmetrical 
>> speeds of 100mbs on a 100mb circuit and 1 UniFi AP. Do you think this will 
>> be sufficient? My research is telling me it's everything ranging from 
>> complete overkill to being insufficient (target of 5mbs per person)??
>>
>> Please also sure your bandwidth and no. of users for comparison. 
>>
>> Many thanks!
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Re: [Coworking] Re: WiFi HW recommendations

[Trevor Townsend]

If you folks are interested, Office R&D (membership relationship 
management, www.OfficeRnD.com) is working on integrating Ubiquiti/Unifi for 
credential management on the network.  Office R&D integrates with SaltoKS, 
which I also use, so that when a member signs up for a plan they receive 
access to the space immediately.

Best,
Trevor

On Wednesday, 21 March 2018 17:53:17 UTC-4, Glen Ferguson wrote:
>
> Notifications are still in beta, but I was pretty psyched too to see it in 
> there.
>
> Yeah, I can identify most member devices from the UniFi controller, 
> typically the Clients screen. The most cryptic devices are Android phones 
> and the Windows machines that get names like DESKTOP-xx. Those I have 
> to track down and ask members if it's theirs. Making the lookup table was 
> about an hour of copy/paste between apps. Once done, it's pretty static 
> content. I try to make IDing their devices part of the new member 
> onboarding, since seeing new stuff on the network the same day we have a 
> new member makes it easy. 
>
> The devices I don't have IDed are members' new phones or meeting attendees 
> and I'll delete those. Bear in mind I started this on Monday, so there are 
> still rough edges.
>
> Eventually, I'll turn on the LDAP/RADIUS network so I can get a single 
> member login to network and website tools like meeting room reservations. 
>
> Oh, don't forget to set up a rule/filter to delete the alerts that come to 
> your mailbox, unless you want an extra 80+ emails a day.
>
>
> *Glen Ferguson*   
> Phone: 301-732-5165 
> Email: gl...@coworkfrederick.com  
> Website: https://www.coworkfrederick.com 
> Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701 
>  
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Alex Hillman  > wrote:
>
>> Well that's cool - I didn't realize they had such granular control over 
>> notifications. That's awesome. 
>>
>> From the "not yet" is it safe to assume you collecting/linking Mac 
>> addresses to members in that other tab manually?
>>
>>
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>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Glen Ferguson > > wrote:
>>
>>> I forgot to mention that I usually find pricing on the Ubiquiti web 
>>> store (store.ubnt.com) generally beats Amazon.
>>>
>>> o. Can you share how you set up Unifi to send that email?
>>>
>>>
>>> Alex, you made me actually do some work on a snow day, darn you. (Insert 
>>> usual disclaimer for neglected website appearance.) Here's a step-by-step 
>>> guide: https://itconcierge.co/email-notifications-in-unifi-controller/
>>>
>>>
>>> *Glen Ferguson*   
>>> Phone: 301-732-5165 
>>> Email: gl...@coworkfrederick.com  
>>> Website: https://www.coworkfrederick.com 
>>> Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701 
>>> 
>>>  
>>>  
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 12:43 PM, Michael Williams >> > wrote:
>>>
 If you're looking for a local contact who can help, Akshay of Airowire 
 Networks. He can be reached at +91 9880-773-484.

 On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 5:07:43 AM UTC-7, Ramesh Agarwal wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> New to the group but I saw similar posts earlier and hence posting.
>
> I am setting up a 2000 sqft space in Bangalore and I am lost trying to 
> get an optimum WiFi solutions for the space. The space can accommodate a 
> max of 45 people so I am thinking a total of 90 Wifi devices (laptops and 
> phones) will hook on to the network. I intend to put 3 access points, a 
> router and a switch (have about 16 ports of LAN) to run the network. If I 
> can get recommendations on the equipment to use that would be really 
> appreciated.
>
> Also there are some managed WiFi solutions that are available ( 
> http://griggi.com/) but would like to get feedback on the usefulness 
> of such solutions and feedback if anyone is using it.
>
> Thanks
> Ramesh
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[Coworking] Re: What's your bandwidth?

[Tom Ball]

Hi,
We have a big space (500 people / c.1000 devices on a busy day) with 1000mb 
up / 1000mb down
We never have bandwidth issues - and rarely go over 300mb

Where we have had problems is interference - from neighbours - and from 
things like wi-fi printers and tenant APs (we try and discourage both now)
We used and love Unifi too - I'd definitely get a pro/nano though - and we 
have it hosted to have one less moving part (we use a UK company 
broadbandbuyer)
Depending on shape of your space I would think about two APs for 70 devices 
- and try and cable in heavy users such as CCTV - to save airwaves more 
than actual bandwidth - or one of their bigger APs (HD/SHD) if it's a 
compact space
I would also keep an eye on heavy users (normally 1 or 2 who use much more) 
and suggest they go wired - so they (and everyone else) get best connection

We moved one site from Unifi to Meraki (about 5x the price!) - but main 
thing we gained was understanding of problem - which was interference - I 
believe the Unifi SHD AP gives you monitoring - so worth considering. We 
will have one SHD in our reception, an HD in our event spaces - but then 
nanos for rest (about 18 APs across 29,000 sq ft / 6 floors)

We also use their switches / USG firewall - and love the way it all "just 
works" - with POE switches to power APs & CCTV to reduce cable clutter

You may still get some issues with VOIP etc - any glitch can take out a call

Hope that helps
Tom

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