Re: [Coworking] Unifi Basic/Pro and Meraki

2015-07-08 Thread Alex Hillman
I've accidentally run our network without the controller...because the software wasn't running :) It stayed up and many people stayed online, but the reason I even noticed that the software wasn't running was because some members were having trouble with their connections. If you're just running a

Re: [Coworking] Unifi Basic/Pro and Meraki

2015-07-08 Thread Liane J.
Is it possible to successfully use the Ubiquity Pro without a controller? And has anyone just used it as their router as well? Pros and cons if so please - thanks! On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 10:27:30 AM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote: > > FWIW, user management in a coworking space network can be

Re: [Coworking] Unifi Basic/Pro and Meraki

2015-07-08 Thread Alex Hillman
FWIW, user management in a coworking space network can be 100x more work if you let it...more work for you and your team, but also more work for members. Keep it simple until you can't any more. :) On Wednesday, July 8, 2015, Jeran Fraser wrote: > Alex, > > Thanks so much for the feedback, super

Re: [Coworking] Unifi Basic/Pro and Meraki

2015-07-08 Thread Jeran Fraser
Alex, Thanks so much for the feedback, super helpful. I spent some time on a webinar yesterday with Cisco. Meraki seems incredible and allows us the ability to manage users from several perspectives, but again, it's about weighing the cost benefits of the yearly license fee. I am definitely le

Re: [Coworking] Unifi Basic/Pro and Meraki

2015-07-07 Thread Glen Ferguson
I recently replaced our Meraki gear with Ubiquiti UniFi Pro. I think I'm in month #2 with the new gear. My Meraki licenses were coming up for renewal and it was obvious the MR12 they used to give out for free was going to have to be replaced. It had trouble handling even 3 users. Licensing fees wer

Re: [Coworking] Unifi Basic/Pro and Meraki

2015-07-07 Thread Alex Hillman
I don't have much to say about Meraki other than that I was underwhelmed by the hardware during the test run we did. Obviously, based on other people's experience, your milage may vary! Wifi is complex, and performance depends on lots of things..from density of the walls/floors to the number of oth

Re: [Coworking] Unifi Basic/Pro and Meraki

2015-07-07 Thread Jacob Sayles
Pro for sure and stay away from the AC units for now. They are new and working through some bugs. Also make sure you account for a controller for the system. We just us a simple linux box running their software. Easy as pie. On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Jeran Fraser wrote: > Thank you al

[Coworking] Unifi Basic/Pro and Meraki

2015-07-07 Thread Jeran Fraser
Thank you all, especially Alex for all the helpful info on just about every aspect of putting a cowork space together. I have read several threads about Unifi and also some that chose Meraki. It sounds like the overwhelming majority agree that Unifi is the best solution from a cost perspective.