On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Tom Parker <t...@carrott.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 19:26 -0800, Sameer Verma wrote: >> Any useful feedback/criticisms on the Ubiquiti Picostation units being >> used in the Samoa deployment? http://www.ubnt.com/picostation We are >> debating between these and WRT54GL units for Jamaica. > > Unfortunately, I can't give a large amount of feedback. I've never used > the WRT54GL, so I can't compare. The Picostation was easy to install, > comes with a mounting bracket for screwing to the wall and will attach > to a pole with a zip tie. Its weatherproof, and we installed one on a > flag pole in front of a school. This provided coverage to about half the > village. > > The Picostation comes with a POE injector, which isn't as neat as a POE > switch, as it's a brick with a mains cord on one end and 2 ethernet > sockets. I don't know how compatible the picostation is with a POE > switch. > > While they were there, they worked well if there weren't too many > laptops. We did have one working very slowly with about 40 laptops > connected from the next room (after this experience, we told the school > not do big laptop class with all their kids with laptops in a double > size classroom next to the "computer room" with the access point (we put > access points in 3 classrooms in that school)). > > Unfortunately, we have heard nothing since we installed them. We don't > know if they are still working, or if they have been giving any trouble. > > > >
Hi Tom, Thanks for the feedback. It helps. Were you able to fix the AP on a specific channel (1, 6 ,or 11)? cheers, Sameer _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
