Hi,
Especially with the indicated size, I'd never go for Meraki... IMHO it's
not ready for enterprise scale and not even near the maturity for a
large, diverse and dynamic environment like the ones you'll find in
(higher) ed.
Meraki is *very* good at marketing though, I'll give them that.
Regards,
Jeroen van Ingen
ICT Service Centre
University of Twente, P.O.Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
On 12/11/2015 02:52 PM, Daniel Eklund wrote:
RFP is a good idea. Considering your size you should be seriously
looking at alternative like Meraki and Ruckus.
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Klaczko, Edwin <eklac...@sd54.org
<mailto:eklac...@sd54.org>> wrote:
Even though it’s a bit more work an RFP is a good idea. Even if you
are happy with your current vendor it helps with getting the best
pricing. On several occasions I’ve virtually eliminated the “Cisco
premium” everyone expects. Now ongoing SmartNet maintenance costs
are another matter.____
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Eddie Klaczko____
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<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] *On Behalf Of *Osborne,
Bruce W (Network Services)
*Sent:* Friday, December 11, 2015 6:34 AM
*To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
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*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco LWAP Advice____
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I agree with the RFP idea. ____
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When we last did an RFP and in-house demos & proof of concepts, we
were surprised at what was offered by Aruba Networks. They even
worked with us to support multicast video on wireless. ____
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*Bruce Osborne*____
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*IT Infrastructure & Media Solutions*____
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*From:*Lee H Badman [mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu]
*Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2015 1:41 PM
*Subject:* Re: Cisco LWAP Advice____
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If the old controller is all that is tying you to Cisco, it sounds
like RFP time- let the market compete for your business.____
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*Lee Badman*| Network Architect____
Information Technology Services
206 Machinery Hall
120 Smith Drive
Syracuse, New York 13244____
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<tel:315.443.4325> *e* lhbad...@syr.edu <mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu>
*w* its.syr.edu <http://its.syr.edu>____
*SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY*
syr.edu <http://syr.edu>____
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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Andrew Conley
*Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2015 1:35 PM
*To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
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*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco LWAP Advice____
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Eddie,____
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Thanks for the advice! I don't think that Cisco will "give" us a
controller - but nice try...____
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Best,____
*Andrew Conley*____
/Director of Information Technology/____
San Diego Unified High School District____
E: andrew.con...@sduhsd.org <mailto:andrew.con...@sduhsd.org>____
W: 760.363.5008 x 1009 <tel:760.363.5008%20x%201009>____
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<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of Klaczko,
Edwin <eklac...@sd54.org <mailto:eklac...@sd54.org>>
*Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2015 9:54 AM
*To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
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*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco LWAP Advice____
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I concur with Thomas. Per this doc
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-3750-series-switches/end_of_life_notice_c51-634665.html____
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End-of-life was 12/13/2010____
End-of-SW maintenance was 6/12/2014____
End-of-Service Contract Renewal Date was 9/8/2015____
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With the size of your district maybe you have a spare 5500 or newer
lying around if you don’t want to invest the money right now. Pick
which APs you want to use first since this will be a good bulk of
your costs, then have Cisco “give” you the controller for them. ;)____
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Eddie Klaczko____
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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of
*McClintic, Thomas
*Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:27 AM
*To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>
*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco LWAP Advice____
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To future proof your deployment it may be best to upgrade your WLC
to a 5520. I suggest deploying the x700 series LWAP to support
802.11ac as we have seen a large increase in clients supporting it.
Here is a comparison chart for the various ac enabled LWAPs.____
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/wireless/buyers-guide.html#~indoorac____
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Cisco has nice bundling options so we have opted to use the 3702
after taking advantage of the bundling discounts. We use the 2702 in
smaller office bundles as well, but large buildings with higher
density we choose the latter.____
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Hope this helps!____
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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Jake Snyder
*Sent:* Wednesday, December 09, 2015 9:07 PM
*To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>
*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco LWAP Advice____
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So the only AP still sold new that is supported on a 4404 is the
3502i.____
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Not much in the way for options on that old platform, but that is
what you can still buy. Might be time to look at upgrading that old
girl.____
Thanks____
Jake Snyder____
jsny...@compunet.biz <mailto:jsny...@compunet.biz>____
208-286-3015 <tel:208-286-3015>____
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On Dec 9, 2015, at 4:56 PM, Andrew Conley <andrew.con...@sduhsd.org
<mailto:andrew.con...@sduhsd.org>> wrote:____
Hi all,____
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I'm new to the EduCause community (even though I'm a HS District
IT Director and Educause is for Higher-Ed..). We're a 135,000
student and 6,000 staff district (very large). I am doing a
AP deploy for a new high school building (I have a Cisco
WLC4402-100-K9 installed in the building already) with
approximately 500 clients connected and wanted to know what
Cisco LWAPs everyone was using or would recommend for this
deploy. ____
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Thanks in advance for your assistance!____
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*Andrew Conley*____
/Director of Information Technology/____
San Diego Unified High School District____
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