We have been using Ruckus for at least 7 years. We mainly use 1 controller with a backup and a 2nd controller for newer devices as a test platform.
We have gone from Extreme to Cisco to Ruckus and now entirely ruckus. We have purchased from several suppliers and found the cost to be about 10% less than others. We have used wifi bridging on numerous occasions; the reliability and durability never ceases to amaze. A case in point: we bridged from a main building to our Athletics gym and offices - approx. 2000 yards. We had a series of rough weather but saw no issue with the network connection or throughput. However, when we went to the gym area the antenna - on a portable tripod and weighted down - had blown over the edge of the building and the antenna was facing a wall 180 degrees from the original target. The reception had not changed and the AP was working like it should. Ruckus has a good automatic meshing of APs without major programming. The only issue I had was that our dorm complexes were close enough that an issue of slow internet which was not showing up on Solarwinds was because of the automatic meshing. Two APs close enough to mesh with each other allowed the switches to offer reasonable bandwidth via the meshed section. I have tested numerous APs over the years and cannot find APs from another company to match them. The more signal reflection the better the APs perform. On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:01 PM, Wesley Troy Scott <tsc...@uwyo.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > > I'm curious about how you are using Ruckus Wireless products on campus. > Specifically: > > > > 1. What's the size of your deployment (waps, controllers, users, etc) > 2. Are you completely Ruckus or do you have a mix of WLAN vendors > 3. Did you transition to Ruckus from another vendor or was it a > greenfield deployment > 4. How does the cost compare to other vendors > 5. Any concerns about specific use cases > 6. Anything folks should know when talking about Ruckus > > > Thanks to anyone that can throw some light on Ruckus and is willing to > share their experience with me. I'll take responses off list too if that's > better for you. > > > Sincerely, > > > Troy Scott > > tsc...@uwyo.edu > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/ > discuss. > > -- Harry Rauch Network Analyst Eckerd College 4200 - 54th Ave So St. Petersburg, FL 33711 727-864-8318 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
