I would have recommended aruba networks, however my latest support experience with them has sucked so much it almost made me cry and It takes a lot to make me cry!!!! tears of anger and dissapointment. It takes a lot to make me mad too.
I'd say for you find a good deal on xirrus arrays or cisco.
I had to do something sorta like that with my meraki z1/aruba rap109 x 2 setup...
vlan100=main ssid-Main (on aruba:client ip assignment:network managed/client vlan=default)
vlan3=guests ssid-Guest (on aruba:client ip assignment:network managed/client vlan=3)
and that works fine... if I make...
Do you need a beefy firewall? That's gonna alter a lot of recommendations.
If yes then a PFsense box+an Aruba RAP109 AP would do the trick. I can sell you one, as I have a spare but I'd have to charge 450 to cover shipping+firmware updating
If no then you can get a Meraki Z1 and then get a...
Xirrus :) They are designed for a lot more users. The XR630 I've tested is Maximum Associated Users
240 (120 per radio). or you can get a few of their even bigger arrays that have several APs in them.
Did a quick review of the XR630s and the configurability is amazing.
Xirrus was used at...
You got two overlapping networks. Do any of those use another channel (40Mhz) that might show up when their routers switch on the bond? That might give you an idea.
If all else fails: You may want to switch to 11, as there are no overlaps and weaker co channels.
Does your APs have "management" VLANs like the Xirrus arrays do?
I know I can't have my ports set to drop untagged traffic on my meraki Z1 to my Xirrus arrays since it uses out of band XMS cloud management so it can sync between the two arrays and I can monitor them on the go. (it also has...
Anyone recommend a low wattage option? Electric bill has to be kept low due to the higher summer bills :( The untangle boxes on their site are hella expensive (700+!)
Thanks everyone :) I'm looking into all these options.
Currently just have an amped rta15, however I did order a meraki z1 and I am giving that a shot. I'll let you know how it goes.
If it doesn't do good I may look into the other options.
I saw that there's a watchguard firebox on newegg...
what is a router under 300 bucks that I can get that would block torrent traffic?
Can I also just do it with pfsense or any of those?
Please let me know.
I've tested Fortinet, Aruba, Cisco Meraki, and I'm testing a couple from another brand right now.
Cisco Meraki: (tested Z1 and MX60W)
Pros: Excellent management software. Cloud hosted=No need for controllers. Good throughput. Very detailed client specs. Very thorough QoS controls. Rock solid...
Hmm I had excellent range with the MX60W that I tested.... Did you configure those to use a non-congested channel??? What were the specs of the environment?
:( why would they discontinue it?? that sucks for my company :( we don't want to host our own email since we use windows azure for our main site and it would cost us too much to run that. -_-
This! Having multiple APs with layer 3 roaming is even better. Cisco Meraki does it and doers it easy. I recommend those. You can do it with an MX appliance or a VM concentrator.
Well the people on the laptops want to access resources on wired servers and also some deployment software and monitoring software require to be on the sane subnet. Guests are typically handled by VLANs and I don't know why fortinet decides to assume everyone wants to separate by default...
Is there a way to make the wired network share the same IP range as the wired without redoing ALL the interfaces and clearing ALL DHCP and ALL policies?
I want the wired and the wireless to BOTH have 192.168.3.xxx range.
CLI or GUI options I'm comfy with.