Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

Re:Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi by r1ch on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @07:55AM (#13166413)

I have to agree. Ubiquiti have some great marketing and slick looking UIs on their gear, but the hardware is not enterprise grade. They use standard Qualcomm/Atheros chips that almost every wireless router uses (Source: https://nl.hardware.info/reviews/5592/4/ubiquiti-unifi-acces...) so you are basically paying for software with a flashy UI and proprietary cloud configuration.

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Re:Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi by PaulHoule on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @10:07AM (#13167281)

Ruckus hardware is better but 10x as expensive.

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Re:Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi by wcfields on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @12:29PM (#13168615)

The Ruckus R600's are my go-to. I've done several offices and retail installations with those.

A close second is Xirrus, their APs are a bit bigger is size and look like oversized smoke detectors though. Though, if you work in events they are perfect: Controller built into the unit, and they have weird configurations of radios so you can deploy 16 directional radios on one device. Great for conferences where you can setup 2 of those in the corners, turn off the radios not pointing at the guests and have total airspace supremacy.

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Re:Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi by MrVitaliy on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @10:24AM (#13167424)

Have you looked at Xclaim offerings? It's ruckus hardware but less enterprisy.

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