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  1. heythisisdave

    What kind of equipment for coding school of 100+ people (Netgear vs Ruckus vs...)

    Just put it in today (the Netgate 2440 running pfSense + 2 R7000s as APs). Seems to be working OK and getting more stable speeds throughout the campus but we're currently not in session so there are only staff around. Will report back when we get up and running and see how things are going...
  2. heythisisdave

    What kind of equipment for coding school of 100+ people (Netgear vs Ruckus vs...)

    What do you think about a box like this: http://store.netgate.com/ADI/RCC-VE-2440.aspx I have one of these in the mail and was thinking about trying to use that with pfSense to do the QOS/Bandwidth stuff with the R7000s in AP mode.
  3. heythisisdave

    What kind of equipment for coding school of 100+ people (Netgear vs Ruckus vs...)

    I just tried the AsusWRT Merlin on the R7000 and was not getting as good range as I got with the default FW (this was at my house, not at the school itself). I tried a bunch of Tx levels (it lets you configure it). I'm going to try default R7000 (2X) with a pfSense running QOS and see what...
  4. heythisisdave

    What kind of equipment for coding school of 100+ people (Netgear vs Ruckus vs...)

    Thanks for all the advice. I saw that Tomato has more router level features for traffic management and am testing both of those on our test R7000s right now. After doing more research, sounds like QoS is more what I need that bandwidth limits. I want to optimize for VOIP and video broadcast...
  5. heythisisdave

    What kind of equipment for coding school of 100+ people (Netgear vs Ruckus vs...)

    Ahh - that makes more sense (that enterprise APs don't care about range). I hadn't thought that that would be the trade-off but all my experiences are starting to make more sense. The R7000s have great range, the main problem I have with them right now that I can't really monitor them to see...
  6. heythisisdave

    What kind of equipment for coding school of 100+ people (Netgear vs Ruckus vs...)

    Hi thiggins - thanks for the reply and for running this great resource. That's what's really surprised me about the R7000s is that they've held up so well and everytime I try out a more expensive solution, it seems to do much worse. Right now I have a Xi-3 (configured with CloudManager) right...
  7. heythisisdave

    What kind of equipment for coding school of 100+ people (Netgear vs Ruckus vs...)

    Hi Thanks for the advice. What kind of devices by Microtik are comparable to the R7000 Access point? Their product suite is a bit confusing to understand (seems like lots of components rather than "boxes"). With the pfSense 2440 is there a nice scalable AP to add to my solution mix of 2 R7000s?
  8. heythisisdave

    What kind of equipment for coding school of 100+ people (Netgear vs Ruckus vs...)

    Thanks netwrks - I'll try that FW on the boxes when I get in on Monday. I'm hoping the pfSense will let me monitor total bandwidth usage - considering getting a 100/100 dedicated but that's quite a bit pricier than the 150/50 FIOS.
  9. heythisisdave

    What kind of equipment for coding school of 100+ people (Netgear vs Ruckus vs...)

    Hey SNB - not sure if this is the right forum to discuss this type of setup but really been struggling with poor wifi last few weeks. Users: - 75-100 people right now - 1.5x devices per person - Everyone on Wifi Usage type: - Web browsing/email mostly - Occasionally will see 20-30 people doing...
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