[GRLUG] Wireless Router suggestions

Dave Chiodo megadave at gmail.com
Thu Jun 12 17:44:22 EDT 2014


I'm pretty sure Ubiquiti uses a nonstandard PoE setup... It might be
possible to adapt though.


On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The Quick Guide says this
> Power can be provided by either of the following:
> • Included PoE Adapter
> • Ubiquiti Networks TOUGHSwitch PRO, model TS-8-PRO
>
> We already have a Cisco POE switch so I thought I'm good, but an
> amazon question/answer(TOTALLY trusted information source) stated
> Will this AP work with a standard POE Switch? Jan 26, 2014
> No it uses 24 volts and the standard is 48Volts. This accesspoint is
> proprietary.
>
> Is this right?  Will this not work with my cisco poe switch?
> Share and Enjoy
> Ben
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Dave Chiodo <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'll second the Ubiquiti recommendation. I replaced a point-to-point link
> > with a pair of their combo units, and performance and reliability
> compared
> > to the previous setup jumped by leaps and bounds. I'm getting 100Mbits
> > reliably where before I struggled to average 10Mbit.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Those look good.  Thank you.
> >> Share and Enjoy
> >> Ben
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Mark Farver <mfarver at mindbent.org>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > On Jun 12, 2014 8:38 AM, "Benjamin Flanders" <flanderb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I need to replace 2 wireless routers at work.  any suggestions on the
> >> >> brand/model?
> >> >
> >> > At $200 you could get a 3 pack of Ubiquiti APs if you don't need
> >> > routers.
> >> > I've seen them work well though some people have told me they are
> >> > unhappy
> >> > with the quality lately.  Depending on the space you may consider the
> LR
> >> > versions.
> >> >
> >> > Mark
> >> >
> >> >
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