[lug] wireless router or access point suggestions

[George Sexton]

On 7/30/2015 1:13 PM, Steve A Hart wrote:
> I'm looking to put a wireless router or wireless access point into a 
> small conference room.  As not to interfere with the CU Boulder 
> wireless setup, I need to have the following available in the device.

I've been using a few Engenius EAP 600 units. Here's my take on them. 
They've got 5Ghz and 2.4GHz radios. The radios are extremely good. I 
used two units to cover a church that's something like 30,000 square 
feet, including a basement. The EAP 600 is an access point only. It has 
no routing. The units support POE, and include a ceiling mount. They 
look like smoke alarms so you can put them pretty much anywhere. 
Historically, they've had some stability problems, but the latest 
firmware updates seem to have addressed that. They run a custom linux 
distribution and include support for SYSLOG and CRON.

They support multiple SSIDs on each radio and VLAN tagging. I used one 
unit with a HP Procurve to create segmented public/private LAN's on the 
same device. It took a while to get things working but it did work. The 
real kick seems to be that the ISC DHCP daemon doesn't handle VLAN 
tagged packets right.

The units support SNMP, so you can monitor the devices with MRTG and 
keep track of the bandwidth. Each SSID actually has it's own virtual 
interface that can be monitored via SNMP.

They're not exactly cheap, but if you're looking for a pretty manageable 
device they're decent.

> - Must use the 5 GHz channel
> - Ability to turn off the 2.4GHz channel
Yes. You can turn off the radios.
> - Ability to control the power in terms of how far it reaches.

You can set the broadcast power levels.


>
> Any suggestions on makes and models would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
> -- 
> Steve Hart
> Systems Administrator
> Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
> University of Colorado Boulder
> Steven.Hart at colorado.edu
> (303)492-8109
>

-- 
George Sexton
*MH Software, Inc.*
Voice: 303 438 9585
http://www.mhsoftware.com
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