[lug] wireless router or access point suggestions

[Quentin Hartman]

I can't recommend the Unifi products enough. They are mind-blowingly great
for the price, especially if you need to cover a large enough space that
one AP won't cut it. I have a dozen installed at my office, one at my home,
and several that I manage at other sites. Interestingly, they also make a
product called a pico station (https://www.ubnt.com/airmax/picostationm/),
which has this insane feature that lets you use it as a general purpose
900Mhz / 2.4Ghz spectrum analyzer. For $90 it's fun to play with, and an
interesting tool for doing wireless site analysis.

I found that the controller software was easy to get going on Ubuntu, they
provide a deb repo, and I just aptitude install it. Just add "deb
http://www.ubnt.com/downloads/unifi/distros/deb/ubuntu ubuntu ubiquiti" to
a .list file in your /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory. On 12.04 I don't
recall having to do anything weird to make it go.

I've setup one Engenius product at my folks' place, and it works well. I
don't recall the model, but it's one of the ones that looks like a smoke
detector. Maybe a 300-something?


On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 8:23 AM, Logan Garbarini <logangarbarini at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> I’d recommend any of Ubiquiti’s products, especially their “Enterprise”
> offerings. https://www.ubnt.com/enterprise/
> Their Unifi APs have all your requirements. They also easily handle well
> over 50 clients, something I can’t say about other APs.
>
> The one down side is they need a java controller software to set up which
> is a pain on Ubuntu (easier on Windows :/), but then it allows you to
> configure as many APs as you want which is really nice.
>
> If you’re looking for a more traditional AP, I’ve heard good things about
> EnGenius products, but can’t claim to have used them.
>
> Cheers,
> Logan
>
> On July 30, 2015 at 3:14:06 PM, Steve A Hart (shart at colorado.edu) 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.
>
> - Must use the 5 GHz channel
> - Ability to turn off the 2.4GHz channel
> - Ability to control the power in terms of how far it reaches.
>
> Any suggestions on makes and models would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
> --
> Steve Hart
> Systems Administrator
> Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
> University of Colorado BoulderSteven.Hart at colorado.edu(303)492-8109
>
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