WiFi APs for 45000 sq ft church?

[justingoldberg]

I couldn't find a churchgeek.net, so I am asking here. I am installing access points at a 45000 square feet church. It is rectangular in shape. I want to protect their existing investment in APs which are Linksys. It will be public and have a sign in form - just asking for name, email, so no RADIUS auth needed. I am thinking of using Adtran bluesocket aps. I'm also looking at UniFi ubiquity.

 

I looked at hostapd for a non-proprietary management station, but it only controls the radios builtin to your linux firewall.

 

Also the new forum font looks awful in chrome 41, windows 7 x64.

[synaesthesia]

Unifi will be absolutely perfect for that setup; I wouldn't hold breath over anything Linksys, and as the Unifi kit is so well priced anyway it's unlikely you'll lose out much at all.

[justingoldberg]

Unifi will be absolutely perfect for that setup; I wouldn't hold breath over anything Linksys, and as the Unifi kit is so well priced anyway it's unlikely you'll lose out much at all.

 

That's good to know. Thanks for the reply.

[LeMarchand]

Unifi is cheap and scalable + use any browser to manage - what's not to like? They even have a new (admittedly not cheap!) point that doubles as a PA system.

 

P.S. I did find churchgeek.com, but it appears to be blocked here!

[LeMarchand]

I did find churchgeek.com, but it appears to be blocked here!

 

...just seen my Avast logs. Looks like it was Avast blocking access with what looks like good reason.