Uraken Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 Hello all i'm after a super duper wap that sends signals for miles( well a fair bit at least ) can anyone make any recommendations please.
Domino Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 do you just want a single WAP or a system to cover a large area?
Uraken Posted October 6, 2008 Author Posted October 6, 2008 A single wap to replace one which doesn't appear to be up to the task.
Uraken Posted October 6, 2008 Author Posted October 6, 2008 providing adequete signal to enable two/three machines to log on to network download roaming profile and browse the net, i'm using 3com presently, the distance is about 20 feet and the signal is low or non existent??
Domino Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 okay, and where is the AP in relation to the laptops? is there much in the way interference? Personally I've always found the higher spec linksys gear to be very good. but if you expect wireless to be taken up more in the future it might be worth pushing for a managed system
Uraken Posted October 6, 2008 Author Posted October 6, 2008 its in the canteen so loads of metal etc, we will eventually have a managed system but not yet.
mrbios Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 Roaming profiles + wireless... sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen Don't know about best but i can happily recommend the HP Procurve AP420s, we've got 4-5 of them and the range and speed seems pretty good
strawberry Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point 10ag - Misco.co.uk not a bad product.
Sylv3r Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 Roaming profiles + wireless... sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen Don't know about best but i can happily recommend the HP Procurve AP420s, we've got 4-5 of them and the range and speed seems pretty good We have these throughout the school but I can't confirm if they are any better than anything else available on the market. I can however say that we have had no issues at all with them and reguarly keep the firmware up to date to resolve any possible issues they may be even if we are not suffering from them.
mrbios Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 I'm not sure what the range is like on alternatives of the same price range but it definately seems to slaughter the cheaper option, when i first started here we had awful dlink £30 jobbys which were TERRIBLE, so I would say the procurves are certainly better than anything you'll get for a low "home" style budget, possibly making them worth the extra Main reason for us buying them though was the management through procurve manager as all our switches are procurves
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