SimpleSi Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 I've got my first Ruckus setup :-) Its a doddle to setup - just assign the controller an IP, tell it an SSID and passkey and its off - the APs just find the controller by themselves :-) I arrived here at 12 (now 14:17) and got 2 AP's intalled (and I've had lunch as well!) - it nearly takes longer to get them out of the box than installing them :-) regards Simon PS Thanks to Aggy at net-ctrl 3
Domino Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 sweeeeeeeet Love that kit - if times weren't so bad at the mo I'd be fighting harder for it here... 1
BatchFile Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 I've got my first Ruckus setup :-) Its a doddle to setup - just assign the controller an IP, tell it an SSID and passkey and its off - the APs just find the controller by themselves :-) I arrived here at 12 (now 14:17) and got 2 AP's intalled (and I've had lunch as well!) - it nearly takes longer to get them out of the box than installing them :-) regards Simon PS Thanks to Aggy at net-ctrl Do you mind me asking roughly how much it was? just a ballpark (how many zeros) would be a great help in deciding if I'm interested in persuing it or not:rolleyes:
Ric_ Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 @Si: Dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century! Whatever next... me on Facebook? (oh yeah, that happened last week!)
Haptic Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 good to see you have joined the Ruckus Revolution Fella lol
featured_spectre Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 ruckus is the bomb. we have around 98% coverage here (the 2% without coverage is the dining hall and the school gym). The lowest any member of staff has gotten was a 40% signal, and that was because she was on the field at the time! 1
SimpleSi Posted July 8, 2009 Author Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) Approx costs are around £750 for the central controller (that's to control up to 6 APs) - each AP costs around £250. I also purchased a years support for a few hundred as well but that's optional. regards Simon (ahead of Ric for once ) PS but at the same time - I've just ordered 4x£40 Buffalo APs for another school as you can't beat them for value for money to drive 15 laptops at a time However, my Ruckus school plans on having 30-40 machines running at once! Edited July 8, 2009 by SimpleSi 1
EduTech Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Nice one Simon! Aggy is very very helpful! so well done NetCtrl! 1
alan-d Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 PS but at the same time - I've just ordered 4x£40 Buffalo APs for another school as you can't beat them for value for money to drive 15 laptops at a time I could have saved you some pennies there - we will have a load of the Buffalo APs going cheap as we replace them with Ruckus this summer
SimpleSi Posted July 8, 2009 Author Posted July 8, 2009 @alan Let me have 1st refusal on them regards Simon
Edu-IT Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Do you mind me asking roughly how much it was? just a ballpark (how many zeros) would be a great help in deciding if I'm interested in persuing it or not:rolleyes: Really depends on how many AP's you're going to need. I saw a BOGOF offer on here for the AP's (CP I think) so already there's quite a saving to be made! Not sure of the specific offer details but certainly worth looking at.
Haptic Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) Approx costs are around £750 for the central controller (that's to control up to 6 APs) - each AP costs around £250. I also purchased a years support for a few hundred as well but that's optional. regards Simon (ahead of Ric for once ) PS but at the same time - I've just ordered 4x£40 Buffalo APs for another school as you can't beat them for value for money to drive 15 laptops at a time However, my Ruckus school plans on having 30-40 machines running at once! should have given us a shout fella would have saved you quite abit by the sound of it Plenty of stock also now we have more suppliers Edited July 9, 2009 by Haptic
SimpleSi Posted July 8, 2009 Author Posted July 8, 2009 You did quote me He asked for ball-park figures regards Simon 1
Haptic Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 You did quote me He asked for ball-park figures regards Simon well im very suprised we didnt get the deal fella very surpised:cool: hey cant win them all
SimpleSi Posted July 8, 2009 Author Posted July 8, 2009 Sorry - Simon - I did get a quote from someone else - thought it was CPLTD but I can't find it now regards Simon 1
Haptic Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Sorry - Simon - I did get a quote from someone else - thought it was CPLTD but I can't find it now regards Simon lol no worries fella i didnt think it was me as we seem to be the cheapest in town fella lol:confused:
alan-d Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 @alan Let me have 1st refusal on them regards Simon No problem - nearer the time I'll send you the specs.
HodgeHi Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 @CPLTD How much would it be for the controller and say 5 APs? Also does the controller power the APs as well or would we need a second switch to do this? I have already purchased a 48 port PoE switch for the job, just in case.
Haptic Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 @CPLTD How much would it be for the controller and say 5 APs? Also does the controller power the APs as well or would we need a second switch to do this? I have already purchased a 48 port PoE switch for the job, just in case. Hiya HodgeHi, you have mail !
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