DevinAkin

Hi Dos_Box, This is definitely not unsubstantiated, as I have done this testing myself over the last couple of months and have recently (this week) spoken to Motorola's QA dept who substantiated exactly the same. I work for Aerohive as Chief Wi-Fi Architect. Aerohive Networks, Inc. | Company | Management Team Here is a case study (with associated press release) where customers chose Aerohive over Ruckus in particular in a K-12 environment: Aerohive Networks, Inc. | Resources | Case Studies Aerohive Networks, Inc. | Company | Press and Events | Press Releases Ruckus's system is designed for in-home, downlink streaming video deployments, and they play quite nicely there. They have stated many times that they are focused on the carrier market who sells into the home and not focused on the enterprise market. Meraki is, in fact, aiming to be an SMB player, but not just in Wi-Fi. Instead of working toward large enterprise Wi-Fi, they are going toward cloud management of SMB Wi-Fi, SMB Ethernet, and other SMB plays. This came directly from their management staff to someone we hired who had interviewed with Meraki. Thanks.

Meraki's solution is so feature-poor that it's a poor fit for a school of any size. No directory integration, no fast/secure roaming (called Opportunistic Key Caching), no policy (QoS, Firewall, etc) enforcement at the edge (in the AP), etc. Ruckus's solution is OK for mid-market, but for an enterprise, it too is feature-poor (some of the same issues as Meraki). Ruckus's beamforming causes the AP to be a downlink hidden node, which tanks throughput in dense client environments such as schools. Additionally, it's downlink range is cut approximately in half when data starts flowing due to them having to use omni antennas for reception (uplink). In 802.11 (Wi-Fi), you never know where the next transmission is going to come from, so you can't listen in any given direction. That means that they are constrained by their omni antennas. Their system is designed for downlink video delivery in the home, and for that, it's excellent. In the enterprise, where bandwidth use is symmetrical, it's extremely hard to perform a good survey and to get any more range than any other platform in the market. Aerohive's platform is a feature-rich as any on the market today, focusing on K-12 and universities. Our platform is free to try at aerohive.com/demo and aerohive.com/planner Note that Aerohive focuses on high client density, directory integration (AD, eDir, OD, and LDAP), and has integrated RADIUS so that you don't have to buy and maintain a RADIUS infrastructure. With no controller in the mix and no feature licenses, Aerohive is a perfect fit for education.