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Thanks I don't think we have that problem....you'd have to 'stack' three pupils just to reach them probably 5 in foundation/reception.....I'm going to keep your info about the AP's and laptops and see if I that helps once a decision is made.

Aaahhh!! That's clarified it....now it makes sense....he says...hopefully

:D:D I've never dealt with these before.....but learning curve....

The AP's are currently wall mounted, where we have classrooms that form an L the class in the middle doesn't have one, and there is only 2 classes that share an AP, we only have 1 in a corridor and that's outside the office and staff room. I should have clarified better....we have about 70/80 laptops 30/40 iPads....but not everything is in use at the same time.

Ok I'm sorry now I am confused, why can't they just plug into the SFP sockets on the Unifi switch this one Ubiquiti UniFi Switch 8 150W - US-8-150W

I take it that this https://www.msdist.co.uk/product_Ubiquiti-UniFi-UAP-AC-Pro.php is the same as this Ubiquiti UniFi AC Access Points - 4Gon Solutions

I've looked at MS Dist as well a 4Gon, the later will allow the school pro forma for payment.....but my biggest headache is this convertor, something I've never dealt with before.

Further research would suggest that that switch would be sufficient....I have 2 options with the controller software either install it on one of the VM's and or RDServer installing it on that would I could access it anywhere from any PC.

From memory the TX FX Convertor has 2 of these plugged into it with Ethernet patch leads coming from the other end connecting to the switch, would these just plug into the SFP sockets on the Unifi switch......the PE Cab is only big enough for the 8 port switch and would only ever run 2 AP's. Again from memory the other end of that Fibre goes into the patch panel in the main Cab.

Without going into too much history and boring long thread, I look after a small (240 pupils + staff) primary school, I sort of stumbled into this as my wife was a teacher there. The school currently has a Ruckus ZD 1000 with 6x7942 and 2x7363 AP's, this was installed some 6-8 years ago and has been flawless......until the subject of upgrading the schools network (wired and wireless). So I gave them a report on how this should be approached, at the time the school were an owner driver network company.....the guy was good can't complain....however instead of doing what I suggested they upgraded the wired to 1Gb. It wasn't long before I was getting calls re the wireless.....surprise, surprise the wireless runs at 10/100, I've added a third switch which has improved things but it's not the solution!! The downside to this the owner driver has gone back to teaching IT, so I'm left with trying to source a replacement wireless system, I've read the threads on here regarding Ubiquiti and it seems the most logical step, below is how the school is currently set up: Main Cabinet: 2 x TP-Link TL-SG1024 (there are also 2 x TL-SF1080P POE units) PE Cupboard in Hall: This will need a complete upgrade!! 1 x Networx 100Mb TXtoFX Convertor (fibre connection from main cabinet) 1 x Networx Mini Switch 800 (10/100) 1 x TL-SF1080P What I am thinking of is the following; 8 x Unifi AP,AC pro 1 x US-16-150w (Unifi 16 port switch) Main Cabinet 1 x US-8-150w (Unifi 8 port switch) PE Cupboard in Hall the 2 switches would negate poe switches (if my research is correct), however the stumbling block is the TXtoFX Convertor this would also need replacing.....researching I understand what it does but that's it. I've had 2 quotes one for Ubiquiti and one for Ruckus Unleashed, but the Ruckus quote does include a 10/100/1000 switch for the second cabinet nor POE's for both cabinet's. Perhaps I should have included what the school has hard wise.....if everything was on including laptops and iPads about 110 units, all the laptops have wireless n cards. Setting this up would be another major learning curve so I don't want to screw it up by getting the school to buy something that may meet their needs. Oh! and the school is bomb proof, it's 19th century which was built to last and has been added too as it's grown. Many thanks.

You'll have to bear with me as this one part of our server set up I rarely get involved on. Three years ago the school moved to Server 2102, there were 2 key reasons behind this, one was to the whole school on 1 network rather than 2 (1 for curriculum and 1 for admin), this also cut down on hardware cost, the second was to have remote access for teachers instead of using the offline files option. This morning I noticed on Hyper-V a high cpu usage on the RDS Gateway server, so decided to connect using server manager....odd had an option to use the local admin account...so logged in, to be greeted with ransomware, contact us, pay this get encryption key. Ok fired an email to our main sever support, they have shut down that server and renamed it and restoring from a back prior to the infection. The one question I have asked is how? has it come from outside, from an infected teacher laptop, via something that has been updated. None of the other VM's have been infected just this one. The server support are suggesting that we should look at further protection.....in essence I agree, but first I would like to know how this has possibly happened. I would appreciate any thoughts or direction I should take.

Ok so searching our usual supplier I'm looking at 2 HP's this or this as both are within an acceptable price range.

Funny you should mention Canon's we buy or have been buying cheap Canon inkjet's which are attached to the class workstation and they generally last about 3 years before needing to be replaced, Ok for the odd bit of colour printing but not so for heavy use. Don't think we would have a use for MFD's, although again saying that they have no scanner should they need one, the last one was removed from the office and resides in the server cupboard should anyone need it.

Thanks for the offer, but that would be about a 5/6 hour round trip.

We still have a 2600n running actually had to get someone out as 1 of the colours had faded, found out how to fix but looked like too much hassle....anyway for £65 is was back up and running. Yes I think laser is the only option as they won't use photo paper, had a look on Misco and the 400 range seems to be reasonably priced, it would be a case of deciding which one.