abatesholland

Hello, We've just had a new wireless network installed in our 1 1/2 form entry primary school. We explored lots of options, but went for Ruckus. I'd really recommend it. We had a small wireless network in place already, but it wasn't up to the job. The Ruckus APs have solved all of our problems and it is working perfectly. We have 16 laptops, 16 iPads, windows tablets, as well as class PCs and staff laptops running off the network at the same time without any problems. @CPLTD did the installation for us. They were very supportive throughout the whole process. They lent us some trial kit to try out before we went ahead and placed the order and were really helpful answering the numerous questions I had. They even visited the site and did a very thorough site survey before providing us with a quote and site plan. I did look at some of their competitors to get comparative quotes, but was put off by the high fees for site surveys!

Hi, Thanks to everyone for the replies. Really helpful tips. In response to kearton's question....we're using three of the Meraki MR16s.

Hi, I was just wondering if anybody could offer me any advice on some robust wifi hardware to use in a primary school? We currently have three Meraki access points in our school. We have removed our ICT suite and are moving down the route of mobile devices. We have 16 x ipads, as well as 15 laptops. We are looking to purchase more mobile devices in the future. Our current WIFI network is already struggling. All of the classrooms have good coverage, but the access points can't handle all of the devices connecting at the same time. Today - a class used 14 laptops to insert photos from a network drive into a word document. As children viewed the network drive, the WIFI network ground to a halt and were unable to view the pictures and insert them. We really need a WIFI network that can cope with a whole class accessing it at a time. I just wondered if anybody on here could recommend some hardware that is up to the job? Thanks!