craig4gon

Oh I see, Thought I was missing some part of that. Still not sure that will happen - I just expect devices will operate on more and more frequencies - as is happening with cellular networks. The Iphone couldn't operate on O2's 4G frequency but they just made the device able to use that aswell. Im sure the clients operating on 2.4 will reduce and 5 will increase but as devices increase Im still sure we will have AP's that operate on something like tri-band then quad band in order to satisfy more BYOD's etc. But only time will tell on that front I suppose :-)

Not sure if im not understanding your point njc235 - Are you saying some manufacturers are considering dropping 2.4ghz from AP's - surely not. 5ghz is good for open spaces, large areas etc. but the cost of infrastructure would rise rapidly as you would need almost and AP per room (I get I am over dramatising a little here). I cant see 2.4 not being used - I can actually see a few more freq used in the future - Ofcom have already relaxed some of the frequency licensing now - I expect that will filter through to the rest of the market and eventually we will have tri band AP's being common place. Apologies if I'm missing your point njc235

Ruckus AC ZoneFlex R700 | Ruckus Wireless, Inc. - I havent tried this myself but I have utilised other AC access points and I have been impressed. I know everyone already knows this but I loved 5ghz on the AC protocol. I really did notice the difference. I cant say I was in a noisy environment but I had used n protocol on 2.4 in the same area and the results were significantly improved. I know AC is the way forward and I will be certainly looking to move everything to this protocol over the coming times. Enjoy guys

If you follow Oaktech's lead you could get uap ac and give them a go

I hear these guys Convergis - http://convergis.co.uk/ - (Steve Marsh) are good.

Id Vote for Ubiquiti for cost and Ruckus if I had any budget

I would agree Ruckus is the way to go - but I would get the AC version ap's - ZoneFlex R700 | Ruckus Wireless, Inc. as lots of the apple products are now utilising the ac protocol

Ruckus do that, They will come out foc and have a look at the instillation

lots of people are also now looking at Ubiquiti, I am seeing the market quite disrupted by UBNT. I would speak to as many people as possible for Ruckus and Ubiquiti there are lots of deals to be had on both

I would just buy the Pro's and be done with it, there is some extra cost but the the extra port and dual band make it worthwhile in ease of setup (daisy chaining etc.) Once you have bought std uap's plus inline adapters plus extra cable Im not sure you actually save any money and you get better unit with the Pros. As always up to you though!