RedwayNetworks_Michael

Cambium Networks

There is a few 3rd party options, none i would say are budget friendly. I find the issue with 3rd party ones is they all aimed at Hospitality and retail which i think puts the costs up. One we have looked at before who was keen to help schools was Ucopia but im sure there are other alternatives too.

If they use Xirrus already then upgrading that to Cambium might be a good option. No stacking unfortunately but would tick pretty much all other boxes and can have switches with the wireless on one dashboard. Let me know if want me to speak to Cambium to get you onto the ancient Xirrus platform happy to introduce you to someone there that should be able to help you get access again. I believe the Xirrus platform is coming to an end in May (dont hold me to this date but im sure its May)

Well thats the next question as its per user licence with a minimum number required to just get started licencing it below is an idea for a VM and a 500 end point licence, this is based on list price so with an Aruba partner you could probably take maybe 40% off this and that should give a good idea of costs. There is so many versions and licences though so anyone interested i would advise to speak with Aruba to confirm licences are correct, Part Number Description Unit Price Quantity Sub Total JZ401AAE HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Access License 500 Concurrent Endpoints E-LTU £10,109.00 1 £10,109.00 H9XB2E Aruba 1Y FC SW CP NL AC 500 CE E-LTU SVC [for JZ401AAE] £809.00 1 £809.00 JZ399AAE HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass NAC Cx000V VM-Based Appliance License E-LTU £3,110.00 1 £3,110.00 H9WX2E Aruba 1Y FC SW CP Cx000V VM Appl E-LTU SVC [for JZ399AAE] £250.00 1 £250.00

Yep its a decent product but its very complex, they do so many types of licences its confusing for alot to just get a quote. When comes to schools thye mainly just want the guest features which often isnt enough to justify the costs. Im just trying to get a ball park idea for us all but already ive been given 1000 questions in regards to getting a rough cost haha whatever happened to just getting a price haha

Not really a Newbie post but wasn't sure where to put this but just wanted to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and happy new year. Hopefully most of us have some time off over the Christmas break and we can wind down relax and just eat lots of food. Hopefully ive been of some use over the last year to some members and thanks to everyone that's tagged me and recommended me over the last year. It is very much appreciated. I still have Monday morning to go till I'm officially off but hoping wont be too much happening and then its time with family. Keep safe during the holidays and look forward to catching you all in 2026

Fluke Networks is what im usually asked for

Unfortunately yes i am haha we have light at the end of the tunnel though. For some reason the football industry works a lot different to any other industry. Consequences can cause a whole community to suffer yet nothing can be done about bad owners.

Right at the end after most people left the call it was asked if CTC was planned for more rollouts after this ones ends and the response from them was there are no plans currently to do further CTC. Unless we getting confused as the RISE schools as you say could be different. Trust me as a supplier that's not what i want to hear but at the same time it would be wrong for me to give false promise. As i say the vendors and everyone still seem confident but what i heard at the end of the call and what some of my schools have been told is no plans to do more after it ends in Feb. It is government though so anything can happen 😄

Yes unfortunately alot of suppliers live in hope and get told all sorts by the vendors too. I too have heard from multiple sources they expect more CTC but then when i go on the webinar with DFE they was very clear to say there wasnt plans for any more in future this was the webinar with them just a few weeks ago. Still the vendors and others seem to think otherwise but im just going on what DfE have said themselves rather than Vendor talk, we all know vendors love to overhype things 😄

On the last call with DfE they said there would be no more CTC moving forward, we all know how these things can change but ive not heard or seen anything from DFE that would suggest a new CTC scheme currently at this point and they did say there was no plans for further. I hope this helps apologies if i misunderstood the question

Thankyou, really appreciate this, just goes to show all the hard work does get recognised 😁

Appreciate this, always happy to help anyone.

Less is better, some solutions now allow you to have multiple passwords for one SSID which can help keep them down. Its easy to get carried away and have lots of SSIDs but simple is best

Id agree with this. ive found on the more recent waves its been alot more challenging to get within specs and budget and in some cases having to adjust the solutions slightly. i know they are pushing to get all current projects finished for Feb and have a feeling it will be ready to release more around April time (ready for a summer rush availability) Be interesting to see what gets said on the webinar and if the suppliers one is any different from the schools ones