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Ruckus have returned with their much loved bundles, this time though the 7363 has been replaced by its updated, upgraded and superior replacement the 7372. Don't miss out on your chance to secure the number one managed wireless solution within UK education at 50% of its normal cost: ZoneFlex 7372 Bundles ds-zoneflex-7372.pdf 6 x 7372 ZoneFlex 802.11n Indoor AP 2x2:2, Dual Band, 2-Port, PoE Powered 1 x ZD1112 ZoneDirector supporting up to 12 Access Points UK With 5 Year Watchdog Support for ZoneDirector RRP: £4727.00 Your Cost: £2689.00 25 x 7372 ZoneFlex 802.11n Indoor AP 2x2:2, Dual Band, 2-Port, PoE Powered 1 x ZD3050 ZoneDirector supporting up to 50 Access Points UK With 5 Year Watchdog Support for ZoneDirector RRP: £20,376.00 Your Cost: £11,665.00 ZoneFlex 7982 Bundles ds-zoneflex-7982.pdf 6 x 7982 ZoneFlex dual-band (5 GHz and 2.4 GHz concurrent) 802.11n Wireless Access Point, 3x3:3 streams,Dynamic Beamform, dual ports, PoE support. 1 x ZD1112 ZoneDirector supporting up to 12 Access Points UK With 5 Year Watchdog Support for ZoneDirector RRP: £6589.00 Your Cost: £3615.00 25 x 7982 ZoneFlex dual-band (5 GHz and 2.4 GHz concurrent) 802.11n Wireless Access Point, 3x3:3 streams,Dynamic Beamform, dual ports, PoE support. 1 x ZD3050 ZoneDirector supporting up to 50 Access Points UK With 5 Year Watchdog Support for ZoneDirector RRP: £28,134.00 Your Cost: £15,545.00 Please note for High Availability Redundant controller add-on's are available. Contact your account manager for quotes, site surveys & demo hardware, or email CP Ruckus Bundles

Well after purchasing the Ruckus wireless system way back in April from Mark at Net Ctrl we final got around to installing it over summer. After using it for the last 3-4 weeks I have got to say I am very impressed with it, it just works all the W/L laptops connect no problem we have had class of 30 laptop connecting no problem and the staff are loving being able to roam all over school with their laptop. PE is especially happy as we have full coverage of the sports hall and Gym and even all the way on the sports field and tennis courts for lesson registration.

Hi all, We're looking to upgrade our wireless network (and possibly our wired) to support batches of iPads, initially 30 but with the potential to scale to around 200. Currently we have a Netgear WG102 AP in each of our 8 classrooms that just about support either 15 laptops or notebooks. I've been looking at Ruckas and Meraki products (Specifically the Meraki MR16) and I'd like to know how many clients one of their managed AP could comfortably manage? Our classes back on to each other so I'm wondering if 1 AP between 2 classes would suffice? Also, our wired network is 100M/bit, would I need to upgrade our switches to 1Gb, and would these need to be 'managed' as well? Sorry there's 3 questions in one post but I'm assuming there are others that have had to go through this process

Hi all, I would like to extend an invite to a free 'Future of Wireless' event or to give it it's correct title "802.11 Alphabet Soup: The Current Recipe for Your Next Wi-Fi Network" at the new £20m conference centre at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University on 22nd October. The speaker is Matthew Gast, author of '802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide' (O'Reilly). He is a member of the IEEE 802.11 working group, and serves as chair of 802.11 Task Group M. As chair of the Wi-Fi Alliance's Wireless Network Management marketing task group. Matthew will be discussing the current standardization efforts and what this means for Wi-Fi networks over the next five years. THIS IS NOT A SALES PITCH, it's a technology overview. The event is FREE to all Education IT Professionals, breakfast is served at 9:30am and the event kicks off at 10am. Please PM me to reserve your place, including your full email address,name and orginisation so that I may send you your formal invite. There are 140 spaces, 50 of which remain as things stand.

I've had a quote for a Motorola Wireless Solution, that is extremely competative. I'm very close to ordering it. Does anyone have any reasons why I shouldn't go with them? :confused: I've looked at many other solutions, so please don't just say look at Aruba, Xirrus, Extricom, Maru, Trapeze, Cisco, HP, Netgear, Dell cause I already have . I'm looking for a reason not to go for Motorola, Thanks.

As I was so impressed with the AV installs they did in our two school halls, I got the guys in again to install a managed wireless system for us. Well yet again they didn’t fail to impress. Their attention to detail and dedication is second to none! They are highly knowledgable in what they do and more and never shy away from a challenge! They come with a Little-Miss seal of approval!

http://www.ruckuswireless.com/images/logo.gif Heres some of the latest Ruckus Wireless News for you guys, Looks like there's plenty to Bark about I'm sure you will agree. Ruckus Wireless Defeats Cisco and Aruba in First Comprehensive Open Air, 802.11n Product Tests Performed by Tom's Hardware Ruckus Touts WLAN Test Results Beamforming: The Best WiFi You’ve Never Seen So as you can see Ruckus is really making "Waves" in the Channel and looks like its only going to get better, So if Ruckus Managed Wireless looks like it could be the solution for your establishment be sure to give me a shout for a chat or even a demonstration. http://www.c-p-ltd.com/images/ruckus_wireless.png

http://www.merunetworks.com/images/09/meru_logo.png Hey Guys Quick update for you as Computer Products Ltd has now added Meru Networks to our wireless vendor portfolio. Meru as a vendor is making some great progress in the healthcare sector and is really a solution to look at for education also, For those that dont know Meru is 4th worldwide wireless vendo and 2nd Worldwide market share for wireless N here's a few lines of info on Meru for you guys if you would like anymore or a no obligation quotation and survey be sure to give me a pm or email me on [email protected] Why Choose Meru? Meru customers belong to a diverse range of industries and geographic areas. They have an equally diverse range of reasons for choosing Meru. There are universities that require very high bandwidth density for all-wireless dorms. There are manufacturing companies that need smooth roaming for telephony users. There are hospitals that demand rock-solid reliability for critical patient monitoring systems. And there are enterprises that need all of these and more. The one thing these companies all have in common is that they derive real strategic value from the wireless LAN. For Meru customers, wireless access is not a second-class network to be used only when an Ethernet port is unavailable. It is the primary network access method, used in mission-critical applications day after day. Meru has evolved wireless into a mature technology, by combining 802.11n and Wireless LAN Virtualization, offering all the speed, scalability and simplicity that organizations expect from Ethernet – and often at dramatic cost savings over a comparable wired network. I am New to Wireless For customers who have never used wireless before, the upgrade from wires to Meru wireless is easy. Enterprises who were once put off wireless by security risks, management hassles or poor performance and reliability can rest easy. They can skip over the earlier iterations, going straight to Meru's advanced Fourth Generation technology. Applications written for a wired network perform flawlessly over wireless thanks to the Virtual Port – a technology that replicates all the benefits of switched Ethernet but adds mobility and flexibility. It can also expand the scope of the network, reaching new devices that offer wireless as their only connectivity option. End users will appreciate the freedom that mobility brings, whether they are using voice or data. Corporate management will appreciate the cost savings that result from simplified administration and greater reliability. IT itself will appreciate the intuitive management, simple deployment and easy upgrades. I Manage a Microcell Network The microcell architecture was an important step in wireless evolution, but its limitations have become clear as wireless LANs scale to higher data rates and newer applications. Meru makes it easy to cope with changing applications and increased demand thanks to an architecture that lets 802.11n reach its full potential – wireless as a utility. Moving to Meru is easy. Wireless LAN Virtualization avoids the need for the costly and time-consuming channel planning and individual power adjustment. The network is truly plug-and-play, automatically taking control of the radio environment rather than trying to adapt to interference. Once the network is installed, users appreciate its pervasive connectivity and seamless service. Technical support calls are reduced thanks to the network's increased reliability. Dropped calls while roaming are eliminated by the Virtual Cell. The network's inherent predictability makes management simple, automatically detecting most issues and reducing troubleshooting times from days to minutes. When the network needs to serve more users, upgrading is simply a matter of connecting more access points. Like the initial installation, there is no need for channel planning or for retuning existing access points. Moves and changes require no disruption and bandwidth density can increase almost without limit. We look forward to hearing from you, for this and any other Managed Wireless Solutions you may require, p.s Mark Howell From Meru is available on this forum for any technical info you may require.