Opinions on Aruba A-105 WAP?

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I work at a large university in a mixed use building (classrooms, labs, offices). Our current Enterasys RoamAbout-based B/G wireless system is overwhelmed when classes are in session. It's no wonder since there's only perhaps 8 WAPs for the entire building and probably 500 students and 200 office workers with smartphones, laptops, and few rogue WAPs and whatever else competing for wireless access.

Try to get a connection with your laptop - forget it. If you're very lucky and get one, hurry up and get what you need fast 'cuz you'll get dropped after a few minutes. Oh, did I say fast? Sorry, it'll take 1-2 minutes just to get to Google's homepage.

Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, our IT people are upgrading the entire building to Aruba A-105 WAPs. On my low occupancy floor alone I see 5 WAPs installed (we have one RoamAbout now).

Does anyone have an opinion on how well the Aruba A-105 will operate in this kind of high density, high use environment?

Lance

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alexd · Accepted Answer

Meanwhile, at the  Job Justification Hearings, Lance chose the tried and tested strategy of:The model of access point barely matters if they're badly sited. However, you're adding a whole load more channels by using those A + G APs, so once those are installed, I predict a sudden surge in popularity of A-band USB sticks :-)

Lance · Answer

alexd wrote the following on 6/24/2010 13:44:Good thought alexd, connectivity is bound to be better down in the A-band.Thanks for your comments.Lance*****

Char Jackson · Answer

Or *up* in the A band, even.

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