I moved the company into into Rukus kit right near the start..
We had significant issues related to mac osx WIFI & rukus, with both shouting they were following the spec & it wast the other companies fault...
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Also be aware... NO licenses =NO support or firmware...
They have CUTTING edge directional Antenna tech.... with can really cut thru most crap. (unless it's china)
Hmm, I disagree about the 'No license = no firmware' comment.
I bought some R710's on ebay three weeks ago, created a free account on the Ruckus support site, downloaded the latest Unleashed firmware (last updated 2019-04), flashed the firmware (easy GUI process), and now have 6x APs running at a single site. Since these are Wave2 APs, I could have up to 50 APs at the site without having to get a license (max 25 APs if you have *any* non-Wave2 APs). Also, I installed the 'Unleashed' app on my phone which provides a nice overview of system status (as well as getting notifications for events).
So, I've spent $0 on support/maintenance and I'm very happy with the functionality I have now.
What would be a decent Ruckus ap to use at home, for 2.4/5ghz, b/g/n/ac?
have been looking at Unifi again, but would prefer something else.
Preferably priced low enough compared to Unifi AP AC Pro or something in that range.
(If at all possible)
Not especially familiar with Ruckus, so not sure about ranges, versions etc-jannis
I paid $210 each for qty-10 R710 APs on ebay ($238 BIN). Same vendor has a newer listing with same APs. I don't know how this compares to Unifi AC Pro. I didn't think the upgrade to R720 was worthwhile since AFAIK, it's just 2.5 Gbit nics different (but I don't really know).
You'll probably want to power via PoE. I purchased individual injectors because APs are in two different houses and I wanted flexibility/redundancy in case a PoE went out. I bought these from Provantage
Tripp Lite Gigabit Midspan PoE+ Injector Active IEEE 802.3at/802.3af 1-Port $29.38
FYI - There are some forum posts about the APs not recognizing the 802.11at PoE and the APs derate the 2.4GHz a bit and turn of 2nd NIC and USB port. There is a cli work-around, but for my install, it doesn't seem necessary so I didn't bother.
My install is in two houses between an apartment building and greek row on a college campus. I think it would be fair to say the environment is congested/polluted (everyone is "yelling" as loud as they can). The 44 college students are very happy with how well things work and have not reported any issues in the two weeks it's been up. Cumulatively, about 120GB of data is pumped through the APs per day. There seems to be a bit of 'stickiness' with the Master AP (maybe because I brought that one up first?) but it is also in a central location, so it just may make sense.
There is a lot of good information in the Ruckus 'High Density Wi-Fi Best Practices Deployment Guide.pdf'. Consider downloading and reading that.
I'm very happy (nay, thrilled) with how well Ruckus has worked for me.