Timeline for Building new network and need 200+ wireless devices
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| Jun 2, 2015 at 0:46 | comment | added | YLearn | Believe what you will about me being right or wrong, it isn't worth my time to continue this discussion. You are fixed in the "there is only one solution...mine" mindset, and you will NEVER convince me you are right. I did not personally vote for any of the other answers. I did vote yours down because it is a low quality answer resurrecting a two year old question. I encourage new answers to old questions as long as they provide added value. This doesn't. | |
| Jun 1, 2015 at 23:32 | comment | added | Ronnie Smith | ...and notice the answers that got voted up. They are absolutely value-less, talking about Airespace technology from 2004. | |
| Jun 1, 2015 at 23:28 | comment | added | Ronnie Smith | Again, you are wrong. You can get 802.11ac from BestBuy. Converged Access is Ciscos flagship WLAN - Advanced Enterprise features and functionality are the point. "The Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch is the converged access switch with integrated wireless controller functionality and is the foundation of the unified wired and wireless network." | |
| Jun 1, 2015 at 21:28 | comment | added | YLearn | Converged access is simply another design model started when they first started puttung controllers in the 3750 line, it is by no means required for 802.11ac. Naturally, they market it up as they do anything else that will get people to spend more money on Cisco hardware (and further lock them into their products). As for the PoC, no vendor has been deployed at this time, however Meraki wasn't even on the list for consideration...even Cisco, who pushes Meraki for all it's worth (i.e. recurring, locked-in annual revenue), said it wasn't a suitable solution for the PoC. | |
| Jun 1, 2015 at 18:09 | comment | added | Ronnie Smith | Converged Access not Clean Access -too many marketechtures. You did not deploy Cisco's flagship WLAN architecture, right? | |
| Jun 1, 2015 at 3:00 | comment | added | YLearn | Just did a 100+ AP PoC with Cisco Clean Access 802.11ac APs. Didn't require 3850 switches at all. There are reasons to run 3850s, but they aren't required. And the annual operational costs on Meraki are so inexpensive? This is not the forum for this discussion, and I am well versed in wireless solutions from a number of vendors so you are unlikely to convince me Meraki is the future of wireless since I know so many of it's flaws. | |
| Jun 1, 2015 at 1:57 | comment | added | Ronnie Smith | Read up on Cisco Clean Access. Why do they require customers to install costly 3850 switches? To terminate the CAPWAP tunnel local. Why? Have you ever actually done your homework and thought about it? | |
| Jun 1, 2015 at 1:31 | comment | added | YLearn | So the assumption is that controllers can't provide L7 visibility or SDN capabilities? And that Meraki provides the full functionaltiy of a controller based solution? Sorry, can't image seeing that light for a while. | |
| May 31, 2015 at 15:41 | comment | added | Ronnie Smith | The controller-based architecture, namely LWAPP/CAPWAP tunnels, is outdated - especially when one considers the planning and design of 802.11ac (gigabit wireless) coupled with advanced functionality requiring L7 visibility. You will find that a new architecture is desired, namely an SDN fashioned system (such as Meraki) with true separation of control and data planes. Be sure and reverse your down vote in the future when you see the light. | |
| May 31, 2015 at 4:35 | comment | added | YLearn | "Controller-based WLANs are outdated." Really? So no one (like Cisco) sells, manufacturers or is planning to release new controller platforms? Meraki has it's strengths, but it also has some serious flaws as a solution and I for one will not install it anywhere personally as it stands today. | |
| May 31, 2015 at 3:29 | history | answered | Ronnie Smith | CC BY-SA 3.0 |