[TriLUG] Wireless AP recommendation

Thu Aug 24 16:40:20 EDT 2017

What's the benefit of the toughswitch over the US-8-60W (barring the need
for passive PoE)?
Looks like the TS-5-POE is $82 and the TS-8-PRO is $164 while the US-8-60W
is $108.
Are there differences other than the type of PoE?

I'm also looking for a new AP and would like a PoE switch to go with it.
-Lee

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Aaron Joyner via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
> wrote:

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> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Aaron Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
>
> > Yep, running cable is the annoying bit.  :)
> >
> > As for Regular vs Pro... I actually have a mix of both at my house.  I
> > have a couple of the original UAC-AP devices attached to the outside of
> my
> > house, attached to the eave on one side, and under the deck on the other.
> > These use passive POE and support 2.4 and 5Ghz... but only 802.11a/b/g/n.
> > That's plenty of connectivity for being in the yard, or down by the lake
> on
> > my phone, and they're dirt cheap (~$60 when I bought them).  They're
> cheap
> > enough that I keep a spare in the basement, so that if one goes bad I
> don't
> > need to wait to replace it.  Well, I suppose I still have the spare
> mostly
> > because they came in a pack of 3, and I've never had one go bad.
> >
> > In the "core" of the house I also have two of the UAP-AC (the older
> > square model <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D80J2XU>).  They
> > support 802.11ac, and this matters to me when I'm connected with my
> laptop
> > and trying to download that large file to my laptop before I go get on a
> > plane; I no longer feel compelled to hook up a physical cable to get more
> > speed.  The 802.11ac network is almost always fast enough for my needs,
> and
> > I only really care about that speed if I'm indoors.  They also have the
> > nice advantage of having slightly fewer dependencies (no POE injector,
> they
> > hang directly off my core switch which supports POE), so they're a
> > *little* less likely to stop working when I really want them to.
> >
> > The latest offerings have made some of that reasoning moot, because they
> > now all support 802.11ac... but note that the Pro model still supports
> > moderately higher throughput by virtue of 3x3 MIMO support... so some of
> > the same logic applies... but both the -Lite and -Pro are both
> sufficiently
> > fast that it makes less of a difference.  Note that a lot of people like
> > the AP-LR model, although I tend to prefer more APs, rather than longer
> > ranges from fewer APs... it's somewhat dependent on the topology.
> >
> > Aaron S. Joyner
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 1:19 PM, Wes Garrison via TriLUG <
> > trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> >> The regular UAC-AP supports 2.4 and 5Ghz.
> >>
> >> As Aaron said, the difference is 24V passive PoE vs. 802.3af/at PoE.
> >>
> >> For home use, the passive is fine.
> >>
> >> _________________________________
> >> Wesley S. Garrison
> >> Network Engineer
> >> Xitech Communications, Inc.
> >> phone:  (919) 260-0803
> >> fax:       (919) 932-5051
> >> __________________________________
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> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org
> >> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Great explanation!
> >> >
> >> > I did notice the two systems, the regular and "pro".  My initial
> >> > thinking was that the pro version would be better, primarilly as it
> >> > operates on 2.4 and 5 GHz, so that if you have interference issues
> with
> >> > other devices you've got an option, but I am not sure if it is worth
> >> > the cost.
> >> >
> >> > It looks like the big thing I will need to do is run the Ethernet
> cable
> >> > from where the AP will go to the where I plan to put the switch(es).
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
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