This wasn't the virtual cell system that they sell, but a micro cell system? I didn't realize they had a microcell system with a controller available. Or maybe I'm confused as to how the virtual cell system would show up on a wifi scan.
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--- In Crestron@..., "jgreenink16" <jgreenink16@...> wrote:
I've put in a Pakedge microcell network with 3 waps (not a huge system, I'll admit), but it's incredibly stable. I can download a file continuously while walking from corner to corner of the place with some pretty bad interference from neighboring wifi. I haven't heard a single complaint about iPad connections, but I didn't do the crestron program there, just the network. I assume it's pretty good based on my laptop testing.
You set it up via the controller once, but yes, the waps show up on different channels with the same SSID if you do a wifi scan.
I've also seen some Netgear stuff advertise wireless management and they have a controller to go with it, but I can only imagine the pita the setup might be. The Pakedge setup is relatively simple and their tech support is really good.
--- In Crestron@..., "floyd1212" <floyd1212@> wrote:
I guess this isn't really OT since networking and WiFi seems to be half of what we all do these days...
I'm looking for a wireless system (WAPs and controller) that can solve the "sticky WAP" syndrome where a wireless device will hang on to a weak WAP until it has totally lost signal before moving to a new, stronger WAP.
It seems that most of the controllers out there, like Ruckus and others, make configuring an array of WAPs much easier, potentially even automatic, but they still appear as individual WAPs to the client, setup on different channels with the same SSID. Am I correct?
The only thing I have come across that claims to solve this problem is from Meru (and Pakedge, which appears to re-badge the Meru product) with their "Virtual Cell" technology, but I haven't used either system yet. Does anyone have any experience with the Meru or Pakedge controllers, or is there something else out there that works like it?
Thanks,
-David
