Hotel AP Recommendations

xinu · July 12, 2005, 3:50pm

Can anyone recommend the best 802.11 AP to use in a hotel?

Thanks

maximan · July 12, 2005, 6:57pm

mm
you can try with Routerboard.

good joke

jober · July 12, 2005, 8:45pm

We use the senao 2611 AP3s, But, we are having problems with some MACos computers and some Dells. It looks like a chip set issue.

stephenpatrick · July 13, 2005, 8:29am

Silly question (perhaps), but why are people NOT using an MT powered solution?

Is it just down to cost?

Regards

valens · July 13, 2005, 8:36am

When you are using Mikrotik OS to do DHCP or Hotspot for the client, I think it’s better to use one the high power interface, such as Prism 300 mWatt PCMCIA, or SR2 miniPCI card. The price for those cards are cheaper than a good 2,4 Access Point hardware.

xinu · July 13, 2005, 4:20pm

I do want to use MikroTik/Routerboard but need to know what ap/antenna would have the best coverage.

tneumann · July 13, 2005, 5:44pm

That question, especially regarding the antenna, can not be answered without seeing the building and doing a site survey and some testing. So you decide…

–Tom