Surely Mikrotik can make a product like this based on the 751/951 platform. It just needs an internal ether1/PoE jack, or some other way to route a cable around to the front of the board, and a backing plate that fastens to a standard wall plate bracket. Surely it can be done for much less than the $200+ that some manufacturers charge for such a product.We use the Ruckus faceplate AP's. Brilliant bits of kit.
Surely Mikrotik can make a product like this based on the 751/951 platform. It just needs an internal ether1/PoE jack, or some other way to route a cable around to the front of the board, and a backing plate that fastens to a standard wall plate bracket. Surely it can be done for much less than the $200+ that some manufacturers charge for such a product.We use the Ruckus faceplate AP's. Brilliant bits of kit.
At 1/5 the unit cost, you don't think Mikrotik would have a market in offices and hotels for a 951 in a wall-plate-mount case?If Mikrotik launched such a product, we'd still use the Ruckus. Theres no comparison - when Mikrotik finally get round to fixing the ongoing wireless and bridge/wds issues then that may change, but as it is, Mikrotik just doesnt cut it anymore on the AP front. Even the controllers are now sadly missing features found in the Nomadix gateways, meaning its hard to find a fit for them in many Hotels ;-(Surely Mikrotik can make a product like this based on the 751/951 platform. It just needs an internal ether1/PoE jack, or some other way to route a cable around to the front of the board, and a backing plate that fastens to a standard wall plate bracket. Surely it can be done for much less than the $200+ that some manufacturers charge for such a product.
Of course! I must of assumed the 2,000+ Mikrotik radio's we've installed, combined with our complete lack of knowledge of Mikrotiks (clearly the MTCNA and MTCWE exams are a waste of time!) counted for nothing.Agreed! And what wireless issues have you been having with Mikrotik? If you know how to configure them properly, they are some of the most reliable access points you can buy.
Of course! I must of assumed the 2,000+ Mikrotik radio's we've installed, combined with our complete lack of knowledge of Mikrotiks (clearly the MTCNA and MTCWE exams are a waste of time!) counted for nothing.Agreed! And what wireless issues have you been having with Mikrotik? If you know how to configure them properly, they are some of the most reliable access points you can buy.
Theres is NO comparison between a Mikrotik AP and and Ruckus AP. As a Ruckus BIG DOG we get the kit for much cheaper than 5xthe cost of the RB751 (nearer 2x). We cover in excess of 400,000 hotel rooms with WiFi, plus some 80,000 external pitches/moorings.
Out of interest, how much comparisons have you carried out between the Ruckus and MIkrotik units in the field?
We love Mikrotik. NO questions, but Mikrotik APS are not as good as Ruckus, and they never will be. Different Markets.
In your price comparison I'm pretty sure you're forgetting cost of the ZoneDirector, per unit licencing fees and mandatory annual support fees.Of course! I must of assumed the 2,000+ Mikrotik radio's we've installed, combined with our complete lack of knowledge of Mikrotiks (clearly the MTCNA and MTCWE exams are a waste of time!) counted for nothing.Agreed! And what wireless issues have you been having with Mikrotik? If you know how to configure them properly, they are some of the most reliable access points you can buy.
Theres is NO comparison between a Mikrotik AP and and Ruckus AP. As a Ruckus BIG DOG we get the kit for much cheaper than 5xthe cost of the RB751 (nearer 2x). We cover in excess of 400,000 hotel rooms with WiFi, plus some 80,000 external pitches/moorings.
Out of interest, how much comparisons have you carried out between the Ruckus and MIkrotik units in the field?
We love Mikrotik. NO questions, but Mikrotik APS are not as good as Ruckus, and they never will be. Different Markets.
Tell that to people who purchased ZoneDirector1000 only to learn that it was being no longer supported (because Ruckus messed up and equipped it with so little memory their developers just gave up). ZoneDirectors are not cheap, about $11000 retail (pair), probably 6k with a discount.I vote for Ruckus units. Mikrotik's lack of antenna diversity, auto channel coordination and auto tx power adjustments, combined with a lack of centralised control (dude is a monitor, and full of bugs), make MT a very bad choice when you need to manage hundreds of APs.
Stick them in a wall plate and all sorts of issues come up:
-no 802.3af
-LEDs which can't be turned off
-many DOA or hardware which is easily broken.
Ruckus is robust, easy to manage, and has excellent support.
If you don't use ZD than you loose your claim for Ruckus to be "easy to manage" and "robust". Frankly I don't know of anyone who is using Ruckus w/o ZD for installs with many APs.you don't need a ZD for basic functionality with the wall plates. A ZD only makes your life easier, but that's OT in this post.
We're going way off-topic now, and this is a MikroTik forum - I'll hit you offlist.If you don't use ZD than you loose your claim for Ruckus to be "easy to manage" and "robust". Frankly I don't know of anyone who is using Ruckus w/o ZD for installs with many APs.
I suppose one could save a lot of money using no ZD but last time I looked CLI management was deemed "experimental". I'm curious now, what software do you use to manage the standalone Ruckus APs (VLANs, queues, bandwidth management, firewall etc)?
Surely Mikrotik can make a product like this based on the 751/951 platform. It just needs an internal ether1/PoE jack, or some other way to route a cable around to the front of the board, and a backing plate that fastens to a standard wall plate bracket. Surely it can be done for much less than the $200+ that some manufacturers charge for such a product.We use the Ruckus faceplate AP's. Brilliant bits of kit.
If Mikrotik launched such a product, we'd still use the Ruckus. Theres no comparison - when Mikrotik finally get round to fixing the ongoing wireless and bridge/wds issues then that may change, but as it is, Mikrotik just doesnt cut it anymore on the AP front. Even the controllers are now sadly missing features found in the Nomadix gateways, meaning its hard to find a fit for them in many Hotels ;-(
FWIW, most of the WDS issues I have encountered were finally fixed as of 5.18. (better late than never)I also have the same bridging/WDS issues, which has put me off MikroTik AP's... WDS systems since 4.17 it just doesn't work...