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Thanks. It’s all dependent on our homes’ sizes, walls, etc.
For example, in my 3k sq foot home I have 2 asus et12s running, one at each end of the home on the main floor. That provides very good coverage (400-500 Mbps) throughout all three floors.
My assumption is I would replace those two units with firewallas. If they’re priced similarly to other high end consumer router/AP solutions (like these asus, decos, netgear etc) I would expect at least that type of coverage. These (consumer grade) competitors do provide expected square footage coverage, hence my question.
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My company uses Ruckus Unleashed ceiling-mounted access points for all new construction homes. Layouts are heatmapped using Ekahau heatmapping software.
The Ruckus APs are inserted into the ceiling using the Paramount AP mount
https://accesspointmount.com/
We'll occasionally use wall-mounted APs in retrofit situations or places where we can't get to the ceiling.
Ruckus is by far the most rock-solid AP we've used in the residential market, and Unleashed is an extremely easy to use management platform. -
@adamZell I've used Ruckus R650 (WiFi 6) and currently have Rucksu R770s (Wifi 7) at home. I used Unleashed with the R650 and Ruckus One with the R770s. Ruckus, due to their proprietary antenna design, certainly are by far the most stable and performance APs money can buy. The WiFi 7 firmware was a bit bumpy, but now it's great.
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@firewalla The Ruckus R650s are the best value, even new, can be had for a few hundred each. Very few people actually need WiFi 7. Yes the R770s are expensive, but it's aimed at enterprises. If the Firewalla APs can perform similarly to the R650s and in a similar price range, that would be a win.
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@Andre, sounds to me like Firewalla was making a point about the cost IF they added every possible Wi-Fi access point feature that’s on the market.
If they are white-labeling another manufacturer’s AP, then they need to charge their cost +30% for profit, plus the cost for developing and maintaining their SDN.
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I don't think we will charge $1000 ... our market segment is a niche between that and consumer units, so we need to carefully balance the cost (hardware + software, developers are not cheap + maintenance). Enough, you get a good unit that grows with you (as with our other projects) at a reasonable cost (enough to feed our developers)
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Good news! The contract with ODM has been signed, and we are now working out the details (costs) and finalizing the software. The first unit will be a desktop unit, available only in the USA (and later to countries supporting CE). The ceiling mount unit will come later.
Can't share the hardware details until we are ready. On the software side, there will be deeper integration with the firewalla, with the AP controllers running inside the firewalla box locally.
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This is upsetting that the USA will be only initially targeted, The UK uses CE so @firewalla how long of a delay are we looking at until you remember a world exists outside of the US.
I do understand that there are requirements for radios etc, but I won't lie this is disappointing, we get the leftovers at the end of the meal.
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