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Wow you weren’t kidding about pricing from Aruba - they sell wireless access points that are more expensive than the latest iMac!
by heisenzombie 5y ago
Wow you weren’t kidding about pricing from Aruba - they sell wireless access points that are more expensive than the latest iMac!
- traceroute66 5y ago> Wow you weren’t kidding about pricing from Aruba - they sell wireless access points that are more expensive than the latest iMac! Yeah, most of them were accessible price-wise before the whole COVID-induced semiconductor shortage came along. Now most vendors have hiked their prices and unfortunately HP went up too, 30-40% for some models. But for home use, the lower (but not bottom !) end models should be fine. Just be sure to check the EOL sheets first because HP refreshed their line last year (I think) to reduce some of the duplication in the ranges so don't buy the EOL models.
- jsmith99 5y agoAruba's Instant On range is a direct competitor to Unifi. It also doesn't require a controller.
- traceroute66 5y ago> Aruba's Instant On range is a direct competitor to Unifi. This is correct. (Although I can't vouch for it as I've never used it, my comments above were strictly related to the "full-fat" version of Aruba). > It also doesn't require a controller. Your implication that "full-fat" HP Aruba always requires an external controller is not correct. All current "full-fat" APs can operate either controller-less or with controller (IIRC in North America you need to be careful what part number you order, outside North America they all ship controller-less out of the box). Indeed, "full-fat" controller-less mode is very clever indeed. The APs run the controller on-board. When you have multiple APs they will form a cluster, and they will perform an election to determine master, failover is seamless.