Good Morning!
I work in a rather large public library that has 4 floors and is about half a block long. Most of the building is concrete and there is a lot of metal due to the bookshelves. We currently use Open-Mesh products, but lately been having issues, mainly because we have more users than the AP can handle(60+ on each AP). We also use Asterisk PBX and Grandstream phones. With our current Open-Mesh setup, the Wi-Fi phones refuse to roam and end up disconnecting each time they leave an AP range. We currently have 16 AP in our building for coverage. Our coverage itself is good, just phones refuse to roam between AP and just loses connection, even if you are directly under an AP.
Because of this, we are looking into getting a new access point system. Currently, we are testing out Grandstreams access points as well as Ubiquity's AP systems. Has anyone ever used Grandstream in a large deployment before? They seem to be good access points and work well with their other equipment, but I know they are newer to the market and are trying to directly compete with Ubiquity. I like their interface and its easy to use and has some advanced features, such as 802.11r,k, and v. I have used Ubiquity products in the past and enjoy them as well. Grandstream just has a really good price point for similar products to Ubiquity.
Does anyone have any recommendations that would work well in our setup? Ability to successfully roam is a must as well as statistics on usage. We also do not have a super large budget, so products like Cisco are out of our range.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time!
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