Monday, March 22, 2021

Does commscope/Ruckus make robust security firewall/routers like say Meraki? What kind of recommendations can you make for a full Meraki network move to another platform?

We're a full Meraki network - MX firewall, MS switches, and MR APs... We're on the fence for security cameras between Meraki, Rhombus, and Verkada. That's prob a different topic though!

We've been getting kinda fed up with the licensing shenanigans at Meraki and have been toying with the idea of a full network overhaul to some other system - my boss seems to think Ruckus APs are the top dog and wants to go full Ruckus but I'm having a hard time finding anything about a serious security and routing appliance like the MX 450 we have now. The one thing we have now is a single pane "PAIN" of glass for our entire network and it makes setting and manipulating VLANs, WLANs, and special access SSIDs a breeze. (Not to mention packet captures and port cycling I do dozens of times a day for troubleshooting).

I've heard the controllerless Ruckus APs are very limited in what you can configure right now with promises for fuller features, but cannot find any specific documentation about what features are lacking compared to a more complex setup.

What features are missing in the Ruckus APs? What firewall/routers are available? I'm guessing their switches are brocade? Are they configurable via the cloud or a controller or is it a one by one system old fashion style?

Our topology: We have 7 outlying buildings that all feed back to our main building with 10gb fiber and a 5gb internet connection at the main site that all buildings share (if that gives you an idea of bandwidth requirements). We have about 4500 devices in total - 1500 wired, 3000 wireless... give or take.



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