So we have a site that we acquired last year. It is currently serviced via ~50x mc-802 802.11G access points, fed via VDSL T3 powerbroadband switch which we assumed. Obviously 802.11g sucks, speeds are not great, etc.
The issue is this site will be closing down at the end of next year for a full gut/renovation, with additional conduit/routes being installed as part of that scope. Lots of hard ceiling/etc makes it very hard to get cat6 around currently, which is why they had put this system in the first place. Obviously all of our other locations have Cat5e/Cat6 fed via POE with most having dual band 802.11 AC access points.
So what we are throwing around is possibly doing a replacement with upgraded equipment. tw-0511 which are single radio, but at least 802.11N which would be many times better and help with much higher data rates and more efficient use of the 2.4ghz spectrum. That would require the upgraded t5 powerbroadband switch as well which is supposed to offer better backhaul speeds.
Does anyone have any experience with this product line? Someone said at some point you may only get ~6mb-10mb per AP, even though normally with 802.11G you can see a max of 20mbit, and the T3 broadband switch is supposed to do 75mb down and 10mb upload per AP. T5 is supposed to do 105mbit/50mbit, but all of those values are spec sheet given.
I could probably be all in for around ~$6k to upgrade to the newer units/switches. Given all of the core drilling, wall cutting, conduit placement, wiring, and equipment, that would be required to do the ideal scenario, we could be talking 15x-20x that amount, which would be a very hard sell.
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