[OPLINTECH] wifi generator recommendations?

[Chad Neeper]

For quite a few years now, we've been using a product line called OpenMesh.
They were designed for hotels and we found them to be an absolute perfect
fit for our libraries:  Low price and only the exact features we
needed...no paying for bells and whistles that might be useful to a large
company, but useless to small/medium sized libraries. They were pretty
perfect for us...so naturally, the company was bought out, absorbed by a
larger company, and the product line was discontinued in favor of the new
company's existing bloatware. *sigh*

After looking around at our options, we liked what we saw in Ubiquiti Unifi
and we're just starting to develop a solution around the same type of white
saucers you mentioned. They're still a bit more featureful than we need,
but reasonably/manageably so and not nearly as much as others. Also, they
don't require a subscription, which I try to avoid whenever possible for my
libraries. One and done.
Too early to really make a recommendation, but so far so good...  Maybe no
change is good, in your case? (Well..no manufacturer change, that is.)

2 cents,
Chad


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On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 2:01 PM welchly--- via OPLINTECH <
oplintech at lists.oplin.org> wrote:

> Hello colleagues,
>
> We installed 3 Ubiquiti Unifi white saucers (sorry, I don't know the
> technical term) more than 5 years ago in order to offer wifi to our public.
> We have 2 for the staff wifi (password protected, one in the basement and
> the other on the main floor as it's an old building with thick walls and
> concrete floors) and 1 for the public (on the main floor).
>
> They are starting to have issues with signal consistency, and we have
> decided to look into our options. Any suggestions for suppliers,
> installers, and products are welcome!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lynne
> --
> Lynne Welch - Herrick Memorial Library of Wellington OH
> ph. 440-647-2120  e. welchly at herrickliboh.org
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