topic Re: Upgrade equiptment in Wireless

Upgrade equiptment

ppierre3 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:21:20 GMT

Hi everyone,

Client looking to upgrade small business cisco equipment to latest technology. 2300 sq ft space on one floor. Currently has RV-134W wireless router and 200-26 gigabit smart switch and using a WAP. Client currently using 13 devices wired to switch and 5 wireless devices. Any suggestions?

Re: Upgrade equiptment

Leo Laohoo — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:30:39 GMT

@ppierre3 wrote:

Client looking to upgrade small business cisco equipment to latest technology

What is the budget?

@ppierre3 wrote:

2300 sq ft space on one floor.

No walls? If it does, provide the floor maps and identify what fabric the walls are made of (cement, gyprock, concrete, steel, glass, etc).

How high is the ceiling?

What kind of APs? 802.11ac, ax, ad?

What is the WAN speed?

Re: Upgrade equiptment

ppierre3 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:31:38 GMT

Budget $2000.00

Re: Upgrade equiptment

ppierre3 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:47:19 GMT

Walls- Open space with Sheet rock walls with steel frames

6ft high ceiling

AP- 802.11ax

WAN - 100 Mbp/s fiber optic

Re: Upgrade equiptment

ppierre3 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:37:58 GMT

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Re: Upgrade equiptment

ppierre3 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:38:29 GMT

Any Suggestions?

Re: Upgrade equiptment

Mark Elsen — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 15:59:37 GMT

- FYI : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/small-business/networking/wireless.html

Re: Upgrade equiptment

ppierre3 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:35:46 GMT

Great thanks. What is a current upgrade for the cisco RV134W?

Re: Upgrade equiptment

JPavonM — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:57:13 GMT

I think that using a Cisco router plus Cisco AP is going to be above the budget so consider using somekind of small business alternative in the cloud, such as Meraki:

MX64 will provide you routing and firewall capabilities for up to 250Mbps.

MR36 is 802.11ax capable

MS120-24 will provide you with enough wired connections for your current setup

Re: Upgrade equiptment

Leo Laohoo — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:11:30 GMT

@ppierre3 wrote:
Budget $2000.00

Budget is missing two zeros.

$2000 is either a router, a switch or an AP. And that is only "materials".
Wireless site survey or cable plant is not yet even included. I presume the router, switches and APs will all be sitting on top of someone's desk.

Re: Upgrade equiptment

ppierre3 — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:19:39 GMT

Thank You.

Client says can increase budget to $5000-$7000.

What would be step or steps above Meraki.

Re: Upgrade equiptment

Leo Laohoo — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 07:04:06 GMT

@ppierre3 wrote:

Client says can increase budget to $5000-$7000.

What would be step or steps above Meraki.

@Philip D'Ath, is $7k enough to do this with Meraki kit?

Re: Upgrade equiptment

Philip D'Ath — Sun, 01 May 2022 00:24:10 GMT

This is a tough call with the budget given.

It wouldn't be my first choice, but the lowest cost would probably be an MX68CW (which has WiFi and a 10 port LAN switch built-in), plus an 8 port switch for the extra wired devices.

https://meraki.cisco.com/product/security-sd-wan/small-branch/mx68cw/

https://meraki.cisco.com/product/switches/access-switches/ms120-8/

The next solution option for consideration uses a single standalone AP (much better in every way) - Meraki MX64, MS120-8LP, 1 x MR36. Note this would give you 11 Ethernet ports. So you might need to convert some of the wired devices to WiFi.

https://meraki.cisco.com/product/security-sd-wan/small-branch/mx64/

https://meraki.cisco.com/product/switches/access-switches/ms120-8/

https://meraki.cisco.com/product/wi-fi/indoor-access-points/mr36/