[Server-devel] Picostation APs

[Sameer Verma]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Tom Parker <tom at carrott.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 19:26 -0800, Sameer Verma wrote:
>> Any useful feedback/criticisms on the Ubiquiti Picostation units being
>> used in the Samoa deployment? http://www.ubnt.com/picostation We are
>> debating between these and WRT54GL units for Jamaica.
>
> Unfortunately, I can't give a large amount of feedback. I've never used
> the WRT54GL, so I can't compare. The Picostation was easy to install,
> comes with a mounting bracket for screwing to the wall and will attach
> to a pole with a zip tie. Its weatherproof, and we installed one on a
> flag pole in front of a school. This provided coverage to about half the
> village.
>
> The Picostation comes with a POE injector, which isn't as neat as a POE
> switch, as it's a brick with a mains cord on one end and 2 ethernet
> sockets. I don't know how compatible the picostation is with a POE
> switch.
>
> While they were there, they worked well if there weren't too many
> laptops. We did have one working very slowly with about 40 laptops
> connected from the next room (after this experience, we told the school
> not do big laptop class with all their kids with laptops in a double
> size classroom next to the "computer room" with the access point (we put
> access points in 3 classrooms in that school)).
>
> Unfortunately, we have heard nothing since we installed them. We don't
> know if they are still working, or if they have been giving any trouble.
>
>
>
>

Hi Tom,
Thanks for the feedback. It helps. Were you able to fix the AP on a
specific channel (1, 6 ,or 11)?

cheers,
Sameer