WiFi Support in San Diego

WiFi options in a business environment typically are low end access points, router integrated Access Points. These are off the shelf products are found at big box stores at Best Buy and Office Depot. We specialize in WiFi support in San Diego when big box store equipment is not meeting your needs and it’s impeding productivity. The high end wireless Access Points are managed by an expensive controller. The UniFi^® Controller software introduced by the company called Ubiquity is an affordable alternative to the fancy access points. It is a powerful, enterprise wireless software engine ideal for high-density client deployments requiring low latency and high uptime performance. A single Ubiquity UniFi Controller running in the cloud can manage multiple sites: multiple, distributed deployments and multi-tenancy for managed service providers. The wireless Access Points in the each location would need to be able to see the original controller in order to control them.
UAP-AC Network Topology Requirements

A DHCP-enabled network.
A management station computer running the Ubiquity UniFi Controller Software, located either onsite and connected to the same Layer-2 network, or off-site in a cloud NOC. *The management station can be a workstation or server. The management station that contains the controller software is not required to be on at all times for the Access Points to work effectively but it was not designed for the controller to be off regularly.

All UniFi APs support off-site management controllers. For details see the Users Guide on the website: documentation.ubnt.com/unifi

Fun Management (controller) Station Features:

Wireless Access Points can lose their configuration aka factory default by clicking “forget the device” from the management station.
It’s called adopt or associate when the wireless first attached to network, receive a dynamic IP, and you are joining the device to be managed by the controller. It’s possible to inherent the other devices wireless access point configuration settings from that point forward.
You can view all the wireless bandwidth hogs, limit their connections, and or block them.
Wireless Access Points can MAC address can have an alias name and a map can be inserted to easily locate each device
You can connect to management station via a web browser URL https://nameofhostcomputer:8443

Aruba is the alternative Access Point on the same quality level but without the standalone controller. Aruba’s wireless access points are more expensive than the Ubiquity but don’t require a software or hardware controller. The Aruba Instant does not require a separate controller and they copy the config between themselves when setup.

There are some simple signal tips regardless of what wireless access point you choose. Follow them and you should be much better shape than you were previously.

Elevate the access point.
Isolate it from other electronics
Centrally locate near hallways when placing in rooms. Wireless signal do not penetrate walls often and while the signal may still be strong, the speed is limited. Run speedtest.net to determine speeds and ping tests to discovery latency. High latency prevents reasonable times for accessing web sites and jerky video.