Will R500/R600 support meshing?

[john_d]

I've noticed that SmartMesh support is curiously lacking from the R500/R600 data sheets. Am I reading too far between the lines that unlike the T300's and R700's, the R500/R600 will not support meshing?

[rahul_koul]

Hello Peter,

Mesh feature is available for all 11ac APs in 9.10 release. So R600 can also be used to mesh from version 9.10. This release was made public few days ago and the Image files are available on the Support website.

Sorry that you had to wait!

-Rahul

[michael_kroon]

Hi 

Is Smartmeshing for R300's supported as yet? I'm quite stuffed without this feature. New to ruckus,  come straight off the ubiquiti unifi bat. Not enjoying the experience of Ruckus so far.

[peter_corley]

Michael, mine was simply an update issue and since that update the system had been amazing. I switched from a Xirrus covered campus to Ruckus and couldn't be happier, the performance and simplicity weren't matched with any other competitor I tested.

My understanding was that the R300 doesn't support meshing, at least at the time I purchased the system, which was my reasoning behind the R600 units - That may have changed since then however.

[michael_brado]

Hi Peter,
   Product Marketing has no plans for Mesh in the entry-level positioned 802.11n 2x2:2 R300 model AP.
Mesh is supported in above level models, R500 802.11ac 2x2:2, and R600 802.11ac 3x3:3 stream models,
and higher platform R700 (802.11ac wave 1), R710 (802.11ac wave 2) 4x4:4 stream APs.

[michael_kroon]

Thanks for the updates. I was misled by my supplier regarding the meshing capabilities of the R300. I'll have to  upgrade to R600's. Thanks