Ruckus and Cisco WLANs covering the same area?

[tier_melk]

Hi Guys,

I need some advise. We currently have a corporate Cisco WLAN running in our building which connects us to the corporate LAN. We would like to deploy a Ruckus WLAN to provide unrestricted internet access mainly for mobile devices. So the Ruckus WLAN will be completely separate from the Cisco WLAN and LAN.

We have 16 Cisco AP`s so I guess we would require around the same number of Ruckus AP`s with a ZD 1100.

Would we experience issues with interference with a setup like this? Or any other issues we should be considering?

Thanks,

[keith_redfield]

Right, but with 14 AP's already deployed there's no possibility to avoid overlap (since only 1,6 and 11 are truly non-overlapping in the 2.4band) unless these 14 AP's are in separate buildings.

5Ghz does allow more non-overlapping channels (varies by country), but it's still a challenge and you likely can't ensure all your guest users are 5Ghz capable.

[tier_melk]

Thanks for the feedback guys. All users are definitely not 5Ghz capable.

All Cisco AP`s are in the same building.

Overlap will cause interference?

I am getting one of your partners to come and do a survey but I need to educate myself as well! 🙂

[keith_redfield]

Yes, they will overlap. Simple example - draw out your building floorplan, and the approximate locations of the existing AP's. Now draw circles around them. BUT...you have only 3 colors to draw with (corresponding to channels 1, 6, and 11). You'll have a tough time doing that where 2 adjacent circles aren't the same color (channel). Adding more AP's (of any kind) on top of that is just more circles, same colors..so now it's even harder. Extra credit for adding more floors...

The colors correspond to available spectrum.