Cisco Cisco Aironet 1850e Access Points Libro blanco
IEEE 802.11ac Wave 2 AP’s: Cisco, Aruba, Ruckus
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5 February 2016
Results
The below graph shows the variation in aggregate downlink throughput for the APs tested, as
client density increases by 10-client increments up to 100.
The below graph shows the variation in aggregate downlink throughput for the APs tested, as
client density increases by 10-client increments up to 100.
The Cisco 3702i was included in these tests to show the higher end of Cisco AP performance.
With this real-world mix of clients, frequency bands and IEEE 802.11 technologies, the results
show that the Cisco 1852i AP performs better than either the Ruckus R710 or the Aruba AP-325.
As the number of clients increases, the overall average throughput decreases slightly with all the
APs tested. However, the Cisco APs deliver comparable performance across the client-density
spectrum, despite the lower cost of the 1852i.
Failed clients.
As noted, we recorded cases where one or more clients remained ping-able during and after the
test run, but still sent or received no data during the test. We adjudicated these as “no-
bandwidth” clients, where in all likelihood the AP failed to share bandwidth to all clients.
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Source Miercom November 2015