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Optimizing Wi-Fi Coverage Across a Multi-Bay Dealership Lot (John Autos Feedback)
Hi everyone, I'm currently updating the network setup for our local dealership site. John autos, and wanted to share some feedback while asking for community advice on hardware placement. W...
Currently, we are using.....
More detail would be useful.
Netgear appears to sell only one outdoor rated WiFi access point:
https://www.netgear.com/business/wifi/access-points/wbe700y/
Mekaeln HappyCat Thechnically and logically, there are two models: The Simple locally and Insight manageable WBE700Y, plus the slightly more sophisticated WBE708Y, which can be managed by Netgear Insight and Netgear Engage if wally brain is right late night.
When I understand it right, this car dealership is UK based. Have no insight when the WBE708Y will become available worldwide, and specifically in the UK.
Give us (as the community) or NETGEAR for a project presales study some idea how far these sales areas are spanning. Can't come to a conclusion just by looking at Google Maps ...
Both WBE700Y and 708Y supports mesh and also manageable through Insight. While we called it out in the data sheet about Insight management it wasn't mentioned in the "products" page like we did for other APs. We will fix it ASAP.
Hello Nat,
Welcome to meet you!
Ah, so the confusion was NTGR homemade, not due to lack of sleep.
Some insight on the WBE700 vs WBE708 resp. the WBE700Y vs WBE708Y:
WBE708 and WBE708Y:
- come with a bundled Insight License for four years
- can be alternatively managed by Netgear Engage (free)*
WBE700 and WBE700Y
- come with a bundled Insight License for 12 months (one year)
*This is part of the feature map I can't understand. Different from the NTGR Managed Switches, a special hardware model is required to get Engage support. Marketing message for Engage was always that it's free. Now SMB or AV customers have to buy a specific model, to get it included in the Engage management. This is causing confustion (and frustration, as some model variants can't be added to Engage) to the existing NTGR customer base.
Good part on all Insight Licensed units? It does not only bring the 5 days Netgear Sprint support to actively Insight managed APs (we had to explain this far to many times here in the NTGR Community), so NTGR listeded to the customers here - it does also include the automatic extension of the factory warranty, resp. hardware support, and next business day replacement if required.
That's what old NTGR friends and Beta testers are here for. Admit, I have for a longer time not got the request for particiation on these newer SMB Wireless APs.
Regards,
-Kurt.
PS. I can be hired!
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