Ruckus ZoneFlex R300 AP Internet Speed ​​Test

Ruckus ZoneFlex R300 AP Internet Speed ​​Test

by | Apr 5, 2022 | guide

I met the Ruckus ZoneFlex R300 AP at a friend’s desk and since I had some free time, I just gave it a try.

Since I didn’t find PoE, I used Linksys’ 12V adapter and when it turned on as shown in the picture above. Here’s an image of the router, similar to the Ruckus Zonflex R310 but slightly smaller. If we look at it from the top position, the writing will be inversely proportional, because it has been designed to be installed on the roof, so the position of the writing becomes normal if seen from below.

 

 

For the following topology, where DHCP from Mikrotik and the results of my test with a laptop from a router where I got a bandwidth of around 80 Mbps for download and 90 Mbps for upload. I just tried this device.

 

 

  1. The DHCP IP from Mikrotik to AP is 192.168.1.14, so I immediately type it in the browser until the following image appears, click Advanced – Accept the Risk and Continue.

  1. Because I don’t know the login access, so I reset the AP, just press the Reset button for about 5-10 seconds in the lit position and the AP will be like the first picture above. Log in with username : super and password : sp-admin.

  1. If you look at the red text at the bottom, it looks like this AP was previously connected to  the Ruckus Controller due to the absence  of a wireless configuration in the Configuration menu. Here’s another view on the Status menu.

 

 

4. The following is the display on the Configuration menu, there are DCHP, Static IP and PPPoE configurations for connection to the internet.

 

 

5. Here is the display on the Maintenance menu, I tried to upgrade from the FTP and Web options and the results failed, either because this AP has been discontinued or something else. For the Local option, I will look for it later.

 

 

6. Here’s what the Administration menu looks like, there are diagnostics for Ping and Traceroute.

 

 

7. Continuing from step 5, after I searched here and downloaded here, finally managed to make this AP its own device (standalone AP).

 

 

8. There are several changes as shown in the following image and of course on the Configuration menu the wireless configuration has appeared.

 

 

9. To enable wireless on a 2.4G Radio or 5G Radio, simply select Enabled on Wireless Availability, then fill in the SSID and select the desired Encyrption Method and WPA configuration and click Update Settings.

 

 

Note: on 5G Radio, if I select SmartSelect Channel, the wireless on my laptop and mobile phone does not recognize the SSID name and after I try to change to Channel 149, it can only be detected and after I change back to SmartSelect, it can be recognized again, whether there is a bug or something else.

10. The following are the test results on Radio 2.4G and Radio 5G on my laptop and mobile devices, to maximize the available bandwidth, it is better to use a Channel Width of 40 Mhz on each Radio configuration.

 

 

Thanks.

 

Ruckus ZoneFlex 7341 AP Internet Speed ​​Test

Ruckus ZoneFlex 7341 AP Internet Speed ​​Test

by | Apr 2, 2019 | guide

This article is a continuation of the previous article which can be read here.

The device I am currently trying is the Ruckus ZoneFlex 7341 AP (Single-band, 2.4GHz, 11n), because this product has been discontinued, so there is no description that I can inform, but you can search the internet for it.

The topology is as follows :

There are not many options that can be changed for testing from this device.

The following are the test results of 4 devices:

Devices Processor / RAM Wifi (Mbps)

Wireless
Local (Mbps) International (Mbps)
Download Upload Download Upload
Asus X455LJ i3 5005U / 8 GB 65 37 36 26 41
HP 240 G6 i5 7200U / 8 GB 65 39 35 32 37
Asus TP201S N3710 / 4 GB 150 7 37 6 28
HP Oppo F7 – 65 37 45 29 43

The following is an overview of the test :

 

 

Asus X455LJ

 

 

HP 240 G6

 

 

Asus TP201S

 

 

HP Oppo F7

The conclusion is:

The results of this test are not much different from previous TP-Link devices. But the most surprising result is the result for the Asus TP201S, which is very absurd. Technically I don’t know for sure about this, even though the laptop has been restarted many times but the results are more or less the same and sometimes even worse, but if you try using other wireless, the results are better. Thank you.

 

Ruckus Zonflex R310 AP Basic Configuration

Ruckus Zonflex R310 AP Basic Configuration

by | Mar 19, 2019 | guide

This is the first Ruckus device that I have tried, although it is not a new item, but it does not hurt that I learned to get to know the device. Because I don’t know the login password to the device, then I just reset it and the method is quite easy, press the reset button next to the LAN port for about 5 – 10 seconds in the state that the device is on and wait until the indicator light turns off and turns back on, the indication of being successfully reset is the indicator that lights up only the PWR and CTL lights, because the default wireless position is in a state disabled.

Here’s the initial configuration guide:

  1. The default IP address is 192.168.0.1 but since I installed it to the router, I accessed it using the IP obtained from the router, which is 192.168.1.14.

  1. If it appears like the following image, click Advanced – Add Exception – Confirm Security Exception and go straight to step 3:

  1. I just changed the Country Code to Indonesia, then click Next. Since I have a primary router that already gives DCHP to this AP, I didn’t change the configuration, click Next to continue.

  1. I also did not change the SSID and provide a password, it will be configured later, click Next.

  1. For passwords that must be changed directly, while for Password Recovery I did not check, click Next again.

  1. Here are the review results from the process above, click Finish and OK to restart the device.

 

 

Here is the next configuration :

  1. Log in with the user and password that has been set beforehand, then click Unleash.

  1. I will not register this device, for that I choose Skip and Yes, Skip.

  1. It looks like the following picture, the internet status has been connected because indeed the main router has been connected to the internet.

  1. I’m going to change the SSID I created earlier, click WiFi Networks and select Ruckus-Wireless 1 and then click Edit.

  1. Because this AP has 2 frequencies, namely 2.4G and 5G, so to make it easier, I will give the name FIrfani 2.4 G which indicates operating on the 2.4G frequency as shown in the following image. To provide a password, select WPA2 in the Encryption Method and enter  the desired password, then OK.

Note: the 2.4G indicator will light up Orange if it has been activated and turn Green if any device is connected.

  1. Click Create to create a new SSID, for the SSID I named FIrfani 5 G which works on the 5 Ghz frequency.

Note: the 5G indicator will light up Orange if it is active and turn Green if any device is connected.

  1. I will connect the 2 SSIDs from different devices. For the 5 Ghz frequency, not all devices support it, for that if the device does not find the 5 G FIrfani SSID, then the device does not support it yet. But on the 2 devices I tried, both already support the 5 Ghz frequency.

Oh yes, the 2.4G and 5G indicators will turn Green if any device is connected.

 

 

  1. Here are the results from the wireless and client sides.

 

 

  1. While there is not much information that I can provide on the Admin & Services menu, so I will only share the following view :

 

 

That’s the provisional info that I can convey, for the speed test I made in a different article.