September 1, 2014 at 14:19Yota for the office - what to choose
To date, the range of Yota devices has expanded significantly compared to several years earlier.
Acquaintances and friends often ask what is better to use and how, especially when it comes to Internet access for a small office.
I will try to tell the pros and cons of each device, show examples of suitable use. As a basis, I will consider a small office with a team of 5-10 people.
1. Yota Internet Center
Just want to recommend not using this device.
(+):
All in one device.
(-): The
built-in WiMax module catches poorly the signal from base stations (BS).
Limited number of ports.
The device was positioned by the company as a router + VoIP gateway. As far as I understand, in the settings they “play” with the QoS parameter, making voice traffic a priority. But in fact it does not really work.
An expensive solution.
2. Yota Many
A good model, but for an office solution it is still expensive. Ideal for organizing Internet access in a car, on the street and just take it with you in your bag. Especially if you have mobile devices and / or several devices.
(+):
Compact.
Holds battery power perfectly.
Good antenna.
The presence of the function of prioritizing access between two groups: by password and guest (yota share).
(-):
Price.
If you do not set a password on WiFi, after some time, the device fails - you have to completely reboot through Reset.
The administration functionality as a router is poor.
3. Mobile router.
The model is very similar to Yota Many.
4. Wi-Fi modem Yota The
ideal solution for accessing the Internet and providing a local area network via WiFi.
This device can be used just for organizing the Internet access network in the office, but as a WiFi access point, the modem is weak and does not allow you to manage clients on the local WiFi network.
(+):
Price.
Compactness.
Good BS signal reception.
(-):
Requires food.
I would like to manage local WiFi and clients.
5. Yota modem. The
final point, we came to a simple Yota modem, in my opinion this is the best solution for organizing Internet access in a small office. When using a modem, it can be connected to any router (of course, it is better to use a router with a WiFi module), and if you use more expensive router models (the price of which can reach insane numbers up to 3000 rubles), which can build seamless wifi networks. Using a local WiFi network based on a router, we can manage both QoS and clients ourselves, monitor network and traffic, connect cheap VoIP gateways and much more.
Thus, for an office solution, you can make a "turnkey" for about 3000 rubles (modem + router), which is clearly cheaper than previous models.
(+) and (-) are the same as WiFI modem.
PS> I would like to give some recommendations:
1. The Yota modem does not always give a good signal “near the window”, practice has shown that more often the modem installed in the corner of the room shows better results (ping / speed) than the same modem installed at the window.
2. If you use a modem where the presence of the BS is extensive, when on / off, the modem can, being in the same place, connect to different BSs. When determining a good place to receive a signal from a BS, install the modem, if on some day the speed “drops”, do not rush to change the modem’s position, turn it off, wait a couple of minutes and turn it on again - it is possible that your modem reconnected to another BS. You can always see this information about the signal level, ssid BS by accessing the resource 10.0.0.1 in the browser .
3. You can try to increase the signal level (and speed) by installing a plastic antenna (costs around 1000 rubles).
Acquaintances and friends often ask what is better to use and how, especially when it comes to Internet access for a small office.
I will try to tell the pros and cons of each device, show examples of suitable use. As a basis, I will consider a small office with a team of 5-10 people.
1. Yota Internet Center
Just want to recommend not using this device.
(+):
All in one device.
(-): The
built-in WiMax module catches poorly the signal from base stations (BS).
Limited number of ports.
The device was positioned by the company as a router + VoIP gateway. As far as I understand, in the settings they “play” with the QoS parameter, making voice traffic a priority. But in fact it does not really work.
An expensive solution.
2. Yota Many
A good model, but for an office solution it is still expensive. Ideal for organizing Internet access in a car, on the street and just take it with you in your bag. Especially if you have mobile devices and / or several devices.
(+):
Compact.
Holds battery power perfectly.
Good antenna.
The presence of the function of prioritizing access between two groups: by password and guest (yota share).
(-):
Price.
If you do not set a password on WiFi, after some time, the device fails - you have to completely reboot through Reset.
The administration functionality as a router is poor.
3. Mobile router.
The model is very similar to Yota Many.
4. Wi-Fi modem Yota The
ideal solution for accessing the Internet and providing a local area network via WiFi.
This device can be used just for organizing the Internet access network in the office, but as a WiFi access point, the modem is weak and does not allow you to manage clients on the local WiFi network.
(+):
Price.
Compactness.
Good BS signal reception.
(-):
Requires food.
I would like to manage local WiFi and clients.
5. Yota modem. The
final point, we came to a simple Yota modem, in my opinion this is the best solution for organizing Internet access in a small office. When using a modem, it can be connected to any router (of course, it is better to use a router with a WiFi module), and if you use more expensive router models (the price of which can reach insane numbers up to 3000 rubles), which can build seamless wifi networks. Using a local WiFi network based on a router, we can manage both QoS and clients ourselves, monitor network and traffic, connect cheap VoIP gateways and much more.
Thus, for an office solution, you can make a "turnkey" for about 3000 rubles (modem + router), which is clearly cheaper than previous models.
(+) and (-) are the same as WiFI modem.
PS> I would like to give some recommendations:
1. The Yota modem does not always give a good signal “near the window”, practice has shown that more often the modem installed in the corner of the room shows better results (ping / speed) than the same modem installed at the window.
2. If you use a modem where the presence of the BS is extensive, when on / off, the modem can, being in the same place, connect to different BSs. When determining a good place to receive a signal from a BS, install the modem, if on some day the speed “drops”, do not rush to change the modem’s position, turn it off, wait a couple of minutes and turn it on again - it is possible that your modem reconnected to another BS. You can always see this information about the signal level, ssid BS by accessing the resource 10.0.0.1 in the browser .
3. You can try to increase the signal level (and speed) by installing a plastic antenna (costs around 1000 rubles).