Last year, we did a comparison of Meraki, Ruckus, Aerohive, Aruba and Cisco.
Meraki to be very on-par with Aerohive, as they have similar features and are both cloud managed. We figured the math, and if you wanted only a few APs, the cloud-managed solutions where very cost effective. But, as you increased your AP count, the controller based solutions started to make more sense. We ended up choosing Ruckus. Factors in our choice were: Price (When including the year-over-year costs of controllers), wifi range (beamforming, which we find very impressive), AP load (airtime fairness), and ease of use. We are using the Meraki MDM solution for our iPads, as it's free and better than a sharp stick in they eye. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:02:21 -0800 Subject: Anyone heard of Meraki? > Anyone heard of or use Meraki wireless? It's part of Cisco, not sure if it > is a recent acquisition though. One of our consultants who the IT Director > here listens to recommended it. We already have "regular" Cisco wireless > here at HQ and at one of our plants. The other plant is scheduled for > wireless this year. > > http://www.meraki.com/ Cloud managed wireless. There's that overused word > again. > > Comments or thoughts welcome. > > Tom > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
