Thanks for that feedback, MBS...
*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > My company doesn't do hardware (we are a software and services shop), but > one of the partner organizations we work with is a Ruckus reseller and the > products are very impressive. They installed it in a large soccer stadium > that wanted to offer free WiFi to attendees, with about 30,000 active > connections at a time. > > Worked flawlessly, first time out of the box; at less than half the cost > of a corresponding Cisco solution. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 1:32 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Anyone heard of Meraki? > > 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 > > > ~ 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
