The SR400ac has mesh wifi feature now using a second one as a wired AP. Not quite the same as the calix wireless mesh extender though.
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018, 11:36 PM Charles Boening <[email protected] wrote: > +1 > > > > We went with SmartRG back when it was ClearAccess (just over 10 years > now). IMO they have the nicest ACS out there. Couple that with their new > analytics <https://www.smartrg.com/home-analytics> and it’s a nice win. > > > > We are deploying the SR555ac <https://www.smartrg.com/sr555ac> as a > single device for Ethernet, xDSL and bonded xDSL. > > > > I just wish SmartRG had a nice whole home wireless setup. Something where > we could deploy range extenders or whole home wireless that worked with the > router to keep SSID and security in sync. I heard they were coming out > with something this year but haven’t seen it yet. > > > > SmartRG is looking at TR-143 for FCC testing. They say they should have > something in Q2 2019. > > > > > > > Charlie > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > *Charles Boening* > > *Network Manager* > > 800-858-2399 | Office > > [email protected] > > > > www.cot.net | Find us on Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cal-Ore/205066716227707> > > __________________________________ > > *Cal-Ore* | *Local. Trusted. Professional.* > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of * Chris Fabien > *Sent:* Monday, November 19, 2018 7:10 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement? > > > > EXTERNAL EMAIL > Use caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or sharing sensitive > information. > > Ken > > > > We evaluated about 8 routers a couple years ago wanting a solid managed > wifi offering. Calix GigaCenter 844E and SmartRG SR400AC were standouts > from the rest of the lot which included cambium, ready net, ignitenet and a > few consumer routers for comparison. Between the two the 844E had slightly > higher 5ghz speeds but the 2.4 range was better on SmartRG. > > > > Ultimately we decided smartrg was a better fit for us from how they priced > the management platform and also the Calix required a DHCP option to set a > provisioning URL which our powercode BMU was unable to provide. So that > broke the zero touch config. SmartRG routers phone home to a redirect > server and they maintain a list if what MACs were sold to who so your units > end up in your device manager system without any input from your network. > Works great. > > > > Overall we are happy with them. The Smartrg "home analytics" is TR161 > based where it logs wifi signal and usage info from each device in the > home. The Calix solution was more of a traffic analysis system to sort > usage by application. I am not sure if it ties that to a device or not. > Essentially when the customer calls up asking why was Netflix buffering > last night, SmartRG gives you the info to say, dads laptop with a poor wifi > signal was doing some kind of large transfer and hogging all the Wifi > airtime, while calix gives you the answer, some device was doing a windows > update and hogging all the bandwidth. At least that was my take on it 2 > years ago. > > > > I've also found the SmartRG people more accessible to work with. Calix had > a serious superiority complex attitude problem. That extended to their > pricing. Actually the 844E was very competitive but anything with GPON in > it they priced as if it were solid gold. It's like they do not realize GPON > is 15? Years old technology and should be a commodity priced thing like > gigabit ethernet switches. Calix GPON doesnt work any faster than my cheap > chinese GPON stuff although there are some bells and whistles you don't get > with ZTE. However my customers dont pay me extra for the GPON shelf having > bells and whistles. > > > > So, that's how we ended up with ZTE GPON and SmartRG router behind it. > Although SmartRG is supposedly releasing a SR900? Which has an SFP WAN port > with several options for wan interface ( GPON, AE BiDi, VDSL, gigE) > > > > Hope that's helpful info > > Chris > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2018, 9:25 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected] wrote: > > I should add that I talked to Mike Carpinelli at WISPAmerica in March 2016 > and he has been returning my emails and had actually set up a time for a > conference. But as I plowed through all the documentation on the Calix > site, I couldn’t find any of the basic information most vendors give you, > basically a getting started guide. What are you going to need, a > step-by-step guide to hooking it all up, and screenshots of the GUI that > your people will see, and that your customers will see. > > > > Furthermore, from the discussion here, it seems even WISPs that are using > Calix products aren’t clear on Calix Cloud vs Consumer Connect, are they > the same thing, are they different. It seems like one is too expensive, > and the other has the secret sauce and without it you’re missing half the > features. Or maybe they are different names for the same thing. Very > confusing. > > > > Originally I thought I just needed to order a handful of devices for lab > and beta testing, and that we’d learn through the hands-on experience. > But I backed off when I found the documentation wasn’t telling me any of > the things I needed to know. Clearly just getting some devices in my hands > wasn’t going to resolve the knowledge gap, if I was finding the > documentation totally unhelpful. > > > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, November 19, 2018 7:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement? > > > > Cory is about as official as it gets. > > > > *From:* Adam Moffett > > *Sent:* Monday, November 19, 2018 4:28 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement? > > > > I would love to see "official" answers. I'm looking at routers and > managed WiFi for an FTTH build passing around 10,000 households. I haven't > made any commitments yet, so I'd be willing to talk about Calix. > > On 11/19/2018 6:13 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Actually this is the beginning. > > > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > > *Sent:* Friday, November 16, 2018 8:50 AM > > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement? > > > > For those of you who’ve successfully deployed Calix: > > > > I’ve been wanting to do something with the 844E and 804 since WISPAmerica > 2.5 years ago, but I feel like I’m at the starting line of a marathon with > my feet stuck in buckets full of concrete. > > > > Calix has tons of documentation, and after reading it, I feel about 1% > smarter. I don’t know what the end user or a tech sees as an interface for > analytics and troubleshooting and tweaking settings. I don’t know if you > can do a standalone implementation with just the Calix Cloud and some > Gigacenters and Mesh units, I get the impression you need to mess with > APIs and tie into all sorts of operations systems that we don’t have. I’m > not even clear on whether we need to set up some kind of on-network TR-069 > server, or if that’s all a cloud service hosted by Calix. > > > > Is the Calix stuff relatively straightforward to use, on a par with > Cambium cnPilot and cnMaestro Cloud? And maybe Calix documentation is just > very confusing or I’m being stupid? Or are these things pretty complicated > to incorporate into a WISP network and get all the advantages of the > devices and cloud management? > > > > I’m trying to decide whether to keep struggling and get more help from > Calix, or give up. > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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