camium isn't known for their centralized management of anything being a good investment
On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: > .. again, no comments about the Cambium cnPilot stuff? Even from WISPs > that primarily use Cambium gear? > > Sounds like a decent feature set; PoE, ATA, centralized management, dual > band, etc. Haven't seen any in action, but at least it sounds promising. > > On Oct 7, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Glen Waldrop <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've had the Netgear 3700 series completely blow out the 2.4GHz band for > 60 seconds every 5 minutes, two different ones. Not sure of the exact > model, been a little while since I fooled with one. > > MT assured us on the forum that they are seeking UNII certifications. I'm > not banking on it and buying a ton of their hardware based on a promise, > but I'm keeping a few on hand for specific shots. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 07, 2015 12:49 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Consumer routers? > > If a customer insists on a recommendation, I say every router you can buy > in the store has problems, but the least problematic seems to be Netgear as > long as you get at least a 3000 series. I have seen a high field failure > rate on the WNR2000, and they can die a slow lingering flakey death rather > than just falling over dead. Probably a WNDR3700 if you want gigabit and > 3400 if you don’t. Some customers get to the store and get a 4500 because > it’s on sale or $10 more. I like having gigabit ports but many customers > these days don’t have a single wired device. The Netgear routers come with > the WiFi already secured, they can be set to wireless access point mode, > and they have a lifetime warranty (but who is going to go through the > trouble). On the downside some laptops with Intel 802.11ac WiFi refuse to > play nice with the Netgears, and the PPPoE default has to be changed from > dial on demand. > > I will no longer sell routers to customers, many years of bad > experiences. But I will lease a managed Mikrotik (a nice one – typically a > RB951G-2HnD or RB2011) for $5/month including free replacement. I won’t > sell a Mikrotik to a customer for them to manage unless the customer is an > IT professional. > > This does mean I don’t have a dual band (much less 802.11ac) managed > router solution. Given our rural customer base, the 2.4 only WiFi usually > works out better than dual band. Occasionally I wish for dual band so we > could segregate some weak WiFi clients (like Dropcams) onto their own > band. Mikrotik doesn’t seem to want to deal with getting equipment FCC > approved in 5 GHz. > > Some of the routers customers have bought that have been problematic: > Cradlepoint, Securifi, Amped Wireless (at least the range extenders). > > > *From:* Brett A Mansfield <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 07, 2015 11:30 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Consumer routers? > > I've had very bad luck with Belkin, D-Link, Asus (the worst), linksys, and > low end netgear. I've had great success with the higher end netgear and the > 3rd through 5th gen Apple AirPort Extreme. Prior to the 3rd gen and the 6th > gen (latest) airports are junk. So I'm with you, pretty much every consumer > grade router is trash now. > > Thank you, > Brett A Mansfield > > On Oct 7, 2015, at 9:58 AM, Glen Waldrop <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are there any consumer routers that don't suck these days? > > I used to recommend Linksys/Cisco, but since the Belkin buyout quality > seems to be going down. They jink with teh firewall and I can't block > specific outgoing traffic, can't remote admin anymore, etc... > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
