Doesn't Meraki automatically update units, without any real reporting behind it?
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Matthew Topper <[email protected]> wrote: > The licensing issue used to bother me more than it does now. I saw this > presented as “you wouldn’t let the service contract expire on a production > device anyway, would you?” and relaxed my stance on it. I do understand > the idea of the device becoming a paperweight should the company go out of > business or the product is not discontinued, so I’m not 100% comfortable > with it yet. It’s definitely no longer a non-starter for me, though. > > > > > > Matthew Topper > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jon Harris > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 1, 2015 3:20 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Opinions on the Best wireless - Meraki | Ruckus > | Cisco | Aruba | other? > > > > You should be able to get a Meraki pretty easy for free by "attending" an > online seminar. That said Meraki has a licensing issue, at least to me, > that requires you to keep the license paid or they shutdown the AP. If you > are willing to go that route then having control web based (outside web > site that they own) is nice. Reports they generate can be customized to > some degree, and their web site will report when you have an outage > to email and maybe SMS. A nice touch to this is you can turn on a separate > VLAN just for guests that have different connection keys. > > Jon > > > > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] Opinions on the Best wireless - Meraki | Ruckus | > Cisco | Aruba | other? > Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 14:46:13 +0000 > > I'm shopping for a new internal wireless solution and was wondering if > anyone here has opinions on what's the best gear right now. > > I've been looking at traditional Cisco gear(55xx controllers, 37xx APs), > Meraki, Ruckus, and Aruba is on my list to look at. > > Everything seems to have pluses and minuses. > > > > Does anyone have opinions on what gear they like, what to avoid? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Jon > > > > [image: cid:[email protected]] > > > *Jon Derrenbacker | CISSP | Sr. Systems Engineer | Manager | Keiter *4401 > Dominion Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Glen Allen, VA 23060 > phone: 804-273-6221 | fax: 804-747-3632 | keitercpa.com > <http://www.keitercpa.com/> > Encrypted File Upload > <https://keitercpa.sharefile.com/r/rff820ebe11a43e38> > > * Experience* | *Knowledge* | *Relationships** |* *Insight* > > *Unless the above message (“this message”) expressly provides that the > statements contained therein and in any attachments thereto (“the > statements”) are intended to constitute written tax advice within the > meaning of IRS Circular 230 § 10.37, the sender intends by this message to > communicate general information for discussion purposes only, and you > should not, therefore, interpret the statements to be written tax advice or > rely on the statements for any purpose. The sender will conclude that you > have understood and acknowledged this important cautionary notice unless > you communicate to the sender any questions you may have in a direct > electronic reply to this message.* > > Note: This communication, including any attachments, may contain > privileged or other confidential information. If you are not the intended > recipient, or believe you have received this communication in error, do not > print, copy, retransmit, disseminate, or otherwise use the information > contained within. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > >
