*>>I know they need to do it but question why they need to brick the unit if the person purchasing it has paid for it. *
*Question*: Why do you deem it as bricked? It's not like it wouldn't function if they paid for a license later... *Observation*: A person paying for the service has not *bought* the hardware, anymore than a person leasing a car has bought the car. It is not necessary to like the licensing options, but it is necessary to accurately describe them. *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market...* On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:11 AM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. I like the feature set in the Meraki's but I dislike their > licensing to some degree. I know they need to do it but question why they > need to brick the unit if the person purchasing it has paid for it. Being > able to see what the family is looking at, Facebook, general surfing, > email, etc nothing specific and to some degree when is nice but I am not > real comfortable with the idea of someone else holding the > information. From a person that sets up IT stuff for others it makes it > easier to work remotely on firewall issues. > > Jon > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 21:48:40 -0700 > > Subject: [NTSysADM] Re: Home router > > > > > On 11 Apr 2014 at 23:06, Steven M. Caesare wrote: > > > > > What are people looking for in a home router? > > > > For me, security among other things... > > > > > I'm assuming it's something in a feature set not provided by the > router supplied by your broadband ISP? > > > > Do you trust your ISP not to snoop on you? > > > > > Wireless? Multiple interfaces? FW Capability? VPN endpoint? > > > > > > -sc > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Richard Stovall [[email protected]] > > > Received: Friday, 11 Apr 2014, 11:00PM > > > To: [email protected] [[email protected]] > > > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Home router > > > > > > I gave up and dropped the coin for a Sonicwall TZ205 at home. I tried > the > > > free Astaro offering for a while, as well as ddwrt, but I didn't like > > > either of them. I'm so used to the full feature set at work, that I > became > > > very frustrated when I didn't have it at home. In hindsight, I think it > > > was a very good decision. > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Michael B. Smith < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > I like the buffalo hardware (which comes with a version of ddwrt) and > > > > then flashing it with the current version of ddwrt. For home and > > > > very-small-business. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > > > > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brian Desmond > > > > *Sent:* Friday, April 11, 2014 7:51 PM > > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Home router > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *I´ve got a 1U Cisco router I use courtesy of ebay - it´s been > working for > > > > many years in the corner. Keep in mind when you buy commercial gear, > the > > > > support cost goes way up, and when it breaks and you´re not home, > it´s not > > > > exactly end user serviceable as the label says. Running a full linux > box or > > > > something is going to run your power bill up too. * > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Thanks,* > > > > > > > > *Brian Desmond* > > > > > > > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *w - 312.625.1438 <312.625.1438> | c - 312.731.3132 <312.731.3132>* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > > > > mailto:[email protected] < > [email protected]>] *On > > > > Behalf Of *Todd Lemmiksoo > > > > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 8, 2014 9:46 AM > > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Home router > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am having trouble searching the list archives for a thread on home > > > > routers. In that thread was a linux box for $125 that I would like > to find. > > > > Does anyone remeber that? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > T. Todd Lemmiksoo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Angus Scott-Fleming > > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > > 1-520-290-5038 > > Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > >
