Yes, I think there's a mistaken impression about the Aerohives and Merakis out there. Some of it is FUD from the big iron vendors. Some of it is old-timers like me questioning the over-hyped magic cloud.
The stuff works. Anyone looking to move off their current solution should take a look. It's not perfect, but neither is the establishment. Rand P.S. A little de-FUD if you want it: http://www.meraki.com/trust/#oob Rand Rand P. Hall Director, Network Services askIT! Merrimack College 978-837-3532 [email protected] If I had an hour to save the world, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute finding solutions. – Einstein On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Hurt,Trenton W. <[email protected]>wrote: > With the aerohive solution this is done thru cooperative control amongst > the aps that are RF neighbors with each other. Here is article that > discusses the protocols that aerohive uses to accomplish this.**** > > > > http://blogs.aerohive.com/blog/wi-fi-that-wont-die/cooperative-control-part-3 > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Watters, John > *Sent:* Monday, April 29, 2013 11:55 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Distributed WiFi model - Thin vs Thick > debate revisited**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > What happens to client roaming, RF balancing, and channel selection > without a controller-based architecture?**** > > ** ** > > If you use the Aruba Airwave AMP management platform, it should be able to > keep your autonomous APs in sync.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > -jcw > [image: cid:[email protected]]**** > > ** ** > > * > * > > John Watters The University of Alabama**** > > Office of Information > Technology**** > > 205-348-3992**** > > **** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Tim Cappalli > *Sent:* Monday, April 29, 2013 10:50 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Distributed WiFi model - Thin vs Thick > debate revisited**** > > ** ** > > What types of controller issues are you seeing that you hope to be fixed > with a controller-less architecture?**** > > > **** > > **** > > Tim Cappalli*, *Network Engineer > LTS | Brandeis University > x67149 | (617) 701-7149 > [email protected]**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Barros, Jacob <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Hello all. We are seriously considering replacing our Aruba > infrastructure in favor of a distributed model. We are having controller > issues this academic year and the appeal of a controller-less model is > strong. **** > > ** ** > > It feels like I am coming full circle to where I was six years ago. > Though I know its not exactly the same, I went back to the thin vs thick > debates in the archives. A few things stood out to me as considerations: > One concern was vendor longevity. Another was whether or not the thick AP > model would be able to keep up with the controller based architecture. An > advantage of the controller based architecture that stood out to me was > central processing, specifically regarding key exchange.**** > > ** ** > > Are these points still valid concerns? If your administration asked you > to consider a distributed architecture, what other (vendor-neutral) > concerns would you have?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks, in advance, for your opinions!**** > > ** ** > > > **** > > ** ** > > Jake Barros | Network Administrator | Office of Information Technology > **** > > Grace College and Seminary | Winona Lake, IN | 574.372.5100 x6178**** > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. **** > > ** ** > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** ** > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** ** > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
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