I will second the bumpy ride. While I can not say we specifically had problems in dense areas, I think overall stability of controller/AP/Radio's is still problematic.
They have made changes and are trying to fix things, but it is a slow go. ------------------------ Walter Reynolds Principal Systems Security Development Engineer Information and Technology Services University of Michigan (734) 615-9438 On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Gonzalo Cervantes <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi John, > Barnard College has been a Meru shop since 2007. I came on board two years > ago and it has been a bumpy ride. We often had controller reboots > (sometimes twice in a 24 hour period) and getting answers of the root cause > took a long time (if ever found). We have a couple of event rooms that have > a high density deployment and have not heard of any issues there. I wish I > had some metrics (head bowed in shame and frustration) for you but their > reporting tool is not good. I opted not to renew and hold back on trying to > do a POC for their latest EzRF Network Manager (reporting tool). > > They are going back to their secret sauce, virtual cell (for clean hand > off between APs), which was neglected because they had to turn their focus > on stabilizing their System Director OS and AP hardware. The new APs have a > new chip set with new features but we don't have those on our campus. It > seems that this will not be a problem for you but if you have two different > AP models with the two different chip sets, they will ask you to completely > isolate them and create new ESS profiles for them. > > Their support is average but improving. For what its worth, in the last > year they have also gone through some organizational changes at the top. I > have seen some significant outreach to us since. > > If you have some specific questions feel free to email me. > > Thanks, > > Gonzalo > > --- > * > > Gonzalo Cervantes > * > * > > Associate Director Network Services > * > * > > Barnard College, Columbia University > ** > > [email protected] > > 212-854-8795 > barnard.edu/bcit* > > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:30 PM, John McMillan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> >> >> Has anyone here worked with Meru Networks gear? We’ve got some client >> density issues (primarily in auditorium spaces) that our Cisco gear doesn’t >> support very well and we’re investigating alternative solutions for those >> areas. We met briefly with Meru and the technology looks interesting, but >> I’m curious to hear if it lives up to the hype. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> John McMillan >> >> University of South Alabama >> >> Computer Services Center >> ********** 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/.
