Marlon,
Google invested in Meraki because they want to use these units to build
out a mesh network in Mt.View.
Regards,
Dawn DiPietro
Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:
It's my understanding that Google is somehow involved with this product.
I'm guessing that there is some form of data mining involved with
them. Don't know it, but I'd not be at all surprised. And why else
would they HAVE to phone home in order to work? Something with them
is fishy. Nice units or not, I don't think I'll put them in my
network anytime soon.
Might use them for a cheap/easy paid hotspot in some parks or
something though.
Marlon
(509) 982-2181
(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services
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1999!
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Kerns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA
We have one installed as a free hotspot for now while we test. As a
hotspot it is working great. The issue I have with the units is from
what I see they MUST "call home" to get configuration and will not
allow data or clients to pass until it does. Also I believe they are
using some sort of tunnel, I can tracert from one to a public site,
but if I try to ping one of my AP in my network or SSH into one it
fails.
I think these would be great if we could install the control software
on one of our servers, but I don't want any of my clients internet
connections to be controlled by a 3rd party, or not have access
because the Meraki site is either not available or running slow as it
seemed to be last Friday.
Tim Kerns
CV-Access, Inc.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dylan Oliver"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA
The Meraki nodes are configured through the central web dashboard. All
payments go through Meraki, and they get their cut (I'm not sure
what that
is). The access controls are just lists of MAC addresses to be
allowed or
bypass the captive portal. There's no support for RADIUS.
You *could* extend a Mikrotik hotspot with Meraki, though.
On 4/19/07, Smith, Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OK, but can we as wisps use the meraki units on our own ?
i.e. can we use it to extend mikrotik hotspots out through a mesh of
merakii (hah!)
or, do we have to pay Meraki to use their hotspot stuff ?
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Dylan Oliver
Primaverity, LLC
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