Thought about it. That's why I'm asking... can it be used without it, if we've already got it....
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gino Villarini Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:47 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Main Street USA Rick, ever thought of the Billing backend being part of the Meraki business case? Maybe the don't profit that much in hardware cause are expecting to recoup on the Dashboard billing % Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Smith, Rick Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:45 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Main Street USA Nice to meet you, Chase. Very simple: I don't want someone else's company profiting from MY network... i.e. If I'm going to build a mesh, no third party's going to be doing the billing for it. Right now, I'd use Mikrotik to build that mesh. I can set it up paid or unpaid, marketing supported via splash pages, or not. BUT, all the $$$ would go into my pocket, I'd pay the town back... How does Meraki fit in there ? Can it act as a "dumb" repeater, per se ? R -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase Phillips Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WISPA] Main Street USA Hi, John asked me to pop in and say "hi" on behalf of Meraki. He and I go way back. Whatever questions you guys have I'll be happy to answer. A little about me: Been at Meraki since September of last year. Worked at MVN, NCSA, and Mozilla. Volunteered on CUWiN from 2002 to 2006 with Dave, Sascha, Bryan, and others. Been involved in NS4CWN in 2004 and 2006. Rick Smith asks: > 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 ? I've not set up a Mikrotik hotspot before but based on product photos I assume it can connect upstream via wired and wireless (functioning as a client to an AP in an infrastructure network) connections. In both scenarios, the Meraki Mini can function as that upstream connection. Of course, the Mini can function as a hotspot as well. If you have specific feature requirements that would simplify and enhance your deployments, I'm excited to hear about them. We think you're all doing great work! Regards, Chase -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
