Matt Liotta wrote:
George Rogato wrote:
Matt there is a tool for every job. Just because someone uses MT or
Star does not mean they don't use canopy, trango or alvarion as well.
And nobody needs to explain why.
I am well aware of that, which is why we use so many different
vendors' radios. We first started with Canopy on a recommendation and
over time various operators (mostly WISPA members) introduced us to
other vendors' radios. Every time we learned about a new vendor from
the experiences of others. I respect the experience of my peers and
find it quite useful in vendor selection. Why everyone is so defensive
about MT I don't know. I personally don't care what equipment anyone
uses. I am just curious why people use it in case it would be useful
for us. But, no one seems willing to answer that.
-Matt
Matt,
We use it because:
1) I have a passing familiarity with Linux.
2) It is infinitely configurable sort of like IOS but you don't have to
spend two days in the manual to do a thirty minute configuration.
3) Give me MT on a router board and I will build you whatever network
appliance you want in maybe half a day, but then I have never studied
the device.
4) Efficient, it is as efficient as any other device out there. We
fully intend to rip out an eight year old network and replace with with
90% MT, hanging on a plywood board on the wall. Why? Well we figure we
can cut our power bill by about fifty percent, and when you have two
dozen servers in a room, that is a pretty hefty recurring. I can not do
that with anything but routerboards and MT, that I know of...
I hope that you note my "willingness" to answer your question. I
wouldn't want you to think that MT users were cowards. I'd rather have
you believe that they just don't care if your question gets answered.
:)
-m-
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