One more note. Mikrotik has long history of introducing 'their' version of hardware that was previously sold by UBNT and made the momentum.
First there was SR5. Then there came Mikrotik R52H, which is far worse in terms of performance and quality (though 50% cheaper) but just at that time became the high power card of choice for all MT based applications. Just at that time you could see MT support posts on their forum starting to suggest swapping SR5 to R52H if you only had any problems and that move alone was magicaly supposed to cure all your problems. Then there came RB133 - a cheap CPE replacement for LS5 and/or LS2. At that time LS2/LS5 became a no-no for MT use too. Then again, there is a Crossroads which is brand new and strangely similiar to LS2. That's obviously a coincidence too. And no, I am not saying Mikrotik is evil. They are just a profit oriented company with clear idea how to explore their market share and having a really solid businessplan. And just as you will never see Microsoft supporting Linux type software, you will never see Mikrotik supporting NS2/5. Though it's likely you may see Mikrotik version of hardware pretty much the same as NS2/5 sometime soon. On 7/21/08, Sam Tetherow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While you may be right on their focus being RB+ROS. I don't understand > why they would not want to sell a $40 license on a piece of hardware > giving them a theoretical profit of close to $40. Hardware has to be > manufactured and shipped and warrantied to some extent. If they are > already writing the software to go with their hardware, why not pick up > the extra sale on someone elses hardware at next to no addtional cost. > > People buying the NS2/5 are doing it from a cost standpoint. Even with > an additional $40 for a software license it would be 110 for a compact > unit with integrated antenna, dual polarity and a POE. That is $10 less > than just the crossroads board with no POE, antenna or enclosure. It > would cost another 50% for a rootenna and POE. > > If they worked with Ubiquiti they would have a chance to own the lowend > market and finally have certified gear out there. The upgrade path > would be perfect for their hardware. They would sell the AP hardware as > well as higher end CPEs for business and backhauls and still make > $40/CPE on the cheap end. And the operator has a 100% end to end ROS > network. I wonder if they are making $40 on a crossroads after > manufacture and shipping. I really don't see the downside to this, > especially if the hardware is similar to the crossroads and ubiquiti > really expressed and interest in working with them. > > Well, if MT doesn't want the business, I wonder if Lonnie is interested... > > Sam Tetherow > Sandhills Wireless > > Matt Ferre wrote: >> Looking at the posts on the Mikrotik forum I'd say Mikrotik doesn't >> exactly like Ubiquiti. And from business point of view I can clearly >> see why. >> >> Who exactly would benefit from porting Mikrotik to NS5? Mikrotik? No, >> their Routerboard sales would drop and as we see during last two years >> they are more into selling Routerboard + Routeros package than the >> software alone. Ubiquiti would be the main beneficiary of that >> situation and that's why you're not going to see it happen. Never >> ever. >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Jeromie Reeves wrote: >> >> >>>> Oswave says there is no NS2/5 support and will not be. DD-WRT has >>>> support. That is a shame since ros/sos seam not to have plans to >>>> support them. I wonder how much effort/money it would be to get >>>> Ubiquity to solicit a firmware from someone? >>>> >> >> My understanding (this is "friend of a friend" quality info) is that >> MT and Ubiquity DID have discussions about the NS platform. It is >> not something that is going to happen "out of the box", however with >> a 16M flash that Travis mentioned, perhaps it is something that >> could be done. I mean, the cost would be just $45 for the nLevel4 >> license and only about $23 or so (I can't recall the available >> pricing) for nLevel3 plus the hardware cost. >> >> -- ******************************************************************** >> *Butch Evans *Professional Network Consultation * *Network Engineering >> *MikroTik RouterOS * *573-276-2879 *ImageStream * >> *http://www.butchevans.com/ *StarOS and MORE * >> *http://blog.butchevans.com/ *Wired or wireless Networks * *Mikrotik >> Certified Consultant *Professional Technical Trainer * >> ******************************************************************** >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! 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