So anyone can copy it and those that paid for it provide the funding for
those that don't.
Not saying that MTs licensing it perfect, but requiring a license is a
very common thing. Think Microsoft, Cisco, etc.
On 1/9/2013 6:30 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
Oh. It's that license thing again. Another reason I don't like
MikroTik. With Uniquiti there are no license levels. You get what you
purchased.
On Jan 9, 2013, at 18:11, Josh Luthman <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Because a bunch of people run cracked copies...
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On Jan 9, 2013 6:03 PM, "Matt Hoppes" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>? Yes. You
usually get a reply there. Asking you to supply your serial
number. As if I'd ask for support for a product I don't own.
On Jan 9, 2013, at 17:15, Scott Lambert <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 08:04:18PM -0600, Mike Hammett wrote:
>> I've been using both MT and UBNT for many many years and I plan to
>> use them both for many years. MT support has been almost
completely
>> absent, while UBNT typically answers fairly quickly. That said,
>> usually when I notice a problem with my MT product, it's
already been
>> fixed in a newer release.
>
> MT support in their forum is hit and miss. I get timely responses
> from [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. I
don't understand the people who
> complain on the forums that MT support is horrible and refuse to
> e-mail [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. I
am not saying that Mike is one of
> those guys. I don't know if his statement is based on experience
> with [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or not.
>
> The east europe/western asia folks just seem to have a bit of a
> different take on things than we in North America do. I think
> that's just due to the culture and language differences. They tend
> to come off as being a bit brusk to us.
>
> I don't trust any newly shipping product in a production
environment.
> They go into designated test environments. The Edge Router may be
> the best thing since sliced bread. However, the devices I've used
> the Quagga stack on have let me down more than the MikroTik routing
> stack. Of course, most of those Quagga devices were StarOS which
> had its own problems. Thankfully, we have completed our 100%
StarOS
> to 100% UBNT AP/backhaul radios with MikroTik routers transition.
>
> When I get an Edge Router, I will play with it on the desk. Then
> it will be put a nearby but small tower site. If it behaves, I'll
> put one on a non-leaf node tower. I'm not in a hurry to get my
> first EdgeRouter.
>
> Until then, I really like my 493Gs running 5.21. We have not run
> any production MikroTik wireless gear. We just haven't. We picked
> up some Ubiquiti gear first. No other reason.
>
> I have 6.0rc6 on the MikroTik in the house. It has wireless. It
> works for my personal devices. I wouldn't consider using RouterOS
> 6 on customer use gear, yet. Not even when they are calling it the
> 6th release candidate. It's not a release candidate if you are
> still adding new features. If you are still adding new features,
> it is an alpha release...
>
> I have a couple of RB2011UAS units on the bench. They aren't in
> the field for the same reason I would not rush to put the
EdgeRouter
> in the field.
>
> UBNT and MikroTik both have software QA issues. At this price
> point, we get to be the alpha/beta testers. C'est la vie.
>
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