Simcfc73 Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Hi, Did anyone watch the webcast today where you got a free Meraki AP? Just wondered if they had done it before. It was quite interesting, especially the guy from Cirencester saying they pulled out the Netgear kit because it was rubbish (we have netgear rubbish here ) Looking forward to getting the kit and having a play but wondered if you need to subscribe to run it from the web?
plexer Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 You get a free 3 year cloud controller licence with it. Ben
glennda Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) Hi, Did anyone watch the webcast today where you got a free Meraki AP? Just wondered if they had done it before. It was quite interesting, especially the guy from Cirencester saying they pulled out the Netgear kit because it was rubbish (we have netgear rubbish here ) Looking forward to getting the kit and having a play but wondered if you need to subscribe to run it from the web? Meraki kit is very good. And i love it not just the wireless kit which is the tip of the iceburg with what they do. There is a meraki rep round here somewhere too. I've deployed around 20 Meraki networks from here to Oman (quite literally) now and the technology in place is very very clever (especially around auto-vpn) and ssid which is a vpn tunnel to remote lan! They do tend to give out lots of trial kit quite easily. Which AP do are they giving away? MR12? in which case its the lowest of the range. Edited February 13, 2013 by glennda
Simcfc73 Posted February 13, 2013 Author Posted February 13, 2013 Not sure what the freebie is, just know its free
plexer Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Yes it's an MR12 just checked mine on the shelf. Ben
glennda Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 They are the low end single radio ones, not bad for home but I wouldn't want to use in a production enviroment for more then a few devices! Nice though, i have an MR16 in the boot of my car at the moment although MR24's would be what you want in a school for the performance required.
Simcfc73 Posted February 13, 2013 Author Posted February 13, 2013 Just seen the price of the MR24's.... not a chance unless 1 covered the entire school
glennda Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Just seen the price of the MR24's.... not a chance unless 1 covered the entire school There about £7/800 each ish? I think, Perhaps a little more? It would be worth testing the MR16's to see if they give the throughput required but the MR24 will give you the greatest radio rate (900mbs)
featured_spectre Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Anyone got a link on how to get it? I am interested.
AngryTechnician Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 You get a free 3 year cloud controller licence with it. Ben Is it 3 years now? When I took advantage of this offer almost a year ago it was only one year.
JOrdan01070 Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 click here Meraki Webinars they have this one "Prep Your Network for BYOD" starting at 10am 1
plexer Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 You have to provide business details to be eligible for the offer. Ben
Simcfc73 Posted February 18, 2013 Author Posted February 18, 2013 Got mine this morning, compared to the netgear stuff its very swish... but then a datsun is too. L7 filtering here I come
staningrimsby Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) I have one to, put it in the staff room and its better than whats already there but not good enough for a classroom, looking at trying Ruckus in the classrooms though for a start its half the price and if its as good as they say it is. Only got mine about 3 weeks ago and yes you still get a 3 year licence with it. Edited February 18, 2013 by staningrimsby
glennda Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 I have one to, put it in the staff room and its better than whats already there but not good enough for a classroom, looking at trying Ruckus in the classrooms though for a start its half the price and if its as good as they say it is. Only got mine about 3 weeks ago and yes you still get a 3 year licence with it. Don't compare the MR12 with the likes of ruckus etc - you may as well compare it to your home router (single radio etc)
SYNACK Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 They still don't care enough about NZ to offer the same deal so I don't care enough about them to bother finding out more about them. Ruckus all the way!!! you get your very own controller to which means your not crippled by loosing an internet connection.
glennda Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 They still don't care enough about NZ to offer the same deal so I don't care enough about them to bother finding out more about them. Ruckus all the way!!! you get your very own controller to which means your not crippled by loosing an internet connection. That seems to be the mis-conception - if you lose your internet connection you don't lose functionality of the system. You can configure what the device does if it cannot talk to the controller, either reject new connections etc.
SYNACK Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 That seems to be the mis-conception - if you lose your internet connection you don't lose functionality of the system. You can configure what the device does if it cannot talk to the controller, either reject new connections etc. Yea, you still loose some functionality, at least the advanced stuff. Ruckus/Aruba etc are just better in that regard and they ship to NZ
Simcfc73 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 I have been playing with the MR12, going to deploy it in a staff room with a couple of clients. I am trying to use the portal but its not working, I have 1 SID which I can connect to and browse but it takes me straight into the smoothwall SSL page and no splash screen, the MR12 has this facility doesn't it? With regards to support, first impressions aren't the best. Phoned up 3 times now, last night they said they logged a call and hadn't, today called up and the phone was silent for 4 minutes befiore being transferred to the USA to a nice lady who wanted me to have a great day.
glennda Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 I have been playing with the MR12, going to deploy it in a staff room with a couple of clients. I am trying to use the portal but its not working, I have 1 SID which I can connect to and browse but it takes me straight into the smoothwall SSL page and no splash screen, the MR12 has this facility doesn't it? With regards to support, first impressions aren't the best. Phoned up 3 times now, last night they said they logged a call and hadn't, today called up and the phone was silent for 4 minutes befiore being transferred to the USA to a nice lady who wanted me to have a great day. Yes the Unit has the ability to display a splash screen but they are hosted in the Meraki Cloud hence the reason why its displaying your smoothwall page because it is trying to access the internet. Toby
Simcfc73 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 Ah right thanks. I will have to rethink how I can use it then. I am swinging towards Meraki.
glennda Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Ah right thanks. I will have to rethink how I can use it then. I am swinging towards Meraki. Could you not put the information from the Meraki Splash Screen on the Smoothwalls?
Simcfc73 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 I suppose I could. I just watched a video on youtube about the meraki system where it logs users onto different VLANS and Sids depending on their AD username they put in the splash screen which was what I was looking for. The whole cloud thing is brilliant in theory but I am not convinced its the way I want to go.
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