Check out SmartRG also. But it’s tough to beat Ubiquiti with the same cloud stuff for free with UNMS.
Jon Langeler Michwave Technologies, Inc. > On Nov 16, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been wondering where to find a TR-69 ACS that isn't awful. RNControl > was at least intuitive to use. I had assumed it was only for ReadyNet's > routers, but I guess I'll have to talk to them about "bringing our own > router". > > If I talk to Affinegy will I cry when I find out what it costs? > > >> On 11/16/2018 2:11 PM, Joe Novak wrote: >> +1 for Consumer connect being expensive. >> >> There is several other TR69 complaint router management vendors, that do >> have direct support for the Gigacenter. Affinegy.com is one we looked at, >> RNControl(ReadyNet) has the ability to also do a 'bring your own router' to >> their TR-069 platform. There is at least one more that had a setup too, I >> just can't think of the name.. >> >> The thing I like about the Calix, which we had trouble with in other >> platforms, is stability. The damn things just WORK. Zyxel, Readynet, >> Cambium, all had weird problems where after a week or two they could no >> longer be managed and required a reboot. Wifi issues. I never had the same >> problems with the Calix at home or at work. I ran it for about a month at >> home before we started deploying customers. Readynet/Zyxel/Cambium had some >> varying degree of annoyances, if it was either management locking up, or >> wifi disappearing - device locking up for no reason? Calix is the only one >> that lasted a month without crashing in some way shape or form. I don't >> really have the time or want to track down vendors problems. Not to say any >> of the vendors have terrible support, but there isn't enough time in the day. >> >> We are also using Calix in our FTTH, but the whole pushing people to use >> consumer connect rubbed us the wrong way too. Would rather put in a dumb ONT >> and bridge it with a 844E behind it. >> >> Joe >> >> >> >>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 12:55 PM Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com> >>> wrote: >>> We don't use the calix cloud (consumer connect or whatever its called these >>> days) >>> >>> We do run CMS, but I'm not using it with our 844GEs. It thought this was >>> possible, but they are really pushing people to pay them for consumer >>> connect. We do pay for support which includes CMS and they can be pretty >>> arbitrary on pricing. I think they just make it up as they go. >>> >>> We run a lot of GPON on E7-2s with 844G and GE ONTs. Easy to allow remote >>> access from the E7-2 for management if needed. (We run 844GEs in active >>> ethernet fiber MDUS to start, then move them over to GPON once we get fiber >>> to the building or get enough customers in the building to justify an E7-2 >>> and GPON card in the building). In Active ethernet mode, they are kind of >>> a PITA. They will randomly lose their WAN VLAN settings and go back to >>> their smart activate config. >>> >>> I have 844Es in the lab, (shout out to Calix for sending them to me for >>> free for my lab), and used one at home as a test router for awhile. Big >>> drawback of the 844E is that their cloud is expensive and there doesn't >>> seem to be a free/cheap on-site version like CnMaestro. Routers do seem to >>> work better then CnPilots. We are still using CnPilots for our coper MDU >>> and CSM customer. I prefer the performance of the 844E, but their cloud is >>> too expensive, at least for us (other people have ball parked much better >>> pricing then they quote us), and there doesn't seem to be a free/cheap >>> on-site version like CnMaestro. >>> >>> You can run them just like a regular router, except that you have a >>> customer side interface and a provider side interface. >>> >>> You can create a golden config file and load it onto all your routers if >>> you have defaults you want. >>> >>> They do support tr69 so you can roll them into your own management solution >>> later if you like but you don't have to use it. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 9:52 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >>>> For those of you who’ve successfully deployed Calix: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I’ve been wanting to do something with the 844E and 804 since WISPAmerica >>>> 2.5 years ago, but I feel like I’m at the starting >>>> line of a marathon with my feet stuck in buckets full of concrete. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Calix has tons of documentation, and after reading it, I feel about 1% >>>> smarter. I don’t know what the end user or a tech sees as an interface >>>> for analytics and troubleshooting and tweaking settings. I don’t know if >>>> you can do a standalone implementation with just the Calix Cloud and some >>>> Gigacenters and Mesh units, I get the impression you need to mess with >>>> APIs and tie into all sorts of operations systems that we don’t have. I’m >>>> not even clear on whether we need to set up some kind of on-network TR-069 >>>> server, or if that’s all a cloud service hosted by Calix. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Is the Calix stuff relatively straightforward to use, on a par with >>>> Cambium cnPilot and cnMaestro Cloud? And maybe Calix documentation is >>>> just very confusing or I’m being stupid? Or are these things pretty >>>> complicated to incorporate into a WISP network and get all the advantages >>>> of the devices and cloud management? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I’m trying to decide whether to keep struggling and get more help from >>>> Calix, or give up. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Carl Peterson >>> >>> PORT NETWORKS >>> >>> 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 >>> >>> Baltimore, MD 21202 >>> >>> (410) 637-3707 >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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