Calix reps hand out demos like candy to get you hooked then... I’d like to sell the whole lot together.
> On Sep 5, 2019, at 10:22 PM, Dan Spitler <d...@common.net> wrote: > > TR-069 support isn’t actually enabled though. Have to bug them and after a > lot of back-and-forth they’ll enable a beta release for specific MACs you > give them. (side-note: I really wish the binaries were readily available) > Of course, I haven’t had time to play with it but think I will tonight. > > How much for a Gigacenter and repeater? I’ve always wanted to try one, but > didn’t want to bother with the whole procurement process. > > > >> On Thursday, September 5, 2019, Ryan's Amplex <rh...@amplex.net> wrote: >> Welp just figured out what I’m doing tonight. So much for mowing the lawn. >> >>> On Sep 5, 2019, at 4:58 PM, Clint Wiley <cl...@hagerstownfiber.com> wrote: >>> >>> I thought the latest Amplifi firmware supported TR-069? >>> >>> >>> >>> https://community.amplifi.com/topic/1862/firmware-v3-0-0 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> >>> Clint Wiley >>> >>> Hagerstown Fiber Internet >>> >>> >>> >>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of Ryan Hill <rh...@amplex.net> >>> Reply-To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >>> Date: Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 4:39 PM >>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mesh whole house wifi >>> >>> >>> >>> I went through exactly the list of options that you mentioned David. My >>> favorite was the Amplifi, it worked flawlessly but it is expensive, and >>> didn’t have access to the unifi controller which stunk. They answer to >>> that has been the Dream Machine which is better but still requires it’s own >>> Unifi Controller which stinks for what were looking for. We explored Calix >>> extensively and even bought 25 Gigacenters and the Mesh units(Let me know >>> if someone wants them?) but we too didn’t want to undertake using their >>> cloud since we own our own ACS. The onboarding of the Calix ourselves into >>> our ACS wasn’t something we have time to do so we scrapped Calix. >>> >>> This leaves Cambium or Ubnt >>> >>> We’ve been selling managed router services with the r201s for a couple >>> years but just started testing now the r201s meshed with themselves and or >>> the e430H wall units is working ok, or Unifi devices which we are deploying >>> rapidly for business class applications and managing with the unifi >>> controller. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <image001.png> >>> >>> Ryan Hill >>> >>> Operations Manager >>> >>> Amplex Internet >>> >>> (419)837-5015 Ext 1047 >>> >>> www.amplex.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 5, 2019, at 4:13 PM, Robert Andrews <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> We had customers try orbi and found a couple of problems. 1st was that >>> you could not set the channel that it used for mesh. There was a place to >>> in the config but it didn't actually change anything ( it lied ) and if it >>> chose a channel we were delivering on, all hell broke loose. Second was >>> that we had a customer pick theirs up from Costco when they were selling >>> them and when the customer went to upgrade the firmware ( hopefully to fix >>> the mesh channel thing ) there was no firmware available for the mesh unit >>> they had purchased. They looked, we drove out there and looked, The >>> unit number was nowhere in the orbi support firmwares and could not be >>> upgraded. >>> >>> Disqualified because of those two things.. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 09/05/2019 11:47 AM, David Coudron wrote: >>> >>> >>> We looked at a bunch of different options and decided to provide Netgear >>> Orbi Mesh. What we looked at was: >>> Ubiquiti Amplifi – worked great in our tests, but there is no remote >>> management option >>> Calix Gigacenter – also worked great, but really need to commit to their >>> cloud management. That was too big a commitment for just the few meshes we >>> do >>> TP Link, Google and a bunch of others – all would likely work, but most >>> didn’t have remote management and/or a dedicated backhaul channel. >>> Mikrotik – Not really in the same category, but wasn’t a serious >>> consideration as it was way to complicated and under performing >>> Netgear checked the boxes that were important to us: >>> Readily available >>> Remotely manageable >>> Dedicated backhaul channel >>> Reasonably priced >>> Passed our simple testing >>> Regards, >>> David Coudron >>> *From:*AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Clint Wiley >>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 5, 2019 1:36 PM >>> *To:* af@af.afmug.com >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Mesh whole house wifi >>> Hi all, >>> For those of you offering ‘whole house’ wifi services, what are you >>> deploying? We know that the one sore point for our users is wifi coverage. >>> Our ONT vendor (zhone) has been promising a solution for almost a year now >>> but it still isn’t ready and, quite frankly, lacks the end user management >>> features others might have. We’d like remote management so we can assist in >>> setting SSID’s and changing passwords, et. >>> Thanks, >>> Clint >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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