same thing happened to us as it did to Tushar and i refused to pay again to move to their crappy wireless manager product.
some things cambium gets really right...some things they are out right stupid about. did i mention speed keys yet today??? hey cambium get rid of the speed keys and give us a good management platform...oh yeah and a pony too :-) -sean On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Tushar Patel via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > So David how much so far have you spent on wireless Manager? Next year or > 2 if they come out with new system and tell you to pay again, and tell you > old system will not be supported and for newer radio you need new system > and will have to pay for all your old AP's to make it work on new system, > will you pay them again? > > In our case we had spent $20k + hardware so close to $30k on prizm, we > could not transfer anything to wireless manager, they wanted us to pay > again. > > Same could happen again with new CNS (or whatever is called now). > > Tushar > > > On Dec 12, 2014, at 4:32 PM, David via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > Tushar, > we bought the Wireless manager just to display our map of infrastructure > on a 50" screen in the lobby. Cool! > Once I started getting the keys to support most of our infrastructure I > began to investigate more in depth of what all we could do more with it. > It allows me to make global changes on the fly and create complex > templates for any of our PTP links and APs. > This makes for a good day when provisioning a replacement radio when one > gets hit by lightning. > Other than making network wide changes like modifying protocol filtering > or nat templates its ok. > I believe but not sure it has the ability to check for service > availability at first glance from a subscriber. > > > On 12/12/2014 04:16 PM, Tushar Patel via Af wrote: > > If history is any guide, (BAM, Prizm ) and not continue to support. After > poring close to $30k in prizm, cambium wanted us to buy new license for > all AP's and backhal again for wireless manager. I could not believe it. > > You are better off not wasting your time and money into their management > platform. > > We won wireless manager in something and still did not install it. When > we did install it, we were not impressed. Don't waste your time and money. > > Tushar > > > On Dec 12, 2014, at 2:33 PM, SmarterBroadband via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > I assume Wireless manager is still a pay for product? > > > > Anyone using Wireless Advisor? Is it worth installing? > > > > Thanks > > > > Adam > > >
