Not for an 844.. No way On Jan 1, 2016 4:24 PM, "Sean Heskett" <af...@zirkel.us> wrote:
> $149 > > On Friday, January 1, 2016, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> > wrote: > >> For $200? >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Sean Heskett >> *Sent:* Friday, January 1, 2016 2:24 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - bad dream >> >> >> >> Calix can do all that and a whole lot more sterling >> >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, January 1, 2016, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> >> wrote: >> >> I hear you. >> >> My new year's goal is to find a better solution for my customers. >> >> Unfortunately, at 100-1000Mbps, the pickings are still slim. >> >> I would like to use MikroTik and manage the routing, but I'm finding that >> it's still best to get a really nice $100-$300+ single Wireless AC router >> and place it in the center of the house. >> >> What I would really like is a good split solution with routing in the >> head/basement, and wireless AC in bridge mode in one or two places in the >> house. >> >> But that doesn't seem to exist. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof >> Sent: Friday, January 1, 2016 10:30 AM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - bad dream >> >> I'm seeing a gradual increase in customers leasing a managed Mikrotik >> from us, we charge $5/mo for a RB951G-2HnD which has been very trouble free >> for us once we tweak a couple WiFi parameters. I think they look at the >> pile of discarded routers in their closet and decide to let someone else >> deal with it. Most still fall into either the "I can buy one at Walmart >> for $50" camp or the "I like going to Best Buy and letting the sales guy >> talk me into the >> $250 router because I like shopping for expensive toys" camp. And people >> still look at the humble little white Mikrotik in its plain brown box and >> think it can't possibly match their big black AC1900 router that looks like >> a weapon from Star Wars. >> >> The question I guess is whether to join the cable/telco crowd and supply >> the WiFi router and manage it for no additional revenue, and then what to >> do about the people who still want to put their own Star Wars router behind >> it. >> >> It is very disappointing that since Belkin bought Linksys they are now >> designing their own Linksys branded routers that are far worse than the >> Linksys designed E series which certainly had their own problems. I >> replaced a customer's Belksys AC1900 router with a Mikrotik this week and >> they went from having total dead spots in parts of their house on both 2.4 >> and 5 GHz to having full bars and great performance everywhere including >> the basement. Their minds were boggled at this little white box with no >> external antennas blowing away the big black monster. >> >> Of the household brands, Netgear doesn't seem all that bad, except their >> low end WNR2000 has a really high failure rate. I see people starting to >> trend toward less known brands like Asus and TP-Link. But too many of my >> customers think the electronics store is "Walmart" and they seem to come >> back with these Belkin pieces of crap, I particularly hate the model that >> only has 1 LED on the whole router and you have to interpret the color and >> number of flashes, it's like figuring out what R2D2 is saying. What's that >> R2? No link on port 3? >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Simon Westlake >> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2016 11:04 AM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - bad dream >> >> I've honestly given up completely on all residential routers, they seem >> to be slowly converging on a common denominator which is that none of them >> work properly and only last a few months. I had to replace my router >> recently, and just got a Mikrotik instead. One of the guys I work with just >> replaced his old Linksys with a Mikrotik, and all of his minor problems >> went away. >> >> I used to think that it was a bad idea to provide managed routers to end >> users, but I'm slowly changing my mind after realizing how many issues are >> caused by them. There's also a lot you could do to provide better service >> to an end user, hypothetically.. let's say you put in a DD-WRT or Mikrotik >> router and setup some shaping on the client side with SFQ. >> They'd probably see a lot less issues with their Netflix buffering when >> their Xbox was downloading a game, or their VoIP cutting out when they're >> watching Daredevil in 4K. >> >> On 1/1/2016 10:05 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> > I had a bad dream where all my customers go to Walmart and buy Belkin >> > routers. I tried to wake up but I wasn't dreaming. >> Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! >> > >> >> -- >> Simon Westlake >> Skype: Simon_Sonar >> Email: simon@sonar.software >> Phone: (702) 447-1247 >> --------------------------- >> Sonar Software Inc >> The next generation of ISP billing and OSS https://sonar.software >> >>
