My experience with Meraki is they come in and run backhaul links on 40
Mhz. channels regardless of what bandwidth is going out the other end.
You could have 1 workstation and they run 40 MHz. channels.
They are not a frequency efficient company when they pollute spectrum
the way they do.
Not on my list of favorite equipment suppliers.
-B-
On 12/2/2010 1:45 AM, Rogelio wrote:
A friend of mine has Meraki through a provider here in CA, and I'm
curious what others think about them and their niche (particularly those
who have found a great niche).
Personally, I don't see a solution like this taking off unless there is
the right demographic (poorer areas, underserved areas, certain
campuses, etc). In main areas covered by 3G and affordable cable / DSL
(e.g. $15/mo DSL Extreme), there seems to be little reason to really
build out something like Meraki.
I could see it in, say, an apartment complex, particularly ones where
people are moving in and out and just want temporary access. In these
cases, there is a way for the complex to at least pay for part of a
wireless solution for their tenants.
Another issue I see with Meraki is that for billing, it has to be an
open SSID. What about problems such as Firesheep?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firesheep
Sure, the credit card info is encrypted, but once someone attaches to
the AP, then all of their traffic is clear text. I don't see anything
in Meraki (at least the GUI I saw tonight) that prevents this sort of thing.
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