Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2019-01-11 Thread dave
. On 1/11/19 2:11 PM, Donnie McCorkle wrote: Thanks Dave.. that helps me understand. Donnie *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *David M *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2019 8:36 PM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi Heres How we do it.. I have come from a long

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2019-01-11 Thread Donnie McCorkle
Thanks Dave.. that helps me understand. Donnie From: AF On Behalf Of David M Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 8:36 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi Heres How we do it.. I have come from a long time ago internet age as some of us here are. I

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2019-01-10 Thread David M
*To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi We are doing the pure cambium solution using the cnmaestro with all of it is AWESOME! Inventory track is easier with a simple hand scanner products come in and get scanned straight to cnmaestro where they wait

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2019-01-10 Thread Cory Polman
Operations 707-766-3072 stephanie.stew...@calix.com<mailto:stephanie.stew...@calix.com> Calix TAC: 877-766-3500 From: AF On Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 8:36 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

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2019-01-10 Thread Jon Langeler
fe gets a heck of lot easier though, but I >>>> think our current support calls are more about in house coverage and less >>>> about router setup/management issues. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I may reach out to you offline if that is OK. >>>&g

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2019-01-10 Thread Darin Steffl
but I think our current support calls are more about in house coverage and >>> less about router setup/management issues. >>> >>> >>> >>> I may reach out to you offline if that is OK. >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> &

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2019-01-10 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
t; >> >> >> David Coudron >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF *On Behalf Of * Darin Steffl >> *Sent:* Friday, December 28, 2018 3:42 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Managed

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-28 Thread Darin Steffl
gt; > Regards, > > > > David Coudron > > > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of * Darin Steffl > *Sent:* Friday, December 28, 2018 3:42 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi > > > > Da

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-28 Thread David Coudron
if that is OK. Regards, David Coudron From: AF On Behalf Of Darin Steffl Sent: Friday, December 28, 2018 3:42 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi David, I highly recommend if your testing goes well with Calix (It should or ask us for help

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-28 Thread Darin Steffl
, it > wouldn’t require commitment to a new management platform, that would be > pretty nice.Our testing has gone well enough that we are pretty > convinced some sort of true mesh network is needed for these larger homes, > it just works so much better than repeaters, extenders and the

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-28 Thread David Coudron
ers and the like. Regards, David Coudron From: AF On Behalf Of Rory Conaway Sent: Friday, December 28, 2018 10:46 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi Mimosa does 1 repeater, AC Cubes do 2 repeaters at least, and Unifi is unlimited. All 3 of t

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2018-12-28 Thread Mike Hammett
5:35 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi Mimosa does 1 repeater, AC Cubes do 2 repeaters at least, and Unifi is unlimited. All 3 of them have cloud management. Why pay a monthly fee if it isn’t necessary? Does Callix have additional features beyond connectivity like blocking

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-28 Thread Rory Conaway
Of Mike Hammett Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 8:35 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi Designed for single-device (or more if mesh\repeater\etc.) is needed vs. assuming a large ecosystem. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing

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2018-12-27 Thread Donnie McCorkle
tform less "Manageable" than I would like. Have you found ways around these issues or is just adding the WiFi enough for your clients? From: AF On Behalf Of dave Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 9:22 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh w

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2018-12-27 Thread Mike Hammett
Microwave Users Group" Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 6:20:13 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi What is the advantage of Calix versus Unifi? Rory From: AF On Behalf Of David Coudron Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2018 12:02 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users

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2018-12-27 Thread dave
We are doing the pure cambium solution using the cnmaestro with all of it is AWESOME! Inventory track is easier with a simple hand scanner products come in and get scanned straight to cnmaestro where they wait to on boarded. On 12/21/18 5:01 PM, David Coudron wrote: We have been running

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-27 Thread Rory Conaway
What is the advantage of Calix versus Unifi? Rory From: AF On Behalf Of David Coudron Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2018 12:02 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi Chuck, We’d be pretty interested in that. Love to see that happen. Cory

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2018-12-23 Thread David Coudron
F On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2018 12:38 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi Calix historically sold to ILECs via dedicated regional sales reps. You had personalized service. They didn’t have a product with univ

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi I think it’s a turn off when they don’t have an online store somewhere to simply order a 10 or 100 pack, or anything. But I got that vibe from them as well. Jon Langeler Michwave Technologies, Inc. On Dec 23, 2018, at 1:14 AM, Jason Wilson mailto:ja

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-23 Thread Jon Langeler
> with existing customers, but eventually it would be like a cable modem, >>> everyone gets one. Either you throw it in for free, or charge a non >>> optional modem rental fee. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCow

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-23 Thread Jason McKemie
; everyone gets one. Either you throw it in for free, or charge a non >> optional modem rental fee. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Saturday, December 22, 2018 7:23 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Gro

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2018-12-23 Thread Chuck McCown
non >>> optional modem rental fee. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown >>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 7:23 PM >>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG]

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2018-12-22 Thread Jason Wilson
> gets one. Either you throw it in for free, or charge a non optional modem >> rental fee. >> >> >> >> >> >> From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown >> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 7:23 PM >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG]

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-22 Thread Darin Steffl
Saturday, December 22, 2018 7:23 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi > > > > I buy direct. I think that is how they do it with everyone. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 22, 2018, at 6:20 PM, David Cou

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-22 Thread Ken Hohhof
rental fee. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 7:23 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi I buy direct. I think that is how they do it with everyone. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 22, 2018, at 6:20

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-22 Thread Chuck McCown
Linktechs, etc. Are > you purchasing direct from Calix? > > Regards, > > David Coudron > > > From: AF On Behalf Of Darin Steffl > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 5:34 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mes

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-22 Thread David Coudron
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi Calix is the only good method today for routers and a mesh solution that can be managed by the ISP. Powerline adapters suck and we don't use them anymore. WiFi extenders are just as bad and we tell customers

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2018-12-22 Thread Ken Hohhof
: Saturday, December 22, 2018 10:28 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi My first call would be to the CEO of said contracted phone answerers... Min would be a discount on service equal to the monthly of said customer.. On 12/21/18 10:48 PM, Steve Jones wrote: >

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-22 Thread Robert
My first call would be to the CEO of said contracted phone answerers... Min would be a discount on service equal to the monthly of said customer.. On 12/21/18 10:48 PM, Steve Jones wrote: Our contracted phone answerers literally just told one of our customers they needed a higher speed

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-21 Thread Steve Jones
Mike Meluskey > *Sent:* Friday, December 21, 2018 6:20 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi > > > > Mikrotik just came out with a Powerline adaptor: > https://mikrotik.com/product/pwr_line_ap_us_plug#fndtn-gallery

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
On Behalf Of Mike Meluskey Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 6:20 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi Mikrotik just came out with a Powerline adaptor: <https://mikrotik.com/product/pwr_line_ap_us_plug#fndtn-gallery> https://mikrot

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2018-12-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi I'm not sure anyone deploying coax cameras anymore is "doing it right". - Mike Hammett <http://www.ics-il.com/> Intelligent Computing Solutions <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> &l

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2018-12-21 Thread Mike Meluskey
Coudron Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 5:01 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi We have been running into more and more situations where customers either have homes that are too large to effectively cover with a good router, or have so many devices

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2018-12-21 Thread Mathew Howard
acebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ---------- > *From: *"Ken Hohhof" > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" > *Sent: *Friday, December 21, 2018 5:56:12 PM > *Su

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-21 Thread Mike Hammett
quot; Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 5:56:12 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi I am running into a lot of customers insisting on putting cheap WiFi cameras outside their metal buildings and expecting their WiFi to work on the other side of the Faraday cage. I think

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
I remember seeing they had a Youtube video how to do it. Lights help you optimize the location. From: AF On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 5:36 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi So do I have to do

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi We have been running into more and more situations where customers either have homes that are too large to effectively cover with a good router, or have so many devices at the far end of the house from wh

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-21 Thread chuck
So do I have to do anything to make my Calix mesh box work. I kinda forgot I had it. From: Darin Steffl Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 4:33 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi Calix is the only good method today for routers and a mesh

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-21 Thread Darin Steffl
te: > >> Calix 844 has a mesh extender that supposedly has touchless >> provisioning. I have a mesh box at home to play with but still have not >> taken it out of the box. >> >> *From:* David Coudron >> *Sent:* Friday, December 21, 2018 4:01 PM >> *To:* A

Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-21 Thread chuck
Calix 844 has a mesh extender that supposedly has touchless provisioning. I have a mesh box at home to play with but still have not taken it out of the box. From: David Coudron Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 4:01 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Managed whole house

[AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi

2018-12-21 Thread David Coudron
We have been running into more and more situations where customers either have homes that are too large to effectively cover with a good router, or have so many devices at the far end of the house from where their router has to be positioned that we are looking for good options to provide