RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] MERU networks questions

[Ruiz, Mike]

Eric,             We are a Meru Shop, recently announced.  I have about 30 AP deployed, 20 Ready to roll and plans for 200 more.  When it comes to ease of use they simply blow the rest out of the water that’s Cisco, Enterasys, and even the nex-gen stuff like Chantry or Trapeze.  The interface is really simple like many of the centrally managed systems but with the savings on site surveys thanks to the coordinated single channel architecture is truly enormous.  Their support has been great for us as well.  We were an early adopter through v2.0 and v3.0.  After some bugs in 3.0.0 they were right there working with us to isolate them and 3.0.1.1 has been solid as a rock, better than any others I’ve used actually.  Toss all that with the performance increase on the b/g mixed mode front and I don’t understand how anyone couldn’t be impressed.               When I first met with their team 5 months ago I agree it all sounded too good to be true.  Our testing with a few AP went well and I ordered a 15AP starter pack.  I put all 15 in one room and was amazed at how well the roaming algorithms worked and with a nice mix of apps including voice, performance was quite astonishing.   Bottom line, we have saved money and made my life a lot more predictable and smooth.  I would love to put you in touch with our VAR/Integrator if you’re interested in some more information.     Mike   -- Michael Ruiz Network and Enterprise Systems Engineer Hobart and William Smith Colleges Information Technology P 315-781-3711 F 315-781-3409 - HWS Faculty, Staff, Students and Alums Can purchase technology online and with an HWS DISCOUNT! http://www.cdwg.com/hws   From: 802.11 wireless issues listserv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric T. Barnett Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:29 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] MERU networks questions   I just saw some promising information on the web about Meru Networks’ wireless solution.  Anyone out there using Meru?  What do you think?  We’re running a Cisco WLSE with about 120 AP’s and 5 1200’s working as WDS.  Just wondering how Meru really stacks up to Cisco specifically in ease of use, returns, support, and lifespan of equipment.  All of their press makes them sound too good to be true.  Many thanks.   Eric Barnett, CCNA Wireless Administrator Information and Technology Services Arkansas State University 870 972 3033   ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.