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. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
