[166924] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Meraki
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dustin Jurman)
Wed Nov 20 10:51:17 2013
From: Dustin Jurman <dustin@rseng.net>
To: Glenn Robuck <techravingmad@gmail.com>, NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:51:04 -0500
In-Reply-To: <CADi_t2y_uDYJHqaca2TVnScoKYazj_zC7A8rANXRr7+o0z9UkQ@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Just finished a project doing an entire convention center with Xirrus. Awe=
some results and many more options than Meraki. I would say that it was on=
e of those signature projects that had to happen in a very short schedule a=
nd we had to provide support for the event. Onsite engineers stated that i=
t was the most boring support event they ever went too. In the four days t=
hat we provided turn-up support there wasn't a single issue and only alcola=
des from the event center and attendees. =20
We have previously deployed Meraki in large environments as well the Xirrus=
. The Xirrus product is superior in so many ways. I am not a big fan of c=
loud based network management, I think as network providers in rapidly cha=
nging environments there are times when equipment is decommissioned and put=
on a shelf for a rainy day or emergency project, I don't see that really =
happening with the Meraki model unless you want to keep dumping money into =
them. =20
DSJ
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Dustin Jurman
CEO
Rapid Systems Corporation=20
1211 N. West Shore Blvd. Suite 711
Tampa, FL 33607
Ph: 813-232-4887=20
Cell:813-892-7006
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-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Robuck [mailto:techravingmad@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:12 PM
To: NANOG
Subject: Re: Meraki
I'm curious if any of you guys have compared Meraki and Xirrus? We are cur=
rently in the process of picking new WAPs and have narrowed it down to thes=
e too. We are leaning towards Xirrus due to it's modular structure.
It also has a great user interface.
Anyone else evaluate Xirrus?
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Warren Bailey < wbailey@satelliteintellige=
ncegroup.com> wrote:
> They give you a free ap for listening to their pitch.. We love them.
> Expensive.. But responsive and responsible.. Which is pretty hard to=20
> find in Wi-Fi land. Pretty interface and lots of little bells and whistle=
s..
> They have my vote from what we evaluated (ubnt, Blahblahblah).
>
>
> Sent from my Mobile Device.
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Pedersen, Sean" <Sean.Pedersen@usairways.com>
> Date: 11/19/2013 12:00 PM (GMT-09:00)
> To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
> Subject: RE: Meraki
>
>
> I started to look into them for personal and limited small business=20
> use, but stopped short when I realized their cloud management platform=20
> is subscription-based. Unless I've missed something, you cannot deploy=20
> your own internal management platform. It's all licensed through=20
> Meraki/Cisco, which means if you lose your Internet connection, you=20
> lose management access to your gear. That could be a deal-killer in certa=
in environments.
> Maybe someone with more experience on the platform could correct me there=
.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hank Disuko [mailto:gourmetcisco@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 10:26 AM
> To: NANOG
> Subject: Meraki
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've traditionally been a Cisco Catalyst shop for my switching gear.
>
> I am doing a significant hardware refresh in one of my offices, which=20
> will entail replacing about 20 access switches and a couple core devices.
> Pretty simple L3 VLAN environment with VRRP/HSRP, on the physical end=20
> I have 1G fibre/copper and 10G fibre. My core switch of choice will=20
> likely be the Cat 4500 series.
>
> I'm considering Cisco's Meraki platform for my access layer and I'm=20
> looking for deployment stories of folks that have deployed Meraki in=20
> the past...good/bad/ugly kinda stuff.
>
> I know Meraki hardcores were upset when Cisco acquired them, but not=20
> exactly sure why.
>
> Anyway, any thoughts would be useful. Thanks!
>
> -Hank
>
>
>
