[166948] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Meraki
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Fri Nov 22 00:38:22 2013
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:37:40 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hank Disuko" <gourmetcisco@hotmail.com>
> I'm considering Cisco's Meraki platform for my access layer and I'm
> looking for deployment stories of folks that have deployed Meraki in
> the past...good/bad/ugly kinda stuff.
>
> I know Meraki hardcores were upset when Cisco acquired them, but not
> exactly sure why.
Anecdote:
My local IHOP finally managed to get Wifi internet access in the restaurant.
For reasons unknown to me, it's a Meraki box, backhauled *over T-mobile*.
That's just as unpleasant as you'd think it would be, And More!
Both the wifi and 3G (yes, 3G) boxes lock up on a fairly regular basis,
requiring a power cycle, which, generally, they'll only do because I've
been eating there for 20 years, and they trust me when I ask them to.
I can't say whether this provides any illumination on the rest of their
product line, but...
Cheers,
-- jra
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