Oops accidentally just replied, not replied to all:<br>"From what I read, didn't the company end up screwing over all the
adopters of this? Don't they lock down all the units now, charge
regardless of usage, etc?<br><br>Check:<br><a href="http://text.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Meraki-Annoys-Partners-Customers-88249" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://text.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Meraki-Annoys-Partners-Customers-88249</a><br>
<br>I won't be buying from them."<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/7/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">hannah commodore</b> <<a href="mailto:hannah@tinfoilhat.net">hannah@tinfoilhat.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Phillips wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Not sure if any one else has come upon these,
but they look pretty good.
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<a href="http://meraki.com/oursolution/hardware/outdoor/spec/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://meraki.com/oursolution/hardware/outdoor/spec/</a>
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there little self contained outdoor wifi mesh nodes 200mw output
power, and the manufacturer claims up to 8km with a suitable external
omni antenna.
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the little 2db omni that is included is rated to a max of 350m
outdoors.
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<br>
There are 2 models which both appear to be the same hardware, but have
different software included. they sell for $99 US and $199 US, and
this includes everything you need to get going ( poe injector etc)
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Worth a Look
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the problem is meraki is built on top of really idealistic opensource
models, but have recently become corporate asshats. questionably
legally. they changed their EULA a while back to add:
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*3.5 Restrictions on Use.* Meraki Hardware may only be used with Meraki
Software. Customer agrees not to (i) disassemble or attempt to reverse
engineer the Meraki Hardware, (ii) remove or erase the Meraki Software
from the Meraki Hardware, or otherwise try to disable or alter the
Meraki Software functionality; or (iii) load any other software onto
the Meraki Hardware.
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since it's built on top of openwrt, this may be in violation of the gpl
or the fair use clauses in many countries.
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why not check these ones out instead? they use a really rad portal
system, which you can chose not to use, and have similar specs in
hardware:
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<a href="http://www.open-mesh.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.open-mesh.com/</a>
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