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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)   1 Aug 2013 17:44 
 To:  graphitone      21 of 48 
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I have three buildings at this location and they each have DSL. Only one is going down so I'm going to build a wireless link between the three, cancel all but one DSL account and get cable installed. Then I should have pretty good redundancy. 
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 From:  graphitone   1 Aug 2013 20:08 
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)      22 of 48 
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What're you going to use for your APs? We're trialling a Meraki device at the moment, seems pretty good. Plus we got it free for watching a webinar.


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 From:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)   1 Aug 2013 21:44 
 To:  graphitone      23 of 48 
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I know it's a bit home-hackery, but have you tried the Mikrotik stuff?
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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)   2 Aug 2013 02:41 
 To:  graphitone      24 of 48 
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I'm not sure yet, tomorrow I am going to begin researching.  If you have any suggestions I'd appreciate the help!

And I picked the least hurtful choice in the poll!
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 From:  graphitone   2 Aug 2013 05:36 
 To:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)      25 of 48 
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No - any good? Is it as simple as the Meraki kit?


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 From:  graphitone   2 Aug 2013 05:36 
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)      26 of 48 
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(hug)


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 From:  sinkywinky    2 Aug 2013 20:48 
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Naturally, BT turned up while I was at work to do the install I cancelled the day before. (fail)
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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)   2 Aug 2013 22:42 
 To:  sinkywinky       28 of 48 
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It's like a 3 Stooges episode isn't it?  I presume they didn't do anything and maybe even left you one of those fancy door hanging souvenirs?
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 From:  Chris (CHRISSS)   3 Aug 2013 08:56 
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)      29 of 48 
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They leave you door hangers?
Me
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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)   3 Aug 2013 08:59 
 To:  Chris (CHRISSS)      30 of 48 
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Lets just say that someone does.  I've never actually seen them because they show up about 5 minutes after I've left!
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   3 Aug 2013 09:03 
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)      31 of 48 
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Is that like a "we tried to deliver your parcel" thing that they leave on your door handle?
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 From:  sinkywinky    3 Aug 2013 09:13 
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)      32 of 48 
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They just shit on my doorstep. (And left a card)
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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)   3 Aug 2013 09:13 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS      33 of 48 
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Yeah.  They don't always do it, and not all companies do it.  I think it's more to rub in the fact that you just missed them.

Speaking of mail/package people doing this.  We were sitting in the living room a few months ago and I thought I heard someone pull in the driveway.  A few minutes later I went to the door to check and there was a hanger saying "sorry we missed you".  The lazy bastard couldn't muster up the energy to push the doorbell I guess!
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   3 Aug 2013 09:23 
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)      34 of 48 
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That reminds me of ShittyLink (CityLink) over here.

I usually hope it's a Royal Mail delivery over here because the depot is fairly close. They leave these cards...



And the writing is often illegible.

My google search found this also...
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 From:  PNCOOL   7 Aug 2013 11:35 
 To:  graphitone      35 of 48 
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How is the Meraki kit?  My IT reseller keeps trying to push that stuff on me even though we already use Xirrus stuff here.

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 From:  graphitone   7 Aug 2013 12:57 
 To:  PNCOOL      36 of 48 
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We've got it to roll out a unsecured publicly accessible wi-fi in our new office and we haven't moved there yet, so it's only been used here to make sure it works. The AP itself is fine, and I like the web interface on the parent site (you don't, as far as I can tell, access the AP directly, you sync any changes you make to your config from their site) but we've been unable to set it up properly as yet as it needs a direct connection out to the net and for some reason our DMZ isn't letting it out...

Don't know how it compares to Xirrus though, never got my grubby mits on that kit.


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 From:  PNCOOL   7 Aug 2013 13:30 
 To:  graphitone      37 of 48 
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Ah yes, that's the real difference between Xirrus and Meraki, the Meraki stuff can be configured in the Cloud.  I have a server management application for the Xirrus kit, so it's all controlled on-site.  To be honest, the regularity in which our fibre internet goes down, I'm not fussed that I can't control my kit in the Cloud.

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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)   7 Aug 2013 15:08 
 To:  PNCOOL     graphitone      38 of 48 
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Would either of these offer point to point stuff?  I'm getting ready to start researching stuff to connect 3 buildings with PTP wireless.
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 From:  PNCOOL   7 Aug 2013 15:27 
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)      39 of 48 
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I believe both do.  I know for sure that Xirrus market their stuff for that exact purpose as they sell lots in buildings that can't have a lot of cabling in them.  At our place we only use them as access points off of standard cabled infrastructure, but they like to replace switch cabinets with their things if that's what you're after.

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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)   7 Aug 2013 15:29 
 To:  PNCOOL      40 of 48 
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Sweet, I should have time to start some checking later today.  I'll give them a look!  Thanks!
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