Comments on: Meraki Cooks Up Wireless Mesh Router http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Bruce Hubbert http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59197 Bruce Hubbert Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:35:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59197 <p>I also have implemented a Meraki setup and have posted my results at my Blog:</p> <p>Htpp://www.hubbert.org/</p> I also have implemented a Meraki setup and have posted my results at my Blog:

Htpp://www.hubbert.org/

]]> By: dailywireless.org » Open Source Routers http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59196 dailywireless.org » Open Source Routers Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:57:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59196 <p>[...] Katie Fehrenbacher of GigOm says series of open source projects are tackling high-end switches and wireless networking. She says Vyatta and Digium have based their entire business model on open source software. Digium is the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry’s first open source PBX Meraki Networks, a Mountain View, Calif.-based startup is building a business off of hardware and software based on MIT’s Roofnet project. The Roofnet Project was previously funded by MIT’s Project Oxygen and NTT DoCoMo. Meraki also consults on mesh-networking related issues for the fabled $100 laptop prototype project. The first offering from the company will likely hit the shelves this fall, and is called the Meraki Mini, which is a $49 wireless 802.11b/g router that allows users to build a wireless mesh network or extend the range of a municipal network. [...]</p> [...] Katie Fehrenbacher of GigOm says series of open source projects are tackling high-end switches and wireless networking. She says Vyatta and Digium have based their entire business model on open source software. Digium is the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry’s first open source PBX Meraki Networks, a Mountain View, Calif.-based startup is building a business off of hardware and software based on MIT’s Roofnet project. The Roofnet Project was previously funded by MIT’s Project Oxygen and NTT DoCoMo. Meraki also consults on mesh-networking related issues for the fabled $100 laptop prototype project. The first offering from the company will likely hit the shelves this fall, and is called the Meraki Mini, which is a $49 wireless 802.11b/g router that allows users to build a wireless mesh network or extend the range of a municipal network. [...]

]]> By: Chuck Fletcher http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59195 Chuck Fletcher Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:00:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59195 <p>I just got some Meraki routers and wrote up a little post about the experience. http://www.chuckfletcher.com/?p=28</p> <p>Chuck</p> I just got some Meraki routers and wrote up a little post about the experience.
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Chuck

]]> By: Drew http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59194 Drew Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:28:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59194 <p>Would be nice if they could fit olsrd in there</p> Would be nice if they could fit olsrd in there

]]> By: Darren Lee http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59193 Darren Lee Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:55:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59193 <p>Apologies. Just went to see meraki mini specs. Great. Antenna is RP-SMA type.</p> Apologies. Just went to see meraki mini specs. Great. Antenna is RP-SMA type.

]]> By: Darren Lee http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59192 Darren Lee Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:53:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59192 <p>The Meraki mini antenna connector seems not to be the common RP-SMA type. Why not? Majority of upgrade Wifi antenna are of RP-SMA type.</p> The Meraki mini antenna connector seems not to be the common RP-SMA type. Why not? Majority of upgrade Wifi antenna are of RP-SMA type.

]]> By: LG http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59191 LG Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:20:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59191 <p>This is good, but a couple of things I notice from the Meraki Mini spec sheet:</p> <p>1) 60mw transmitter, 2dBi antenna</p> <p>That's not terrible, but perhaps a little anemic for a decent sized mesh. Being bright kids from MIT, I would have preferred to see a slightly more serious internal antenna (maybe an 8-11dBi), and some intelligent backoff software that would dial down the transmitter power if there were a lot of nearby Meraki nodes. That way, you'd be able to extend coverage (and have nodes in less populated areas propagate their signal a little further), and not step on too many toes in crowded apartment blocks.</p> This is good, but a couple of things I notice from the Meraki Mini spec sheet:

1) 60mw transmitter, 2dBi antenna

That’s not terrible, but perhaps a little anemic for a decent sized mesh. Being bright kids from MIT, I would have preferred to see a slightly more serious internal antenna (maybe an 8-11dBi), and some intelligent backoff software that would dial down the transmitter power if there were a lot of nearby Meraki nodes. That way, you’d be able to extend coverage (and have nodes in less populated areas propagate their signal a little further), and not step on too many toes in crowded apartment blocks.

]]> By: tui http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59190 tui Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:20:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59190 <p>Hopefully, Meraki has a better business model and doesn't get into vaporware FON ($22M joke!)</p> Hopefully, Meraki has a better business model and doesn’t get into vaporware FON ($22M joke!)

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59189 Jesse Kopelman Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:14:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59189 <p>This is a very big deal. I've been expecting something like this for a couple of years. I can think of many technical improvements that could and eventually should be made, but this looks like the right way to start. That it's based on open platforms will only speed its evolution. In a generation, the term base-station may well be gone from the wireless vocabulary.</p> This is a very big deal. I’ve been expecting something like this for a couple of years. I can think of many technical improvements that could and eventually should be made, but this looks like the right way to start. That it’s based on open platforms will only speed its evolution. In a generation, the term base-station may well be gone from the wireless vocabulary.

]]> By: Sascha Meinrath http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59188 Sascha Meinrath Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:09:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59188 <p>It should be noted that CUWiN and Meraki have actually been working together for quite some time and have been continuing our collaboration with their current hardware platform. CUWiN uses some of the technologies MIT roofnet first developed and is porting our software to the Meraki Minis as we speak. Our goal is really to tie together "best of breed" technologies from around the globe to create low-cost turn-key wireless solutions. And we've been building a coalition of groups who are working on different facets of this problem spanning 5 continents and about a dozen projects. The goal is to enhance coordination among key groups, open lines of communication among developers, and create interoperable Open Source, Open Architecture, Open Spectrum technologies. </p> <p>Stay tuned…</p> It should be noted that CUWiN and Meraki have actually been working together for quite some time and have been continuing our collaboration with their current hardware platform. CUWiN uses some of the technologies MIT roofnet first developed and is porting our software to the Meraki Minis as we speak. Our goal is really to tie together “best of breed” technologies from around the globe to create low-cost turn-key wireless solutions. And we’ve been building a coalition of groups who are working on different facets of this problem spanning 5 continents and about a dozen projects. The goal is to enhance coordination among key groups, open lines of communication among developers, and create interoperable Open Source, Open Architecture, Open Spectrum technologies.

Stay tuned…

]]> By: Wes Felter http://gigaom.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59187 Wes Felter Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:09:58 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/meraki/#comment-59187 <p>Aww, that hardware is so cute. I wonder what the throughput is like.</p> Aww, that hardware is so cute. I wonder what the throughput is like.

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