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January 5th, 2008 — Meraki, Wifi Mesh Networking
Meraki was the coolest wireless mesh product I had seen, and I was promoting meraki till they changed their business models. Still meraki is the best product in the market but I dont use it anymore.
Ever since Meraki changed their prices and business models, I was looking for an alternative. There were many similar products, but the web dashboard and the zero configuration router were still not there.
Today I have found a product, that is open source and free and that matches merakis features. Its the Open-Mesh. They provide free centralized network management & reporting console for RO.B.IN and Meraki network. The stuff is very much similar to Merakis online dashboard.
The Open-Mesh supports Fon 2200 routers flashed with a custom firmware. The router costs only 40$. Now thats cheaper than Meraki which costs 49$ a piece. This is the best Ive seen so far and Ill be soon getting a few FON routers and restarting the mesh project I had started and then paused due to merakis change of business plans.
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December 9th, 2007 — Experiences, MobMe, Mobile, Wifi Mesh Networking
The event got over today, but the fun continues.
The first thing I learned is that India can be the heaven of Free and Open Source Software. There are too many developers wanting to contribute. And they will if someone shows them how to get started. Then again Evangelisation…
Javascript is going to become the language that dominates light weight application development. XML is here to stay, and is going to be seen in various usage scenarios. I decided to brush up my scripting knowledge.
Got inspired by the mozilla talks and decided to do a do a mozilla application for FastAlerts and Mobshare. This will help the users navigate the user interface better. Also it will help increase the usage.
Wireless Mesh Networks are evolving into a much more reliable and secure technology. In India the adoption rate is very low for community networks (are indians afraid of sharing). Bangalore will soon see its first mesh setup and I am going to be a part of the team.
Many FOSS developers are now focusing on embedded and mobile development. It gives them more freedom and satisfaction. Mobiles are a better playground cos its largely unexplored and it offers much technology freedom than a normal computer. Openmoko, Openembedded, Android, Qtopia etc are going to dominate this.
The future will see more of software than of hardware. GNURadio project aims to make all communication infrastructure to consist of a standard hardware and different software for different applications. Its like you have a device and you can load various softwares to make it act like an FM radio, tv receiver, GSM phone etc. I didnt understand more…. I wish I had taken that Ham License while in college.
And on the final day met up with Rasmus Lerdorf, the guy who created PHP. I had a strange feeling when I met him, felt like I was talking to some film star. He maintains the php.net website and all its subdomains with around 1200 CVS users actively contributing to the project.
Then had chance to see and use the 100$ laptop. Amazing stuff, cleverly designed for kids. Only kids can use it cos its too small for a normal person to use. Also had a discussion about FOSS and education. FOSS fits into my Technology Evangelisation strategy. To tell you the truth, Im technology neutral.
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November 2nd, 2007 — Meraki, Wifi Mesh Networking
PepWave introduced its new PolePoint access point and its CMS (Central Management System). Now these two products looks almost similar to the meraki offering.
Even the installation procedure has been made really simple. They have a 3 step installation procedure.
- Sign up for a free account at PePWave Central Management System (PCMS).
- Create and apply configuration profiles to target PolePoint AP’s.
- Power up the PolePoint devices, and plug them into an Internet connected network.
Now thats definitely a meraki competitor.
The prices are expected to be around 100$. So that beats meraki prices by 50$. So it looks like Ill have to spend another 400$ to test this stuff.
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October 6th, 2007 — Meraki, Wifi Mesh Networking
The building that you see is park center. The round thing in middle of the cross roads is the water tank.
The three green spots are the three routers. All the three and connected to each other, thats why there is a faded line between them. These three routers can provide high speed broadband wireless internet accessto the entire parkcenter and its surroundings.
The node numbered 3 is the Gateway. An airtel broadband is plugged into it. In large mesh networks we can plugin any number of gateways. The mesh algorithm will automatically calculate the path to the nearest gateway from any node and route the packets accordingly.
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October 5th, 2007 — Meraki, Wifi Mesh Networking
Meraki website changed today. Now we have a new set of features, plans and editions to choose from. The business model of meraki is now getting more clear. Its a wonderful service they have anyways.
The following are the usage editions introduced.
The standard edition is for home mesh users and community enthusiasts. The Pro edition is for small time bandwidth resellers and the carried edition is for existing wifi carriers/new ones who has serious business interests in the wifi business.
View the comparison chart here. http://meraki.com/oursolution/editions/comparison
I am a pakka meraki fan and I would like to meet the man behind, Sanjit Biswas one day.
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