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Great write up, love all the details. Surprised that nobody is mentioning Cisco Meraki gear in the recent HN networking posts. My ideal (budgeted) setup is:

Great write up, love all the details. Surprised that nobody is mentioning Cisco Meraki gear in the recent HN networking posts. My ideal (budgeted) setup is: - (1x) MX65 -- 12 GbE with 2 PoE+. PoE+ powers the access points. - (2x) MR33 -- 802.11ac Wave 2 powered via MX65.

Johnny555 10y ago
Doesn't the MR33 cost around $400 each? You can get 3 Unifi AP Pro's for the cost of one MR33. The MX65 costs around $600 -- a 24 port (all with PoE) Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch costs about half that much. I think the reason Ubiquiti gets a lot of write-ups for home use is that it's priced reasonably for the quality. I've had an 8 node small office deployment running flawlessly for 3 years now.
- nodesocket 10y ago
  Yes Meraki is absolutely more expensive. MX65 - $1,072 with 3 year enterprise subscription https://www.amazon.com/Meraki-Branch-Security-Appliance-250Mbps/dp/B01BSZEW5O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481605491&sr=8-1&keywords=meraki+mx65 https://www.amazon.com/Meraki-Branch-Security-Appliance-250M... MR33 - $646 each with 3 year enterprise subscription https://www.rhinonetworks.com/product/device/meraki-mr33?gclid=CIPemoSz8NACFU6BfgodkF4PLw https://www.rhinonetworks.com/product/device/meraki-mr33?gcl...
voltagex_ 10y ago
I wonder how the UI and firmware updates compare to Ubiquiti. Is it IOS or something else?
- helper 10y ago
  Meraki is completely cloud based. Firmware upgrades happen automatically although you have some options about when they get applied (and you get notification before hand). Having built a software platform that integrated with the big enterprise wifi vendors, I can comfortably say meraki's is the most intuitive and easiest to use.
  - kefka 10y ago
    > Meraki is completely cloud based. So, you're happy with someone owning your devices and network, and you being said "renter" on your network? This is DRM of the worst kind: the logic is locked away behind their servers. Nope nope, a flaming rake of fucks nope.

Johnny555 10y ago

Doesn't the MR33 cost around $400 each? You can get 3 Unifi AP Pro's for the cost of one MR33. The MX65 costs around $600 -- a 24 port (all with PoE) Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch costs about half that much. I think the reason Ubiquiti gets a lot of write-ups for home use is that it's priced reasonably for the quality. I've had an 8 node small office deployment running flawlessly for 3 years now.

nodesocket 10y ago
Yes Meraki is absolutely more expensive. MX65 - $1,072 with 3 year enterprise subscription https://www.amazon.com/Meraki-Branch-Security-Appliance-250Mbps/dp/B01BSZEW5O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481605491&sr=8-1&keywords=meraki+mx65 https://www.amazon.com/Meraki-Branch-Security-Appliance-250M... MR33 - $646 each with 3 year enterprise subscription https://www.rhinonetworks.com/product/device/meraki-mr33?gclid=CIPemoSz8NACFU6BfgodkF4PLw https://www.rhinonetworks.com/product/device/meraki-mr33?gcl...

voltagex_ 10y ago

I wonder how the UI and firmware updates compare to Ubiquiti. Is it IOS or something else?

helper 10y ago
Meraki is completely cloud based. Firmware upgrades happen automatically although you have some options about when they get applied (and you get notification before hand). Having built a software platform that integrated with the big enterprise wifi vendors, I can comfortably say meraki's is the most intuitive and easiest to use.
- kefka 10y ago
  > Meraki is completely cloud based. So, you're happy with someone owning your devices and network, and you being said "renter" on your network? This is DRM of the worst kind: the logic is locked away behind their servers. Nope nope, a flaming rake of fucks nope.