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by pdenya 4982 days ago
What's the benefit for startups to use this versus a $30 off the shelf router? It seems more for enterprises.

Also the title makes it sound like there's a giveaway with 15k worth of routers or something but it's actually 15k per participating startup.
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tlb 4982 days ago
Meraki APs can handle hundreds of clients, while most off-the-shelf APs fail beyond 8 or 16. You can manage them remotely. If someone is hogging your bandwidth, you can boot them off remotely. Clients can roam seamlessly between APs, which is essential when you have an office bigger than a few thousand square feet. I felt it was worth the money.
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pattern 4981 days ago
As another datapoint, I have been using a crappy old Linksys WRT54GL plus another $20 router to do every single thing you mention (except for handling large numbers of clients - although I would guess it would handle at least 20+ no sweat).

It's all thanks to Toastman's[1] version of the Tomato firmware. I wrote up a nice article[2] about my experience with the whole deal!

[1]: http://toastmanfirmware.yolasite.com/ [2]: http://www.verdantrefuge.com/writing/2012/toastman-tomato-fi...

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gonzo 4982 days ago
You'll have to explain 'why', before you can clear down this assertion.

The 802.11 MAC has limits, to be sure.

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