e. It seems Meru's sales and marketing channel are pushing their N product=
s, while engineers and insiders readily admit that their N products are not=
up to the same standards as their G products. Meru's single channel virtu=
al cell products do some amazing things with standard 802.11 a/b/g, and I h=
ope that once they can bring that technology to their N line that reputatio=
n will return. However, I have to agree with Jomar, if you need N right no=
w Meru is not a good bet.
S
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Steven Dickenson <sdickenson@keyschool.org>
Computer Network Manager
The Key School, Annapolis Maryland
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-
> L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jomar McDonald
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:00 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Thoughts on Xirrus?
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> I hate to bad mouth Meru.. but I'm gonna do it anyway. I purchased Meru =
AP300
> series 802.11n access points and controllers for both my campuses and it
> turned out to be an absolute nightmare. It all started with the sales te=
am
> neglecting to mention virtual cell/single channel not being available at =
this
> time on their 802.11n equipment. They also switched me to a 3 channel
> configuration, one for each floor but I have to ask.. If I have to manual=
ly
> configure my channel and power arrangements, then what is the point of th=
eir
> controller!? I had RF problems, clients bouncing around, AP's rebooting
> randomly with 802.11n enabled and 65% of my notebooks had major issues
> connecting to their AP's. Their engineers were out here numerous times t=
rying
> to figure it out and they passed the blame over to Microsoft. It just di=
dn't
> make any sense that ordinary wifi chipsets (intel 3945) couldn't make or
> maintain a connection on their equipment.
>=20
> This went on for 4 months till this week I installed Aruba AP125 AP's and
> controllers and it's been like night and day. I've only been in producti=
on 1
> day so far and yesterday's results look really promising. All I can say =
is be
> very careful with Meru if you're looking for 802.11n AND single channel N=
OW.
> You won't get it and for the life of me I have no idea how their successf=
ul
> clients are getting by. I know for a fact we're not the only ones.
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> Thanks
>=20
> Jomar McDonald
> Director of Technology
> The Frances Xavier Warde School
> 751 N. State St.
> Chicago, IL=A0 60610
> W:=A0 312-798-4064
> F:=A0=A0=A0312-337-7180
>=20
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