Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-20 Thread Ken Hohhof
Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router Well, it turns out to be difficult doing a comparison of WiFi performance. I’ve been trying to compare the Mikrotik Audience as a standalone router, vs my Technicolor CGA4324 cable modem. The cable modem is in the basement, and

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
om <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 9:03:45 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router You can quit any time you want. The units will not stop working. From: Mike Hammett Sen

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-19 Thread Mike Hammett
m To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 9:03:45 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router You can quit any time you want. The units will not stop working. From: Mike Hammett Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 7:56 PM To: Anima

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
December 18, 2019 8:23 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router Thanks for the post Ken, We have quite a bit of interest in those. We have been looking at the Calix as well, but as discussed here earlier, we aren't quite ready to

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-18 Thread chuck
You can quit any time you want. The units will not stop working. From: Mike Hammett Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 7:56 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router I just can't imagine getting sucked further into the Calix

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-18 Thread Mike Hammett
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 8:22:40 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router Thanks for the post Ken, We have quite a bit of interest in those. We have been looking at the Calix as well, but as discussed here earlier, we aren’t quite ready to jump into yet another piece

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-18 Thread David Coudron
he network using cabled backhaul as well as wireless Regards, David Coudron From: AF On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 7:23 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router I got 3 of them to play with. So far,

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
it has the CPU clocked much faster, plus it has all those gigabit ports. From: AF On Behalf Of Dennis Burgess via AF Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2019 12:43 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: Dennis Burgess Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router We have sold quite a

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-15 Thread Darin Steffl
It's NDA protected but we buy from Calix direct. This was a price we got with negotiation. I know people paying less and people paying more. It comes down to volume. We committed to purchasing 1,200 over time to get this price. Before I think we were paying $105. On Sun, Dec 15, 2019, 1:34 PM Jaso

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-15 Thread Dennis Burgess via AF
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Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-15 Thread Jason McKemie
Where are you getting the 844e for $100? On Sunday, December 15, 2019, Darin Steffl wrote: > The audience costs about $160 right now when you get the Calix 844e for > much cheaper than that close to $100. Mesh is even less and it's easy for > the customer to pair. > > Plus it's all managed by yo

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-15 Thread Darin Steffl
s no sense to suggest > I’m looking at it because it’s “free or cheap”. Actually the cheapest > solution, if I tell the customer to buy and manage it, is probably the > 3-unit Eero system. Since Amazon bought them, they have been aggressive on > price. > > > > > > *Fro

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-15 Thread Ken Hohhof
Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router The audience costs about $160 right now when you get the Calix 844e for much cheaper than that close to $100. Mesh is even less and it's easy for the customer to pair. Plus it's all managed by you in a single

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-15 Thread Darin Steffl
The audience costs about $160 right now when you get the Calix 844e for much cheaper than that close to $100. Mesh is even less and it's easy for the customer to pair. Plus it's all managed by you in a single management system. 50 cents per month per router. All these other systems people are talk

[AFMUG] Mikrotik Audience mesh router

2019-12-15 Thread Ken Hohhof
I totally missed the existence of this product and apparently the US version is actually shipping. Has anyone tried them out? Typical of mesh systems, it doesn't have a full complement of Ethernet ports, but 2 is better than 1 like some of the mesh products out there. It's less expensive t