[wsfii-discuss] help choosing between open-mesh and fonera

Thu Jan 22 17:48:53 UTC 2009

As former Sales Rep Meraki South America, we no longer impressed nor amused
with Meraki  - we are using Ubiquitis, Mikrotik here in Ecuador and very
interested in getting manos on some Open-Mesh pronto.
Regards

Bruce Schulte
Aire.ec

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Ben West <westbywest at gmail.com> wrote:

> I didn't realize that the Foneras with the stock firmware did not
> mesh, but yes, that's what it looks like:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FON
>
> Meraki.com is a commercial vendor of meshing routers with
> closed-source firmware, although their devices just got more expensive
> ($100/ea instead of $50.ea).  Also, Meraki recently decided to lock
> out 3rd-party firmware from operating with their service.
> http://www.virishi.net/from-happy-hacking-screw-you-story-meraki
>
> For now, open-mesh.com has the more cost-effective, flexible solution,
> although you would do well to get larger antennae and possibly even
> apply this mod to fix power supply issues:
> http://robin.forumup.it/viewtopic.php?t=873&mforum=robin
>
> I do read. nevertheless, that Meraki has teamed up with a non-profit
> named One Economy to use mesh device to bring broadband to low income
> families:
>
> http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/meraki-and-one-economy-team,680985.shtml
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Jonathan <ac3bf1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Also I think La Fonera does NOT scale to a mesh...
> >
> > You need something like openmesh, or OpenWRT type of firmware.
> >
> > I have no experience with open-mesh but heard good things ;-)
> >
> > Make sure you use good routers for the intallation...
> > Fonera routers are weak for this porpose and i would suggest a double
> > interface router...
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> >
> > /******************
> > Some Interesting websites:
> > http://ac3bf1.org - My Personal Blog
> > http://gsm.wiker.org - GSM Project Homepage
> > http://infosec.wiker.org - Information Security Wiki
> > http://ninux.org - Wireless Community Rome
> > ******************/
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Juergen Neumann <
> j.neumann at ergomedia.de>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear Carlos,
> >>
> >> > ...
> >> > were thinking of making use either of Fonera or Open-Mesh
> >> > routers. We do not have any experience with any of them, but I was
> >> > wondering whether
> >> > you could recommend me any of them or propose any another option for
> >> > such deployment.
> >> > ...
> >>
> >> Please go for open-mesh.com!
> >>
> >> - It is very simple (no configuration required!)
> >> - much more flexible, cause it can bring (Internet-)Access to places
> many
> >> hops beyond the Internet uplink by meshing.
> >> - Since the latest release is very stabile and solid. I did not have any
> >> trouble ever since the last firmware release.
> >> - It is the result of years of research and development to support
> >> projects like yours the best way possible.
> >> - It is all Free and Open Source Software.
> >> - It is easy to maintain and administrate by a web-based dashboard.
> >> - It is driven by people with the heart in the right place ;-)
> >>
> >> Just my 2 cents.
> >>
> >> JuergeN
> >>
> >>
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