Free Wireless Access point for IT Professionals to try.

bumper234

Mine arrived today:D

WeleaseWoderick

Mine just arrived now. Won't get a chance to set it up until tomorrow though.

uck51js9zml2yt

can these be used to replace a sky hub?

cruhoortwunk

madmoe wrote: »

Hi all,
I mailed the person hosting the Webinar (Kellie) yesterday and have still not heard anything back, was this the person that contacted you?

Cheers,
M

Yep, ksinnott@cisco.com

Belfunk

Mine shipped on the 27th only got the dispatch email this morning.

madmoe

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

Yep, ksinnott@cisco.com

Cheers mate! I just mailed him\her, I had a @meraki.net e-mail address but not that one!

DeadParrot

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

user banned, link dead, damn missed my free AP.

I copied it for the other spot.

Did the webinar yesterday, actually quite interesting but have not heard from them yet apart from a mail thanking me for attentance

4real

to the people who have received it how long did it take to ship?

madmoe

Hey guys, could this be used to completely replace the bog standard Cisco cable modem that UPC provide!?

vibe666

madmoe wrote: »

Hey guys, could this be used to completely replace the bog standard Cisco cable modem that UPC provide!?

no, you can't replace the cable modem UPC provide at all. you CAN disable all the features and use it as a dumb modem and use a 2nd access point or router with it though, although this (as in the device being supplied by meraki) isn't really what you're looking for.

madmoe

vibe666 wrote: »

no, you can't replace the cable modem UPC provide at all. you CAN disable all the features and use it as a dumb modem and use a 2nd access point or router with it though, although this (as in the device being supplied by meraki) isn't really what you're looking for.

OK mate and thanks!

vibe666

madmoe wrote: »

OK mate and thanks!

on my mobile at the minute, but if you look in the broadband forum for a thread about enabling bridge mode on upc you'll get all the info you need. I think it might even be stickied.

madmoe

vibe666 wrote: »

on my mobile at the minute, but if you look in the broadband forum for a thread about enabling bridge mode on upc you'll get all the info you need. I think it might even be stickied.

Great mate...what does bridge mode do though?

Thanks,
M

DeadParrot

nvm

mickc

DeadParrot wrote: »

still havent heard from them

I emailed Kellie Sinnott and she came back immediately to confirm VAT number and address.. probably the quickest way to get it.

I confirmed the details Wednesday, got shipping notice for the AP Saturday morning.

vibe666

madmoe wrote: »

Great mate...what does bridge mode do though?

Thanks,
M

if you have to ask that, you are probably in the wrong thread.

everything you need to know about doing what you want/need to do is here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80840022

madmoe

vibe666 wrote: »

if you have to ask that, you are probably in the wrong thread.

everything you need to know about doing what you want/need to do is here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80840022

Cheers man

conzy

Can confirm a Meraki MR12 arrived on my desk this afternoon, looking forward to playing with it

madmoe

Got mine yesterday and set it up at home last night. Really easy to get up and running.....

cruhoortwunk

Got mine, wifi range is terrible

madmoe

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

Got mine, wifi range is terrible

Have to agree mate.....I thought I would notice a BIG difference in streaming 720p video from my Ubuntu box to my Nexus 10 using MX Player and it seemed to stutter even more than with the bog standard Cisco UPC router!??

Cheers,
M

gerdalt

Me too. WI-FI range really disappointing.

But then you get what you pay for !!

Boscoirl

THe range on my one seems good, have it set up at work at the moment, and it can in all offices,

madmoe

Hey all,
Sorry to drag this thread up but I have a question. I have only recently started using the Meraki MR12 as I wanted to see if I could increase the coverage to my second bedroom and it has been fairly good so far. I'm using in conjunction with a bog standard Cisco EPC3925 from UPC. I basically now have two SSID's in my apartment with the Meraki one being the one I connect to in my second bedroom. The thing is because I have two separate SSID's I have two different IP address ranges (192.168.x.x for the Cisco and 10.x.x.x for the Meraki) and it's more difficult to stream stuff unless I keep switching WiFi networks. While not a huge pain is there a way I can create one unified network in terms of IP addresses so that when I want to stream from my Linux box which is wired to the Cisco EPC392 I won't have to change WiFi network?

Thanks,
M

CurlyEng

madmoe wrote: »

Hey all,
Sorry to drag this thread up but I have a question. I have only recently started using the Meraki MR12 as I wanted to see if I could increase the coverage to my second bedroom and it has been fairly good so far. I'm using in conjunction with a bog standard Cisco EPC3925 from UPC. I basically now have two SSID's in my apartment with the Meraki one being the one I connect to in my second bedroom. The thing is because I have two separate SSID's I have two different IP address ranges (192.168.x.x for the Cisco and 10.x.x.x for the Meraki) and it's more difficult to stream stuff unless I keep switching WiFi networks. While not a huge pain is there a way I can create one unified network in terms of IP addresses so that when I want to stream from my Linux box which is wired to the Cisco EPC392 I won't have to change WiFi network?

Thanks,
M

Hey MadMoe,

2 factors - first is the connection of the new Meraki. Best way is to string an ethernet cable to the physical place you want this base station to serve.

Second is the IP addressing. Give the Meraki an IP address on the same range as the cisco (e.g. if the cisco is 192.168.1.254 255.255.255.0 then give it 192.168.1.253) and let the cisco do all the dhcp for clients.

If a cable is not possible you may be into setting up a wifi bridge but this halves your wifi bandwidth and is tricky to setup.

Hope this helps

madmoe

CurlyEng wrote: »

Hey MadMoe,

2 factors - first is the connection of the new Meraki. Best way is to string an ethernet cable to the physical place you want this base station to serve.

Second is the IP addressing. Give the Meraki an IP address on the same range as the cisco (e.g. if the cisco is 192.168.1.254 255.255.255.0 then give it 192.168.1.253) and let the cisco do all the dhcp for clients.

If a cable is not possible you may be into setting up a wifi bridge but this halves your wifi bandwidth and is tricky to setup.

Hope this helps

Hello mate,
Thanks for getting back so quickly! I have the Meraki wired into the Cisco using an Ethernet cable so all is good there. In terms of giving the Meraki an IP address in the same range as the Cisco is it possible to do this in the dashboard do you know (dashboard.meraki.com)? I have had a look around in here but am not sure where exactly to set this up? Will there still be two SSID's displayed (I would have thought so). It's just the finer points of this that are confusing to me.

Thanks again,
M

DeadParrot

I just remembered, I never got this.
Sat through the webinar, actually asked questions (I am an IT professional :pac:) and nothing.

jamesd

DeadParrot wrote: »

I just remembered, I never got this.
Sat through the webinar, actually asked questions (I am an IT professional :pac:) and nothing.

You missed nothing.

madmoe

The unit itself is decent enough.....now if only I can get it configured correctly for what I want ;-)

D'Agger

I only recently configured this but it's not working correctly with a RADIUS configuration on our Work network so I've mailed the Cisco contact on it - I figure if they want the sale they'll give some support on how to get it working the way I want it to.