Meraki Replacement Plan
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
The AC-HD's use MU-MINO so way faster, a bit more expensive, what would be the comparable for Meraki?
The MR52 looks like it is the closest competitor. I believe, but don't quote me, that the hardware cost for those is upwards of $1,000 to $1,500, not including support. That may be MSRP though.
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Almost $1300 for the MR52 from amazon.
Which means I could get 4 AP's of Ubiquiti for the cost of a single AP from Meraki! Meraki license appears to be included.
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@ubiquiti-user Amazon is not a good judge of cost
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@wirestyle22 said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user Amazon is not a good judge of cost
But it's a decent place to get comparable pricing versus going to CDW (etc) who may not carry a specific item.
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@wirestyle22 said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user Amazon is not a good judge of cost
But it's a decent place to get comparable pricing versus going to CDW (etc) who may not carry a specific item.
They carry it. You just need to get a quote from them first. I would ask a reseller.
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@ubiquiti-user what did you pay for the meraki kit before?
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@coliver said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@wirestyle22 said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user Amazon is not a good judge of cost
But it's a decent place to get comparable pricing versus going to CDW (etc) who may not carry a specific item.
They carry it. You just need to get a quote from them first. I would ask a reseller.
Yeah. . . not yet as I'm sure by the time we're ready to toss out this kit, there will be something better.
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@dustinb3403 said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user what did you pay for the meraki kit before?
I'd rather not say, but it wasn't cheap (or realistic IMO)
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@dustinb3403 said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user what did you pay for the meraki kit before?
I'd rather not say, but it wasn't cheap (or realistic IMO)
Fair enough.
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@coliver said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@wirestyle22 said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user Amazon is not a good judge of cost
But it's a decent place to get comparable pricing versus going to CDW (etc) who may not carry a specific item.
They carry it. You just need to get a quote from them first. I would ask a reseller.
Yeah. . . not yet as I'm sure by the time we're ready to toss out this kit, there will be something better.
Sure, I would have this pricing ready if someone in the organization wants to expand the wireless footprint in the future.
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@coliver said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@coliver said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@wirestyle22 said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user Amazon is not a good judge of cost
But it's a decent place to get comparable pricing versus going to CDW (etc) who may not carry a specific item.
They carry it. You just need to get a quote from them first. I would ask a reseller.
Yeah. . . not yet as I'm sure by the time we're ready to toss out this kit, there will be something better.
Sure, I would have this pricing ready if someone in the organization wants to expand the wireless footprint in the future.
That's the plan, at least. If we need to expand, is it worth purchasing another Meraki unit (and then extending the licensing on everything), doubtful.
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@coliver said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@coliver said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@wirestyle22 said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user Amazon is not a good judge of cost
But it's a decent place to get comparable pricing versus going to CDW (etc) who may not carry a specific item.
They carry it. You just need to get a quote from them first. I would ask a reseller.
Yeah. . . not yet as I'm sure by the time we're ready to toss out this kit, there will be something better.
Sure, I would have this pricing ready if someone in the organization wants to expand the wireless footprint in the future.
That's the plan, at least. If we need to expand, is it worth purchasing another Meraki unit (and then extending the licensing on everything), doubtful.
Hah, no it probably isn't. Considering you could replace the entire wireless infrastructure for the price of two comparable Meraki APs.
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Yeah I doubt the cost of extending the licensing alone would be worth it, considering the cost of Meraki's kit. . .
Much less purchasing the hardware.
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Would the ER-Lite really be sufficient?
It doesn't have any way to mount it to a rack either, not that that's a big deal. But it would be nice for easy placement.
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
Would the ER-Lite really be sufficient?
It doesn't have any way to mount it to a rack either, not that that's a big deal. But it would be nice for easy placement.
Yep, from the Meraki spec sheet listed vs the ER-L it would be more then adequate to replace an MX100.
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@coliver said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
Would the ER-Lite really be sufficient?
It doesn't have any way to mount it to a rack either, not that that's a big deal. But it would be nice for easy placement.
Yep, from the Meraki spec sheet listed vs the ER-L it would be more then adequate to replace an MX100.
Can you share the spec sheet, I'll find the Ubiquiti one.
Thx
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@coliver said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
Would the ER-Lite really be sufficient?
It doesn't have any way to mount it to a rack either, not that that's a big deal. But it would be nice for easy placement.
Yep, from the Meraki spec sheet listed vs the ER-L it would be more then adequate to replace an MX100.
Can you share the spec sheet, I'll find the Ubiquiti one.
Thx
https://meraki.cisco.com/lib/pdf/meraki_datasheet_mx.pdf
On page 5.
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
Would the ER-Lite really be sufficient?
It doesn't have any way to mount it to a rack either, not that that's a big deal. But it would be nice for easy placement.
There are rack mount kits.
I use this one: http://www.ispsupplies.com/KAM-Fab-UB-RM1You can tell from the beveled design, that is was made for the original ToughSwitch and original ERL. But the bevel is just on the plate. not behind where it would impact the mount.
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@ubiquiti-user while I highly suspect the ERL could handle the workload, I would get the ER8 for a site with 100+ users.
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@jaredbusch said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user while I highly suspect the ERL could handle the workload, I would get the ER8 for a site with 100+ users.
Not the infinity to have a full 10gbe backbone (as well as to avoid having to daisy chain the switches)?
