Comments on: Open-Mesh: Simple and Affordable Wireless Network Solution for Churches http://churchm.ag/open-mesh-simple-and-affordable-wireless-network-solution-for-churches/ Exploring the Intersection of Church and Technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:17:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: serenity house http://churchm.ag/open-mesh-simple-and-affordable-wireless-network-solution-for-churches/#comment-14534 serenity house Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:36:52 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=170#comment-14534 hi -- i have 4 omp1's which were donated to us. could anyone tell us how to replace the old settings with new settings? hi — i have 4 omp1′s which were donated to us. could anyone tell us how to replace the old settings with new settings?

]]> By: gr33n3ggz http://churchm.ag/open-mesh-simple-and-affordable-wireless-network-solution-for-churches/#comment-14533 gr33n3ggz Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:11:19 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=170#comment-14533 We actually just sold all of our Cisco wireless AP's and Controllers on craigslist and moved to open-mesh. I really like the price and how easy it is to setup. We have approx 30 ap's throughout our building. 2 sep SSID's, one for the public the other for our local peps. They are working on getting the local lan bridged so that you can hit nodes on your lan with your own dhcp/dns. For not they just nat the connections. You can hit the ip but names do not resolve. All in all I am glad we made the move. We actually just sold all of our Cisco wireless AP’s and Controllers on craigslist and moved to open-mesh. I really like the price and how easy it is to setup. We have approx 30 ap’s throughout our building. 2 sep SSID’s, one for the public the other for our local peps. They are working on getting the local lan bridged so that you can hit nodes on your lan with your own dhcp/dns. For not they just nat the connections. You can hit the ip but names do not resolve. All in all I am glad we made the move.

]]> By: Stuart http://churchm.ag/open-mesh-simple-and-affordable-wireless-network-solution-for-churches/#comment-14532 Stuart Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:58 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=170#comment-14532 Open Mesh is good but there are several other variations out there. Including utilising current hardware and then setup a "free" wi-fi network or mesh (with vlans) using producst like PublicIP (formerly ZoneCD) or Ruckus Zone Director to Meraki and I'm certain there must be more. Good post though - keep them coming Open Mesh is good but there are several other variations out there.

Including utilising current hardware and then setup a “free” wi-fi network or mesh (with vlans) using producst like PublicIP (formerly ZoneCD) or Ruckus Zone Director to Meraki and I’m certain there must be more.

Good post though – keep them coming

]]> By: Daniel Merchen http://churchm.ag/open-mesh-simple-and-affordable-wireless-network-solution-for-churches/#comment-14531 Daniel Merchen Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:32:19 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=170#comment-14531 Thanks for the insight John. Thanks for the insight John.

]]> By: John Saddington http://churchm.ag/open-mesh-simple-and-affordable-wireless-network-solution-for-churches/#comment-14530 John Saddington Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:26:18 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=170#comment-14530 sweet. thanks for the clarificatoin. sweet. thanks for the clarificatoin.

]]> By: John Voorhis http://churchm.ag/open-mesh-simple-and-affordable-wireless-network-solution-for-churches/#comment-14529 John Voorhis Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:39:13 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=170#comment-14529 This is correct, in the case of Open-mesh (other more expensive solution have dual radios). The members of the CITRT (www.citrt.org) that have tested them see about a halving in speed for each hop away you get from the wired connection. However, as you mention you can have multiple entry points for the wired connection in the mesh and it will balance and do least cost routing accordingly. Still, for the money and simple needs it's a great solution, not meant to compete with the likes of Aruba, etc. A couple other interesting features are the ability to use a unit to connect a machine that doesn not have a wireless adapter, and no cable run nearby. Also , POE injectors are are interesting stop gap for those need remote acces, but don't have POE swtiched. This is correct, in the case of Open-mesh (other more expensive solution have dual radios). The members of the CITRT (www.citrt.org) that have tested them see about a halving in speed for each hop away you get from the wired connection. However, as you mention you can have multiple entry points for the wired connection in the mesh and it will balance and do least cost routing accordingly. Still, for the money and simple needs it’s a great solution, not meant to compete with the likes of Aruba, etc.

A couple other interesting features are the ability to use a unit to connect a machine that doesn not have a wireless adapter, and no cable run nearby. Also , POE injectors are are interesting stop gap for those need remote acces, but don’t have POE swtiched.

]]> By: John Saddington http://churchm.ag/open-mesh-simple-and-affordable-wireless-network-solution-for-churches/#comment-14528 John Saddington Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:55:56 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=170#comment-14528 not sure. you probably know better than i do. not sure. you probably know better than i do.

]]> By: dmerchen http://churchm.ag/open-mesh-simple-and-affordable-wireless-network-solution-for-churches/#comment-14527 dmerchen Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:07:01 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=170#comment-14527 Doesn't using a mesh cause problems with throughput? Most wireless devices can only send or receive data at one time, not both. Because of this limitation each additional wireless hop halves the throughput, however, I hear this can be remedied by using an access point which is wired to the backbone where possible, using the wireless only nodes essentially as repeaters. Doesn’t using a mesh cause problems with throughput? Most wireless devices can only send or receive data at one time, not both. Because of this limitation each additional wireless hop halves the throughput, however, I hear this can be remedied by using an access point which is wired to the backbone where possible, using the wireless only nodes essentially as repeaters.

]]> By: John Saddington http://churchm.ag/open-mesh-simple-and-affordable-wireless-network-solution-for-churches/#comment-14526 John Saddington Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:07:53 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=170#comment-14526 word up. word up.

]]> By: sdesocio http://churchm.ag/open-mesh-simple-and-affordable-wireless-network-solution-for-churches/#comment-14525 sdesocio Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:40:45 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=170#comment-14525 very cool John very cool John

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