Open Mesh -- the new Meraki

[Sam Churchill]

Today Michael Burmeister-Brown called me up and announced a new product and
company designed to fill the void left by Meraki —
Open-Mesh<http://www.open-mesh.com/>.


Open-Mesh <http://www.open-mesh.com/> does everything the original Meraki
did — and more:

- It's inexpensive. Open-Mesh WiFi repeaters cost $49 each or $39.95
(qty 20)
- It's Ad free. Open-Mesh promises they will never push ads into your
networks. You decide what, if any, content you want to display.
- It's 100% open source and deployed on top of OpenWRT<http://www.ggg.com/>.
You can change anything.
- You can re-flash the firmware if you want.
- The Dashboard management system provides free administration,
alerting and mapping. It allows you to configure the ESSID, splash page,
passwords, and Bandwith allocation of your networks.
- The devices auto-configure. It's simple to create a neighborhood or
apartment network. You don't need to use their management system if you
don't want to.


(www.dailywireless.org/2008/03/11/the-open-mesh-revolution/)

- Sam