Posts filed under “meraki”
You can’t block users from private Meraki mesh networks
If someone knows the WPA2 password to your Meraki mesh network, and you want to block them, you can’t. The block function only works on the public network. Meraki’s Jeff Gould explains in an email to me: The blocking function works only on the public network. There is no blocking capacity on the private Meraki [...]
Wireless Corktown expands east
I’m really happy to report that SSID Corktown_Free extends a little farther east on Queen Street, thanks to Val, a neighbour I met this past weekend, and Savoury Grounds, the new coffee shop. You can see an updated coverage map here, and more details on the project here.
Excellent t-shirts I have recently received as gifts, part 2
Knowing my affinity for mesh networking, Tristan had this shirt made for me as a birthday gift this year. Fun fact: Tristan had this shirt made at LogoMagik across the street from me. A few months ago, when I emailed LogoMagik to see if they were interesting in joining my mesh network thing, they didn’t [...]
Mesh network update
My little Meraki-based public WiFi project has expanded south. Marty Millionaire on the southwest corner of Queen and Parliament now has a repeater. If you’re in the neighbourhood, look for SSID Corktown .
Free Neighbourhood WiFi at Queen and Parliament
Inspired by Peter Rukavina’s experiments with mesh networking, I ordered three Meraki Minis this week, and installed two of them this morning. One sits on a bookshelf in our living room, and the other points north out our back window. You can see the status of the network, named Corktown, right here online. And if [...]