Any news on when we might expect WPA?
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stephenpatrick
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But I think the point Stephen made (or at least tried to 
) was that if you want to use MikroTik RouterOS to create APs, the lack of WPA will lead to situations where the customers will look for another solution, as this is "industry standard functionality".
Think of WPA what you want, but customers are reading magazines telling them not to buy anything that can't do WPA. A bit overemphasized in my statement here, but the lack of prominent features does create problems...
) was that if you want to use MikroTik RouterOS to create APs, the lack of WPA will lead to situations where the customers will look for another solution, as this is "industry standard functionality".Think of WPA what you want, but customers are reading magazines telling them not to buy anything that can't do WPA. A bit overemphasized in my statement here, but the lack of prominent features does create problems...
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Thanks Christian, that's amplified exactly the point I was trying to make.
Consumers will still buy cheap APs from Taiwan which have WPA, MT-solutions won't compete with them on price.
But when we want to provide high quality managed service products (i.e. not cheap commodity APs) to our customers here in Europe, such as telecom providers and large corporates they still want features like WPA.
Often in these cases it's a "check-box" problem rather than real - if the product doesn't have it, they are put off - even if they don't use.
However I think WPA is a real issue.
Regards
Consumers will still buy cheap APs from Taiwan which have WPA, MT-solutions won't compete with them on price.
But when we want to provide high quality managed service products (i.e. not cheap commodity APs) to our customers here in Europe, such as telecom providers and large corporates they still want features like WPA.
Often in these cases it's a "check-box" problem rather than real - if the product doesn't have it, they are put off - even if they don't use.
However I think WPA is a real issue.
Regards
This begs the question: When will 2.9 drop its BETA suffix?
Is this estimate of 5 more weeks from now still valid?
http://www.mikrotik.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1603
Thank you.
Is this estimate of 5 more weeks from now still valid?
http://www.mikrotik.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1603
Thank you.
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Hey no doubt that's a technically very viable solution, and one we'd probably advise customers to consider implementing.
but at "point of decision making" if the end user is to see expecting WPA as an option, one that the industry sees as "normal" and available on $99 APs, then doesn't look good to have it missing from such an excellent wireless router.
Not a problem if you are using MT to provide services, but a big "ouch" if trying to sell MT-powered products I guess ...
Regards
Stephen
but at "point of decision making" if the end user is to see expecting WPA as an option, one that the industry sees as "normal" and available on $99 APs, then doesn't look good to have it missing from such an excellent wireless router.
Not a problem if you are using MT to provide services, but a big "ouch" if trying to sell MT-powered products I guess ...
Regards
Stephen