Cisco Meraki MR Wireless Access Points

In a larger environment once you set up, I think it's really easy to manage. It's all I can say. So in any kind of a large environment, it's going to be super easy. Even in a small environment, you're doing minor clicks and configurations, so it's just going to be just as good there as it is in a large environment.

So I guess kind of what I went over earlier, it is well suited because we had it on-prem cloud, not cloud, but wireless controller that we constantly had to manage the updates and all that stuff. And this being in the cloud, it's kind of handled by the Cisco, I guess, Meraki team. And so I think it suits us very well for that, for having that administrative burden be released from us.
I really like the product and so the prior wireless solution that we had, and it was actually a Cisco wireless solution. This one's the Cisco Meraki, that was an upgrade for us. I think pricing wise it made sense. I guess that's another thing too. It cost less and we got more. And so where, I don't know, I really like the product, so it's kind of hard for me to give that. I think if you got slow internet to access the cloud, then that buffering time might take a little longer, so that might be an inappropriate scenario.

Really it's well suited in any kind of environment, be it public sector or private sector. It's well suited for those that are just coming in and into this profession, into networking, because as I stated before, it's really easy to use. It's intuitive to set up and to troubleshoot. And even as you grow into this profession, it's still a very good product.

Well-suited in environments that don't have staff members who have the technical experience for deployment or management. Not so well in large enterprises that have the capability to have staff to monitor or manage the environment.

For less appropriate is going to be large campus. If you have a multi-building site and your needs are going to be in the thousands of apps and thousands of users and devices, it is capable, but you have to do different features. You have to break it out into smaller subsections because it can't handle that type of design. Otherwise, if you were a medium to small size company or your locations don't have high density clients and your AP count can be under 200 per location, this is the probably easiest solution to deploy zero touch. Everything is in the cloud, it comes right up, no programming headaches, and it can be plug and play. You don't even have to be on site if it's a remote site you can't get to.

We just replaced our entire wireless infrastructure. We came out of covid. We had an aging networking or wireless technology that was there. The landscape had changed considerably and applying this product, it resolved all of our issues overnight essentially.

Its stability

Cisco controller EoL/EoSupport and looking for a WLAN refresh. Some particular scenarios have 10s of 1000s of APs deployed over 500 sites. Some existing modern APs can be migrated over to the cloud and smaller sites will receive hardware forklifts to refresh with native cloud experience. Meraki cloud is not appropriate for OT environments with critical control systems that require isolation from Enterprise and greater internet.

Distribution centers, Warehouses, Hospitals and typical enterprise office spaces is where I see Cisco Meraki Wireless Access Point most suited for. SOHO and home/residential is where I feel it is less appropriate.

The UI is designed towards entry level professionals, however the licensing is geared around experienced professionals. If the UI is going to be simple and geared towards entry level professionals, Cisco Meraki should facilitate a local free self hosted option so that these entry level professionals can tinker at home. Similar to Unifi.

Blending with Cisco Meraki Dashboard where you are able to see the clients and how much throughput in the dashboard without going to another interface.

Easy Management and Configuration

Well suited for high density, outdoor locations where high client count and maximum throughput speed is required. May not be appropriate with smaller deployments.

Very well suited for large townhall meetings.

Multi building implementation

Cisco Meraki Wireless Access Point is great for small or large businesses. Having it being cloud controlled is very helpful.

Really great product, just needs a few more features.

Well suited for set it and forget it type situations. Not suited for complex environments that require specific use cases.

Staff access, guest access are well suited.

The best scenarios in which Cisco Meraki MR has excellent use potential are those related to offices. The simplicity of configuration helps in the deployment of these scenarios and helps the customer in monitoring the access points in industrial scenarios, where some particular configuration is necessary, these access points are a little more problematic.

- personal (home) use,
- small business
- medium business
- large business
As long as you can afford a bit premium price and licensing, Meraki MR will do the job

For our branch offices, it is easy to use.

I came from several years of the managed services space before transitioning to an internal IT role. We have found that the ease of use and deployment combined with the bulletproof reliability of the Cisco Meraki MR platform makes it an easy sell for many types of organizations. I still recommend Cisco Meraki MR to anyone looking for an enterprise networking solution.

Cisco Meraki MR, from my point of view, is awesome in every scenario.

0-touch deployment scenarios, non-tech corporations, Managed Services Provider