Meraki wireless has been around for awhile. Moved into switches and then Cisco snatched them up. We evaluated and the biggest problem we saw is that the POE power supply is very under-rated for todays devices. A 48 port switch would probably realistically only be able to power half of the ports. Also at the time we tested Meraki didn't support the IP Phone protocol that Cisco uses, but probably will now. That wasn't a real big deal other than you have to go around and manually configure your phones to get around it.
The thing I liked the most was the LCD display that provided status rather than those multi-color LEDs, which you have to look up the meaning if you don't deal with it everyday (And some people I know have trouble seeing red and green indicators. Are you listening out there?). -Paul From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Anyone heard of Meraki? Anyone heard of or use Meraki wireless? It's part of Cisco, not sure if it is a recent acquisition though. One of our consultants who the IT Director here listens to recommended it. We already have "regular" Cisco wireless here at HQ and at one of our plants. The other plant is scheduled for wireless this year. http://www.meraki.com/ Cloud managed wireless. There's that overused word again. Comments or thoughts welcome. Tom ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
