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Meraki MR

Overview

What is Meraki MR?

Cisco's Meraki MR Series is a wireless LAN solution.

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Product Details

What is Meraki MR?

The Meraki MR series is an enterprise-grade line of cloud-managed WLAN access points. Designed for challenging enterprise environments, the MR access points use advanced Wi-Fi 6 technologies including MU-MIMO, OFDMA, beam forming and channel bonding to deliver the throughput and reliable coverage required by demanding business applications.

Meraki MR Technical Details

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Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Cisco's Meraki MR Series is a wireless LAN solution.

Ubiquiti WLAN, FortiAP, and WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud are common alternatives for Meraki MR.

Reviewers rate Product Scalability highest, with a score of 9.6.

The most common users of Meraki MR are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • multiple SSIDs with different access options
  • from PSK authentication to Enterprise WPA2 or even iPSK without Radius
  • great GUI with easy and intuitive setup
  • missing authentication with IDP provider integrations like Azure Entra ID
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Management- Profiles and templates are easy to deploy
  • Reliability- the up time for these APs (outside expected firmware updates) is class leading in my opinion
  • Transparency- we are able to quickly gather metrics on the RF environment to properly identify potential issues and maintain a positive UX
  • Licensing- unfortunately this is the big sticking point for Meraki, is licensing can get costly. You're now adding opex to what most vendors is capex.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Reliability
  • Easy problem diagnosis
  • High capacity
  • Management from anywhere
  • You have to have license to use them, otherwise they effectively they become trash! It would be good to see a one off standalone license where they don't have any support or access to Meraki dash, but could be reused as a simple standalone AP with limited features.
  • (Much like I see people reflashing with OpenWRT)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
  • Client roaming
  • Visiblity (over the clients and trafic, SSIDs etc..)
  • Security (Firewall rules, content filtering, gest access)
  • Automatic Updates and Maintenance
  • Price and Trade up Programs
  • Reduced functionality of nonlicensed devices ( instead of turning the device into a brick)
  • Integration with on prem CISCO WLCs.
George Hanson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Great reachability within the buildings.
  • They can now integrate with Cisco Umbrella
  • Mutiple SSIDs can be setup, with different authentication options.
  • You can gather analytics from the devices to see what kind of traffic is traversing the access points.
  • It would be nice for the devices to be able to accurately place itself on a heat map, instead of having to manually upload floor plans and manually placing the devices on the correct map location.
  • The hardware to mount the devices could be done a bit better.
Kevin Almond | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Simple management and monitoring
  • Easy to redeploy and relocate
  • Good wireless signal range
  • Cisco Meraki MR sometimes do release software version that have problems
  • A Mobile App has been released to aid with admin support of the solution, but it needs to improve in stability
  • The new management interface now consumes more area of the web page and isn't as concise as before. Albeit it looks more modern.
Justin Hannan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Ease of use
  • Intuitive
  • Performance
  • Scalability
  • Licensing options within the portal, e.g. calculate co-term
  • End of Life/Support information for equipment within Portal
  • Ability to import 3D layouts of offices
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Provides real-time and historic data right in the dashboard, allowing my team to troubleshoot user issues and identify larger problems much easier.
  • Meraki APs are known as "loud talkers", and have really improved coverage on the edges of our spaces. Our users live and die by Zoom, and stability has been greatly enhanced. We did have an issue with significant packet drops, and their support team was able to quickly help us figure out the cause.
  • Meraki devices in general are very easy to use. Perhaps too easy. We are a team of engineers used to having CLI access, so being GUI-only is a challenge.
  • STOP FORCING UPGRADES!!! I will review releases and determine which ones fit my environment the best. I will then choose the upgrade time that fits a location's particular needs.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
  • Centralised management when handling branches.
  • Easy to determin what model is suitable.
  • Stable and reliable wifi
  • Works well for both office and manufacturing due to the amount of antenna choices
  • Remote management and/or wifi as a service is easily implemented.
  • License and support in one SKU is appreciated
  • External antenna even for the MR44 and MR36. Customers may need the reach but not necessarily have a dense trafic environment.
  • Useful to keep the same AP mount, just as for Cisco classic
  • Power mode to save energy at certain times
  • Connect an AP via tunneling to wifi to reach places where cabling is hard to fulfill
  • When entering a renewal license before last date of renewal , old devices with still time left disapears
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