Hats off to the best cellular gateway in market
August 03, 2022
Hats off to the best cellular gateway in market
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MG
We use Cisco Meraki MG cellular gateway along with our existing SDWAN to provide quick switchover to LTE in case of WAN failure. Most of the company was using legacy wifi APs from other vendors and over time the performance decreased drastically causing outages. This is when we evaluated Meraki and the decision to deploy was quick. Currently the entire WIfi uses Cisco Meraki MG as backup uplink
- Manage LTE connections
- Provide AI insights on user usage patterns
- Provide connectivity details
- Provide efficient roaming
- AI features could be more, like a feature to pcap without intervention when issue happens
- A refresh in UI is welcome
- Add more rugged models
Do you think Cisco Meraki MG delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Cisco Meraki MG's feature set?
Yes
Did Cisco Meraki MG live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Cisco Meraki MG go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Cisco Meraki MG again?
Yes
- The ROI is excellent, over time we have been able to avoid outages even though our WAN provider may have had issues, the switch to LTE via Cisco Meraki MGwas smooth
- in locations where traditional lan links were not feasible, like mobile locations, this has been a saver
- they can be placed where mobile phone reception is best without LAN
The factor that Cisco Meraki MG can be used alongside traditional WAN gateways for LTE switchover has provided a lot of benefits to our organisation. Combine that with the excellent management using Meraki cloud UI this has been a very easy deployment. We could integrate it easily with the existing SDWAN solution provider - SilverPeak
- Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)
It was very easy to integrate the Meraki MG with traditional WAN gateways that are in production. The Cisco ISRs that we have in network has integrated successfully to the Meraki MG platform to provide a seamless switchover form WAN to Cellular. Especially in places where WAN is more susceptible to outages.
We checked many vendors. ALU was a primary contender. However, their acccess points are not primarily designed for cellular use case. Cellular is just an additional feature on their fully loaded APs. The fact that MEraki MG is suited for this particular use case was a major factor.