Hats off to the best cellular gateway in market
August 03, 2022

Hats off to the best cellular gateway in market

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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.
THe product is highly scalable which was one of the main factors that drove the quick purchase decision. THe integration with existing WAN was smooth as well. Deployment of around 120 Meraki MGs was so easy even though we have a very small network team. The time taken was also very less.
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.
Cisco Meraki MG smplifies the route to wireless WAN connectivity and makes cellular a really good uplink option for many networks. MG21 can be used best as gateway to cellular networks, by converting LTE signal from a cellular provider to an ethernet handoff, which can be used as an internet uplink for a variety of use-cases.