Cisco Meraki: ease of use and interconnectivity!
August 02, 2020
Cisco Meraki: ease of use and interconnectivity!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- MX64
- MX67
- MX84
- MX100
- MX65
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MX
We have multiple models of MX series connecting multiple branches for a nationally distributed WAN, allowing remote access via VPN and security tools like IDS/IPS and AMP. We have integrated with another company recently and used Meraki to link the two businesses together virtually, seamlessly with minimal fuss, and ease of use, access, and management. We also use both the MDM and SDWAN as well.
- Ease of management
- Cloud based access
- Security
- VPN client could be better.
- Ability to delegate better lower level access for reporting.
- Reporting functions are sometimes limited.
- We were able to ditch our old terminal server based WAN.
- We have added VPN access.
- Ease of management and insight over the network.
We are able to see and manage the remote LANs we have up and down the east coast of the US with minimal fuss using Cisco Meraki compared to the unmanaged WAN we had prior to that. We have also been able to see the issues with ISPs and notify branches ahead of them calling us regarding issues.
- Cisco Meraki MR, Cisco Meraki MS, Cisco Webex Teams, Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches
We have been able to use various Cisco products but still be able to manage them and integrate without having to reconfigure a lot of systems. We are also able to monitor traffic and manage the WAN and LANs from a single pane of glass and also integrate two businesses into one single network.
- HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches, Aruba Networks Wireless LAN (WLAN), Aruba Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) and Fortinet FortiGate
We were able to transition very easily from Cisco to Cisco Meraki MX's and connect the LANs into a single easy to manage WAN with remote access VPN and auto VPN between branches to interconnect all networks with minimal fuss but allowing high-speed networking and traffic passing, as well as managed traffic options.