Review of Meraki MX After Several Years of Use
June 08, 2023
Review of Meraki MX After Several Years of Use
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- MX64
- MX64W
- MX68W
- MX68CW
- MX84
- MX100
- VMX-M
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MX
We use MX Security Appliances for our primary staff traffic at headquarters along with full network manipulation of our regional locations. The MX appliances are fantastic for setting up site-site VPN and managing the entire network. For our regional locations, we utilize the whole scope of the Meraki MX series security appliances. The MX handles our DHCP requests and passes them to the clients using bridge mode on the MV access points. For each of our locations, they directly attach to each other using a hub and spoke design. These security appliances make it fairly easy to manage multiple locations and I highly recommend.
- Site-Site VPN
- Cloud Management
- DHCP Scopes
- Error Reporting
- AP Band Selection
- Firewall Logs
Do you think Cisco Meraki MX delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Cisco Meraki MX's feature set?
Yes
Did Cisco Meraki MX live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Cisco Meraki MX go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Cisco Meraki MX again?
Yes
- Replaces Aging ASAs
- Reduced Hands-on Site-site creation as it's automatic with devices in your account
- Some units have built in SIM slots and allow for failover onto a wireless network without having to purchase additional hardware.
The dashboard has improved the way we set up regionals for the positive. We are able to remotely change configuration on any backend changes needed applied. For example, to securely segregate our corporate network from an open network, we are able to make VLAN changes and firewall changes from afar without concern for breaking the network.
The MR are the Meraki Access Points. We use them for the wireless at the regionals and are able to make any changes required from afar.
The MV are the Meraki Cameras. We use these to monitor our secure closets and make sure that unauthorized users are not dumping unwanted items into the closets and/or playing with our gear.
The vMX is our "main" MX appliance and lives in AWS.
We also use Meraki MT sensors for closet management. Both the door sensors and Temp/Humid sensors are fantastic.
The MV are the Meraki Cameras. We use these to monitor our secure closets and make sure that unauthorized users are not dumping unwanted items into the closets and/or playing with our gear.
The vMX is our "main" MX appliance and lives in AWS.
We also use Meraki MT sensors for closet management. Both the door sensors and Temp/Humid sensors are fantastic.
Meraki is more entailed towards larger businesses and allow much quicker support remediation. Meraki does have a yearly license, whereas UniFi does not. UniFi is really nice and I would use it in smaller single SOHO applications, but wouldn't use it for larger organizations like mine.