Cisco Meraki Routers - Cloud managed enterprise routers with latest Wi-Fi 6 technologies

Cisco Meraki series routers are used to provide wireless internet access to all employees within our organization. These routers are being used across the whole organization. Cisco Meraki Series routers solve the problem of router management, network access and policy management, security, and wireless connectivity. The router supports easy plug-and-play deployment and remote management via the web-based Meraki cloud platform without the need for wireless controllers. For network policies and security, the devices have a dedicated radio to identify rogue device intrusions, network attacks and to perform spectrum analysis. The devices provide data security using advanced encryption algorithms, a built-in firewall, and 802.1X authentication. For enhanced wireless connectivity, the devices provide high-speed internet using dual radio bands and support features such as 802.11ax, MU-MIMO OFDMA, band steering, beamforming, voice, and video optimization, Cloud-based RF-optimization, and advanced analytics capabilities.

We use other Cisco Products such as Cisco Anyconnect VPN, Cisco WebEx within our organization, however, these other products are compatible with all other vendors' products. We are happy with these other products, but the use of these devices was not an important factor in procuring Cisco Routers. Cisco Meraki Routers in themselves provide a variety of features in terms of security, network management, high-speed internet connectivity, and presence analytics.

Cisco Routers are provided with a dedicated third radio to perform network scans to identify rogue devices and network attacks. Cisco Meraki Air Marshal integrated into each access point provides details about real-time intrusion alerts, policy violations, and mitigation techniques. The devices provide enterprise-grade security via features such as an in-built firewall, application blocking and traffic shaping, network access control for BYOD devices, and radius-based authentication. These security features were the important factors in considering Cisco Meraki routers and the organization is happy with the way these features enhance network and data security for the users.

Cisco Routers are designed to provide continuous access to applications and data using dual-band radios and implementing the 802.11ax standard. The device implements 802.11e/WMM standard which provides optimized voice and video over another kind of traffic. The application QoS feature allows the admin to prioritize application-specific traffic. These features are almost the same across all other vendor's products.