We want Meraki Dashboard to be the most functional, intuitive, and beautiful network administration system available. As of today, you can check out Dashboard’s next evolutionary step: a new layout, and new functionality, that organizes Dashboard’s appearance, makes some common tasks easier, and adds power to common pages. The new features include: More of your [...]

Have you ever been out there troubleshooting a wireless issue and wishing you had more diagnostic tools at your disposal?  Check out http://my.meraki.com when you’re wirelessly associated to a Meraki network.  This web site provides useful information about your wireless environment and the specific Meraki access point (gateway or repeater) to which you are connected. [...]

Since releasing enhanced voice and video capabilities earlier this year, we have seen growth in the number of video and voice applications running over Meraki wireless networks.  Physical security and voice/data convergence have been implemented broadly over wired networks in the last decade, but providing these applications over wireless networks is a more recent trend.  [...]

WPA-Enterprise encryption with 802.1X authentication is the method of choice for providing secure access in an Enterprise WLAN environment.  Unfortunately it’s also notoriously tricky to configure, with a range of possible configuration issues involving the three key players in the system (client devices, access points, and the RADIUS authentication server itself). We’re pleased to announce [...]

Meraki network admins can now block or whitelist many client devices in one easy step.  Go to the usage page, select some checkboxes, and select Actions > Whitelist (or Block, or Normal). Want to block all Apple devices?  Try searching for “mfr:apple”, then Select: All and Block.  Or shift-click to select many checkboxes at once.  [...]

Sometimes we come across a Meraki customer with a really cool story to tell, where they have found a particularly unique deployment need to fill with a Meraki network that does a great job of showcasing the capabilities and value proposition of the Meraki solution. One of these customers is Allen Cook, owner of TourTechSupport, [...]