Starting in 2003, I led the RoofNet project with Sanjit Biswas, Dan Aguayo and Prof. Robert Morris at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) in Cambridge, MA.  We spent a huge amount of our time in the lab building prototypes, deploying networks ourselves, and working on technology to make wireless [...]

Today we are very excited to announce the release of a new free tool for the IT community: the Meraki WiFi Stumbler, the first browser-based wireless scanner.  WiFi Stumbler provides detailed, real-time and continuously updated information about nearby wireless networks (even those with hidden SSIDs), including the type of access point, MAC address, wireless channel, [...]

We’re happy to share that we’ve launched the Meraki Network Simulator: a free demo version of the Meraki Enterprise Cloud Controller that allows you to try out all of our web-based tools without purchasing or setting up physical access points.  For a long time, we’ve wanted to enable potential customers to test out the Meraki [...]

When you’re investigating mesh wireless issues, it’s important to know which mesh neighbors are seen by each access point (AP).  Here is a quick tutorial of how to best utilize the built-in features in Dashboard that allow you to check out who is talking to whom in the mesh and what the quality of the [...]

Our engineers are pretty busy and pretty humble, so a lot of what they do flies below the radar. I’ve worked closely with rockstar engineers from Google, Apple, and the like, but the way our folks operate blows my mind. As those of you who use our product know, we have a “Make a Wish” [...]

Last week we upgraded all Standard networks to Pro at no charge. We did this because we were no longer selling and improving the Standard product and wanted to provide our established Standard customers with the best and most up-to-date features Meraki has to offer. This upgrade means Standard network operators will have the exact [...]