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The Sleekest Rugged APs You’ve Ever Seen

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It’s been a busy summer at Meraki, and today we’re excited to announce two new outdoor APs – the MR62 and MR66. They bring Meraki’s leading security, performance, and management to harsh outdoor and industrial indoor wireless networks. They’re rugged (IP67 rated) and sleek at the same time. See for yourself: The MR66 includes dual-band, [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

5 Apps That Hog Bandwidth on Your Network

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Does your wireless connection ever feel slow and sluggish? Below are five popular applications that can consume quite a bit of bandwidth. Don’t let them bog down your network! Skype and VoIP / video conferencing Dropbox and online backup Facebook YouTube Pandora Using Meraki’s built-in application visibility makes it easy to see which apps consume [...]

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Posted on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Swing into Security with the Two-Factor Two-Step

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We recently introduced two-factor authentication for Meraki dashboard accounts. Administrators can add an extra layer of account security to their networks by requiring more than just a password to log in. Users continue to enter their regular username and password credentials to the dashboard login page, and then are required to enter a verification code [...]

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Posted on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

More Insight at Your Fingertips with Real-Time Tools

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We’re continuing to integrate new tools into dashboard, and we recently added additional live information for each AP: real-time channel utilization graphs. With live channel utilization views you can get an immediate clue into the load on the AP and RF interference, without having to go into full spectrum analysis view (though that’s also right [...]

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Posted on Thursday, July 28th, 2011

5 Steps to Avoid the Pitfalls of Event Wi-Fi Deployment

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Part 3: Tips for the event and real-world results Part 1 of this series covered technical challenges, operational challenges, and design recommendations. Part 2 of the series covered network configuration recommendations. This final part will cover tips for the event and real-world results. Designing your network properly and choosing the right settings will go a [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011