Meraki: Easily manage entire network
July 13, 2021
Meraki: Easily manage entire network
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- MS120-48LP
- MS225-24P
- MS225-48
- MS225-48LP
- MS250-48LP
- MS350-24P
- MS350-48LP
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MS
We use Cisco Meraki MS switches throughout the company and are replacing legacy hardware as we go. It has helped tremendously when trying to diagnose network issues. Instead of the command-line interface used with legacy hardware, you get a nice graphical user interface. This makes it easier to navigate through settings.
- Provide details on the switch as a whole.
- Provide details down to a single port.
- Replace hardware quickly if needed.
- Provide an overview of the network. Can help track down devices.
- Maybe with the cost. They are pretty expensive.
- Would be nice to be able to use them if we didn't want to continue the support. You have to have support on them or they basically become a brick.
- Nothing else that I can think of.
Do you think Cisco Meraki MS delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Cisco Meraki MS's feature set?
Yes
Did Cisco Meraki MS live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Cisco Meraki MS go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Cisco Meraki MS again?
Yes
- Helped us solve network problems in a shorter amount of time.
- Helped set policies that would have otherwise been difficult to set.
- Helped to easily see an overview of our network and then devices connected.
Deploying Cisco Meraki devices has been super easy and has cut down the time it would have taken with legacy devices. This time equals money that the company saved. Managing it has been the same. It is a lot easier to see what's going on in the environment than having to run command lines to get the data.
We have integrated a bunch of wireless access points. The functionality that Meraki gives, makes setting up wireless SSID's and policies very easy. This also helps with diagnosing issues on the network and gives a nice view of all wireless devices connected. You can also see a heat map of where all the devices are within your organization and the building.
I felt that Cisco Meraki had an easier-to-use dashboard. I did not use Aerohive for too long so I can't fully say how it is at this time. It seemed like a good product and also did not brick the device if you quit paying support. That would be one of my biggest issues with Meraki.