SES ESL integration is now available for all networks running MR 28.1 or newer firmware.

Please ensure that your V:Cloud stores use the token-based (JWT) connection. Direct connection type is no longer supported for new ESL deployments.

Refer to our documentation for more details.

WPN is now available to all customers with networks running MR 29.4.1 Stable and 29.5 Release Candaite firmware.

Please refer to the updated WPN documentation for more information about this feature.

Many Cisco Meraki access points now support Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) channels in the US/FCC regulatory domain. 

MR 29.4.1 release has been promoted to Stable!

Please refer to  MR Firmware Features for more information about specific features included in this release.

To reduce confusion between the new Cisco+ Secure Connect product and the existing MS and MR SecureConnect feature, we are renaming the port configuration capability. We will begin referring to the automated process of securely provisioning MR Access Points when directly connected to Meraki MS Switches as SecurePort.  

Please note that this name change will impact the following API end-point, where customers will need to modify the key ‘secureConnect’ to ‘securePort’ on their API calls:

1.https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/#!get-network-settings 

2.https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/#!get-device-switch-ports-statuses 

Learn more 

Read more about SecurePort here.

Ever get asked “what is xyz feature, when is it coming, which firmware is it in, etc.”?

Do you want to create some #Merakimagic with your Wi-Fi network?  We’ve got some really cool features coming out with our next firmware release - MR29.1 - ready now for public beta.

While this release offers a host of enhancements, the top features that I am most excited about include Wireless Personal Network (WPN), Band Steering & Client Balancing, as well as expanded IoT support.

Top Features:

• Wireless Personal Network (WPN) - offering the ability to segment the wireless network on a per-user basis to provide a home-like personal network experience on a shared network (single VLAN).  This feature is particularly well suited for shared environments such as university dorms, hotels, senior homes, etc. 

Do you have a high-density environment in which users complain about performance issues?  MR29.1 adds both Band Steering and Client Balancing to optimize performance and improve the user experience.  

• Band Steering  detects clients capable of 5GHz operation and steers them to that frequency, leaving the more crowded 2.4GHz band available for legacy clients; while Client Balancing uses information about the state of the network and wireless client probes to steer the client to the best available access point - improving download and upload performance while reducing loss and latency for mission-critical applications.  

This is a WIN-WIN for everyone! 

Are you wondering what do you do with that USB port on your MR57?  How about some IoT applications! One in particular is Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL):

• MR29.1 offers Expanded IoT Support via USB port (6E APs only) for SoluM and Hanshow USB gateways.

Other features include enhancements to Mesh Networking and IPv6. 

If you need more information on how to manage your firmware upgrades, check out this article or the FAQs page on firmware.

Simpler, more efficient operations, powerful automation and more agility than you’ve ever seen.

Track your ESL status in the Meraki dashboard 

Providing smart, secure, exceptional guest connectivity doesn’t need to be a chore.  Find out how this new launch can help you do that! 

The band selection and minimum bitrate configuration options have been moved from the Access Control page to the Radio settings page (RF profiles).

Now, you can configure them all in one place!

RA (IPv6) and DHCP (v4/v6) guard support on MR is here!

Meraki MT sensors can connect to most WiFi-5 MR access points as gateways to the Meraki platform!

With the MX16 firmware release, NBAR will be available for full-stack enablement! 🚀

New updates are designed to make it easier to identify underperforming access points, solve sticky client issues more quickly, and trigger alerts by implementing anomaly detection by using Meraki machine learning models. 

Allowed DNS events have been added to the Security Center.

Wireless Health analytics have been moved to Access points page to streamline user experience.

We added new flexible sponsorship duration options!

New capabilities and visibility are now available to the Meraki dashboard to help simplify troubleshooting. Users can now pinpoint issues more quickly, and ensure excellent connectivity for clients. These updates are designed to not only provide insights about the health of Wi-Fi clients, but also to provide end-to-end visibility. Enhanced visibility will now allow for immediate identification of whether wireless is problematic, or if, for example, an upstream device is misconfigured.

The previously announced Trusted Access feature for Meraki MR and SM deployments is now available for Android devices. 

MR36, MR46, and MR56 provide a set of Wi-Fi 6 access point options for indoor high-density wireless environments.

Identity PSK provides the simplicity of PSK with the benefits of 802.1X, and is available today in the
Meraki dashboard...

We are delighted to announce MR26.6.1 as the new Stable Firmware for your MR access points! This is now available on the Meraki Dashboard via the firmware upgrade tool.

Meraki Trusted Access is now available to all networks with SM licenses and MR wireless access points.