📢 Announcing the Cisco Campus Gateway!
We’re excited to introduce the Cisco Campus Gateway — a cutting-edge, cloud-managed wireless aggregator designed for large campus networks! 🎓🏢
Built on the CW9800H1 platform, this powerful solution brings seamless roaming, massive scalability, and simplified cloud deployment to the enterprise edge — all managed from the Meraki Dashboard. ☁️
🔑 Key Features
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🚶♂️ Seamless Roaming: Supports up to 1,000 roams per second for always-on wireless experiences
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📈 Scalability: Manage up to 5,000 APs and 50,000 clients across a single network
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⚙️ Simplified Deployment: Go cloud-managed without re-cabling or reconfiguring your wireless setup
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🔁 High Availability: Active-active redundancy keeps your campus always online
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🛡️ Enhanced Security: RADIUS proxy, SGTs (adaptive policy), and URL ACLs for rock-solid protection
🛠️ Deployment & Management
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☁️ Cloud-Managed: Fully integrated with the Meraki Dashboard for centralized visibility and control
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🔧 Flexible Configs: Supports single and dual L3 interface deployments for management and AP tunnels
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🚀 Advanced Services: Includes QoS, traffic inspection, and mDNS gateway support
📡 Supported Access Points
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✅ Wi-Fi 6 & 6E: Compatible with MR44, MR46, MR57, CW9162, and more
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🔜 Wi-Fi 7 Ready: Supports Wi-Fi 7 APs operating in 802.11ax mode
How to Try It Out
The Campus Gateway is available for sale now, but if you're a Partner or Cisco employee, check out Meraki Launchpad 🚀 -- our ready-to-go demo environment, where we already have two set up and passing traffic. Head to the Meraki Launchpad 🚀 Subscription org after authenticating into dCloud, and you'll find our devices in the Santa Cruz network. Have fun!
Questions? Thoughts? Drop them below — we’d love to hear how you’re planning to deploy MCG! 👇
