Meraki Go set up

[Myhotel]

I need fast reliable system for my small 12 room hotel. My plan is to get Meraki Go Aps in every other room and Meraki GO PoE Switch, the question is do I need the router Firewall ? It sounds like it will slow the system down and there are a lot of complants to that effect. Second, when will the PoE switches be available? 

Thank You 

[alemabrahao]

There is a specific community for the Meraki GO.

https://community.meraki.com/t5/Meraki-Go-Community/ct-p/go

[Myhotel]

I will follow the link 

[alemabrahao · Accepted solution]

You don't necessarily need a router or firewall, it all depends on your need. If your ISP's router already has DHCP service enabled, I don't see why you should purchase a router or firewall, but again, it all depends on your needs.

[PhilipDAth]

I would take a quick look at the Meraki MR36H - the "H" is for hospitality.  This is not part of Meraki Go - but the main Meraki Enterprise family.  They are in-room units.  Typically you remove an existing network cable wall jack in the room, and mount them into that existing space.  They also have a built-in 4 port Ethernet switch in case you want to feed other in-room devices like a TV, VoIP phone, etc.  These are used to provide basic in-room connectivity,

https://meraki.cisco.com/product/wi-fi/indoor-access-points/mr36h/ 

An interesting feature you could consider using with these is "WiFi Personal Network", called WPN for short.

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Encryption_and_Authentication/Wi-Fi_Personal_Network_(WPN) 

What this does is allow you to assign a different PSK (which is just a password) for each room, and it turns each room into a virtual network.

This allows you to do things like allow the guest in room1 to chromecast to the TV in room1, but no other TV.  Basically each room has full connectivity to everything in that room, but to no other room.

No more guest in room2 casting porn to the TV in room1 just to cause trouble.

And the really cool thing - the guests can still connect to any AP for roaming.  So they can go to the laundry or anywhere else, still have full WiFi connectivity, but still be virtually isolated from other guests.

Ever had one guest lay an accusation of being hacked by another guest while in your facility?  This stops that kind of problem as well.

[Myhotel]

Thank you Philip I will look into the enterprise system sounds like it may be worth the additional cost.