MV Smart Camera over an MG Cellular Gateway

[RobertGardner]

Is anyone running MV Smart Cameras over an MG Cellular Gateway?

If so, are you able to let me know how you've hooked them together and what the performance is like?

[Ryan_Miles]

Do you mean a MV connected directly to a LAN port of a MG or just MV(s) on a LAN with the MG being the upstream WAN connection? Performance over cellular is going to depend on your connection quality/speed.

[RobertGardner]

Hi @Ryan_Miles , I'm not sure how to connect the MV and MG together. That's the reason for my post. Can they be directly connected or do they need a MS switch in between? Also, what is the best way to provide them both with power?

As per performance, it's always going to depend of the 4G/LTE connection at the location of the MG. 

Does Meraki or any of their customers have any experience in using the MV & MG this way? Or has every MV that Meraki has been sole been connected to a wired LAN/WAN?

Our company has a requirement to attach surveillance cameras to trailers which are parked on the sides of roads to monitor traffic. These trailers have solar power & batteries to provide power. I was hoping Meraki would have a solution for the Cameras, Recording and network connectivity. But if not, I'll need to look at other vendors instead.

[Ryan_Miles · Accepted solution]

The MG cell gateway is typically meant as a device that connects to an edge router/firewall providing internet access. So yes, you'd typically have other things involved in a network like a firewalls & switches.

For your use case just having a MG & MV should work keeping in mind the MG is a simple NAT router and not a full blown stateful firewall.

You'd need to power the MG and MV with something external like PoE injectors.

Or you could consider using a MX with integrated cellular like the MX67C, MX68CW, or Z3C.

[RobertGardner]

Thanks Ryan. I'll reach out to my Meraki reseller to get a quote on the MX68CW, which seems to be the only model with integrated LTE and PoE ports (to power the MV).