Cisco Umbrella on existing MR network questions

[pjc]

Hello all

I'm looking at the options for guest wifi web filtering and reporting for a small network of MR AP's within our existing Meraki organisation and I have a few questions around licensing and functionality that I would be very grateful if anyone has answers.  I would like to know:

1. Can I integrate Cisco Umbrella into my existing MR Enterprise co-termed license model and apply it to just one network (with say 10 x MR AP's in it).  How many Umbrella licenses would I need ?

2. Would I need to upgrade my existing MR Enterprise co-term to Advanced MR license (if needed) for the whole of the organisation or can I just upgrade one network with those AP's in that network. Can MR Enterprise and MR Advanced license co-exist in the same Organisation.  I don't want to move our existing to a per-device licensing model, co-term works best for our organisation

3. Is the Umbrella license per MR AP or per MAC address client ? And if MAC client, do any new clients on the guest network that exceed the limit just not get filtering applied to them ?

4. How would I apply the Umbrella filtering policy to guest devices ?  Can I just add device MAC addresses in a Meraki group policy and apply a Umbrella filtering policy to that ?  Presumably I can then do device web activity reporting in Umbrella dashboard (I can cross reference MAC addresses with owners of those devices)

5. Has anyone got a rough idea of pricing for Umbrella per AP or client ?

6. Anything else I should know about Umbrella/Meraki integration ? !!

Many thanks in advance !

[KarstenI]

You have two options:

1. Migrate to MR Advanced
2. Integrate your Meraki Network with a separate Umbrella "Install"

I prefer 2) because it is much more flexible, but 1) is typically easier for the administration.

This description is already some years old but will answer most of your questions:

https://meraki.cisco.com/lib/pdf/meraki_whitepaper_mr_umbrella.pdf

[DarrenOC]

hi @KarstenI  - is there a third option to integrate at the MX level (if applicable here) and enable Umbrella integration here?

[KarstenI]

Yes, the "normal" Umbrella can be integrated with the MX. I have this running for multiple clients. But if there are VM-Hosts I typically prefer the virtual appliances as the integration.

[pjc]

Thankyou Karstenl for the link to the doc.

Has anyone have any info on licensing types (per client, network, organisation) needed and pricing

please ?

[KarstenI]

MR Advanced is licensed by AP, The traditional Umbrella is licensed per User. For pricing reach out to the Cisco Partner of your choice. Where are you located? There are a couple of partners here in the community.

[pjc]

Thanks