Do you want to be like @the_wifi_guy and have your photo featured on the cover slide of the next Meraki Quarterly webinar?        You know you do!   Here's your chance: the October Meraki Quarterly is just around the corner, and, well, we need a cover slide! This time, there's a theme: Work Simple.   To enter: just submit a photo (or photos) via a comment on this blog post. The photo should show how you and/or your company use Meraki products to "Work Simple." Our team will select a winner to be featured as the very first slide of our webinar (you know, the one that appears while everyone is assembling before the webinar; it shows up for a while!).   Now, go take some photos! Entries must be submitted by Tuesday, October 9 at 12pm Pacific.   Photo requirements Theme: Work Simple Suggested Dimensions: Landscape orientation, please. Ideally a 16:9 aspect ratio. File Size: Max 10Mb Note: Do not add text to your photo; we will be placing the webinar title on top of your photo submission   How to enter Submit your photo in a comment on this blog post by Tuesday, October 9, at 12pm Pacific. Please use the photo importer within the editor:   You can either upload your photo directly or import via URL:   Submissions will not be public. After you submit your entry, you'll see a message reading "Your post will appear as soon as it is approved."   If you have questions, feel free to submit those questions as comments on this blog post as well; we'll be reviewing them regularly!   The Fine Print Photos are due by Tuesday, October 9, at 12pm Pacific. Feel free to submit multiple entries. Photos will only be considered if they are posted as comments on this blog post (please upload the photo via the editor). Do not submit photos that include your full face or other personally-identifying information (PII). Entries will be judged based on the photos artistic quality, creativity, and representation of the "Work Simple" theme. See the complete terms, conditions, and eligibility information. ... View more

  The conference center management is breathing down your neck.... they need their WiFi design by 11am today! (11am PT Monday, Sept 24). Get to it!    Yes, entries to our WiFi challenge must be submitted in just over 2 hours - at 11am PT today.   We have some really great entries already, but we'd love more. If you've started an entry, submit it now! We might - just maybe - send a little swag to EVERYONE who enters. 🎁   And... stay tuned for the big reveal of the entries!! ... View more

  It's time for another Community Challenge! It has been a while since we ran one of these (the last one was our Video Challenge in June), and that makes us all the more excited to launch a new one.   This time around, we're trying a scenario-based challenge. We hope you enjoy it.   The Challenge You are an IT professional in charge of deploying Meraki wireless in a conference venue. The venue was designed for flexible layouts, with movable partitions between rooms, in order to accommodate a variety of group sizes and meeting purposes. Conference venue with flexible layout  The venue's WiFi requirements are: Fixed number of AP’s per room; no additional hardware will be added to support capacity Capacity should scale from a dozen participants to up to 600 (total across all salons) Performance of business-critical applications should be maintained regardless of client count Metrics should be made available for both conference center management and the specific groups running the conferences; they want to know about WiFi performance, event attendance, and engagement. Venue dimensions: 90’ x 68’ (27.43m x 20.72m) overall Salons A & B are each 56’ x 34’ (17.06m x 10.36m) Salons C & D are each 34’ x 34’ (10.36m x 10.36m) Ceilings are 14’ (4.26m) tall   (By popular request, dimension info was added a few hours after we launched this challenge) (Thanks to @BlakeRichardson for providing the metric dimensions :-))   Question: Given the above scenario, what native MR features would you use and how would you configure them to best support this deployment? You can include hardware-related capabilities and RF features as well as basic network design.   We encourage you to include diagrams, screenshots, and perhaps even a bit of storytelling and humor to help your entry stand out!   How to enter Submit your contest entry in a comment on this blog post before 11 a.m. PDT on Monday (September 24, 2018). This time around, entries won’t be made public until voting starts. After you submit your entry, you’ll see a message reading “Your post will appear as soon as it is approved.”   UPDATE 9/28: Voting is closed. Congratulations to the winners! UPDATE 9/24: Entries are closed; vote with your kudos on your favorite entries!   How to win Voting begins when submissions close (at 11 a.m. PDT on  Monday, September 24, 2018), and continues through the work week. Voting closes at 11 a.m. PDT on Friday, September 28, 2018. (UPDATE 9/28: Voting is closed. Congratulations to the winners!)   We will be selecting 2 winners: The Community Favorite — chosen by you, our Community members. Cast your vote by giving kudos ( ) to your favorite entries. The entry with the most kudos from community members who aren't Meraki employees will win! The Meraki Favorite — the entry with the most kudos from Meraki employees will win the Meraki Favorite prize. Feel free to solicit your contacts at Meraki to vote for you. 😉 Good Luck! ☘️       The Fine Print Limit one entry per community member. Submission period: Monday, September 17, 2018 at 11am PDT through Monday, September 24, 2018 at 10:59am PDT Voting period: Monday, September 24, 2018 at 11am PDT through Friday, September 28 at 11am PDT Prize will be a selection of Meraki swag with value not exceeding USD50.00 Official terms, conditions, and eligibility information ... View more