Before installing Meraki the switching network was mainly HP, with a few beefy chassis type switches described to me as the 'core'. There were around 50 switches in numerous locations around the site, and one was an old 8 port switch we found under a desk in the library gathering dust. The consultant working with us noted that 'core' must be the RSTP Root and all traffic would flow through the 'core', but upon inspection once we had a Meraki switch in place, it turned out that the RSTP Root was the aged 8 port library switch we had found and all traffic was going through that. Needless to say, the 9mb wireless speed test (on a 300mb line) improved to circa 260mb once we finished installing Meraki.
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