Meraki Health is Meraki’s built-in assurance solution, which uses machine learning in combination with cloud analytics to provide end-to-end network infrastructure assurance and visibility. Today, new additions to Meraki Health include:    Alerts with smart thresholds  Sticky client detection Access point onboarding and performance scores Client onboarding and performance scores     These new updates are designed to make it easier to identify underperforming access points or clients, solve sticky client issues more quickly, and trigger alerts by implementing anomaly detection by using Meraki machine learning models.    To access alerts with smart thresholds, navigate to Network Wide > Alerts. To access sticky client detection, navigate to Network Wide > Clients > History. To monitor access point performance, navigate to Wireless > Access points. Ensure that ‘Onboarding’ and ‘Performance’ are selected from the toolbar. To view client performance, navigate to Network Wide > Clients. Ensure that ‘Onboarding’ and ‘Performance’ are selected from the toolbar.   These capabilities are available as of today for Wi-Fi 6 and 802.11ac Wave 2 access points with MR 27.X firmware. For more information, please see the technical documentation for Meraki Health and Alerts. ... View more

Hi Community,   We just released a brand new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 Meraki access point: MR44.   It will provide an excellent option for office, school, hospital, retail, and hotel use-cases looking to provide modern high-performance Wi-Fi 6 but don't quite have the density that requires MR46 or MR56. Highlights of MR44 below:   2.4GHz: 2 x 2 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) with two spatial streams 5GHz: 4 x 4 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) with four spatial streams Power over Ethernet: 42.5 - 57 V (802.3at) or 37 - 57 V (802.3af) - low power mode 3 Gbps aggregate frame rate (with concurrent 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios) 100/1000/2.5G BASE-T Ethernet ... View more

Meraki recently updated its network analytics capabilities with Meraki Health solutions, allowing for holistic network-wide health monitoring. Previously, wireless connectivity and performance analytics were available under Wireless > Monitor > Wireless Health. Today, these metrics have been merged into the Wireless > Monitor > Access points page, under a tab called 'Health'. Additionally, this section features a 'Map' tab and 'Connection log' tab. ... View more

Hi Community,   We will release a blog post about this later in the week, but wanted to give the community a heads up that our website was just updated, and reflects a brand new set of Wi-Fi 6 APs!   If you payed close attention to recent firmware upgrade notes, you may have already spotted them. The MR46E, MR76, and MR86 will provide the ability to deploy Wi-Fi 6 to indoor, outdoor, and focused wireless environments. They will be available starting May 19, 2020.    Highlights:   MR86 is an IP67 rated, rugged 4×4:4 Multigigabit access point, with a 3.5 Gbps max data rate for high-density outdoor environments  MR76 is an IP67 rated, rugged outdoor 2×2:2 access point with 1.7 Gbps max data rate The MR46E is a 4×4:4 Multigigabit access point, 3.5 Gbps max data rate, with automatically-detectable external antennas. MR46E can re-use the same external antennas as MR53E. New troubleshooting capabilities with deeper insights and analytics into wireless performance metrics New security capabilities with WPA3, Adaptive Policy enablement, Identity PSK w/o RADIUS Other included firmware updates include MQTT, Local Authorization, and NBAR support In recent months, outdoor and focused Wi-Fi installations have become even more important. Schools have been trying to provide outdoor Wi-Fi in parking lots, pop-up healthcare facilities want to provide outdoor access, and retail locations are seeing an increase in outdoor installations as they start opening back up their stores.   Are others seeing the same impacts?       ... View more

All three of the newest Meraki Wi-Fi 6 APs are now Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6™. You can find the products listed here.   MR36: Cisco’s first 2×2 Wi-Fi 6 access point MR46 is our newest 4×4 Wi-Fi 6 access point MR56 is our best-in-class 8×8 Wi-Fi 6 access point These access points feature the capabilities of Wi-Fi 6 that will help propel organizations to the future of connectivity with immense performance and capacity improvements. (UL/DL OFDMA, UL/DL MU-MIMO, TWT, BSS Color, WPA3)   From our Director of Product Management, Jayanthi Srinivisan: "Our world is becoming increasingly hyper-connected, and what gets me really excited about Wi-Fi 6, beyond the huge improvements in capacity and performance is the support for 2.4 GHz band and the power consumption improvements. With the Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 certification program, we can ensure peak performance for all devices with next-generation WPA3 security, no matter the use case. Whether for a factory, a stadium, or an office building, Cisco Meraki customers can be confident that deploying a Wi-Fi 6 network will deliver a secure, simple and superlative experience.”  ... View more

Hi Community,   Every wireless dashboard user just woke up today with an upgrade in their dashboard this morning. For more, you can take a look at the blog here, or for detailed explanation, take a look at the new documentation page.   We know that across the IT industry, folks are challenged with multiple dashboards, troublesome wireless clients, network & management complexity, and difficulty troubleshooting the network end-to-end. Our goal is to make the user experience seamless, reduce troubleshooting from hours to minutes, and ideally make it proactive instead of reactive.   To summarize the updates: Client Health. Visually monitor the network end-to-end and pinpoint issues Wireless Health summary on client page. Quick snapshot of the Wireless Health of a client Wireless Health summary on AP page. Quick snapshot of the Wireless Health of a AP Wireless Health 'Connections' tab on client page. Individual Wireless Health problematic connectivity stages of a client Wireless Health 'Connections' tab on AP page. Individual Wireless Health problematic connectivity stages of an AP Failed connections event log tab for clients. More easy to read event log for client connectivity failures. Failed connections event log tab for APs. More easy to read event log for AP connection failures.   Happy for you to post your feedback! Thanks. ... View more

Hi All,   We just released three brand-new APs on our website! (MR36, MR46, and MR56)   You can learn more on our Meraki blog tomorrow morning. Let us know if you have any questions.       ... View more