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Meraki Wireless Solution Comparison
Simplified cloud management
• Intuitiveinterfaceallowsdevicestobeconfiguredinminuteswithouttrainingordedicatedstaff
• CentrallymanagethousandsofdevicesacrosshundredsofsiteswithoutonsiteIT
• Out-of-the-boxsecuritywithintegratedapplicationfirewall,WIPS,NetworkAccessControl(NAC),PCIcompliance,andVPN
• Updatesandnewfeaturesseamlesslydeliveredfromthecloud
Performance and scalability
• Powerful,enterpriseclassradioscombineMIMO,transmitbeamforming,bandsteering,spectrumanalysis,andautomaticcloud-basedRFoptimizationforhighdensityperformanceandthroughputupto900Mbps
• Easilyscalenetworksfrom10accesspointsto10,000withoutcontrollerthroughputorclientAPlimits,complexlicensing,orspecialappliancestoinstall
Deep visibility and control
• Network-widevisibility,control,andtroubleshootingofwirelessandwiredinfrastructurefromasinglepaneofglass
• Identifyusersanddeviceswithfast,Google-likesearch
• Createapplication-specificpolicieswithLayer7trafficshaping,andapplybydevicetypeorusergroup
• IntegratedmobiledevicemanagementextendsvisibilityandcontroltodevicesconnectingtoyourWLAN(iOS,Android,Mac,andPC)–atnocost
Why Meraki?
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Deep Visibility and ControlOnlyMerakigivesyoupowerful,built-inLayer7applicationvisibilityanddevicefingerprintingfordeepinsightandfine-grainedcontrolofyournetwork.
MerakiMeraki’sLayer7trafficshapinganddevicefingerprintingdeliveranunparalleledlevelofintegrated,out-of-the-boxcontroloverdevices,applications,andusersaccessingyournetwork.
Getdeepcontextualinsightthroughstatisticsandusagedatainordertocraftsecurityandtrafficshapingpolicies.
Analysisisperformedattheedgeinascalablearchitecture–noneedtopurchasecontrollersoradditionallicenses.
Comparison: ArubaTogetcomparable,centralizedL7visibilityandcontrol,Arubarequiresyoutobuy:
• AirWaveserver
• AirWavelicenses(basedonnumberofdevices)
• AirWavelicensetorunmultipleAirWaveserversfromsingleconsole(optional)
• WLANcontroller(7200series)
• PolicyEnforcementFirewallmodule
• PolicyEnforcementFirewalllicenses(basedonnumberofAPs)
AppRF,whichrequiresAruba’snewest,top-of-the-linecontroller,cannotthrottletrafficdynamically;itcanonlypermit,drop,log,reject,ortagtrafficforQoS.
With Meraki, view application usage statistics filtered by time period or SSID.
Setting Layer 3 and Layer 7 firewall policies with Meraki.
Specific destinations can be viewed in aggregate or by client.
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ConsiderMeraki’ssecure,isolatedwirelessguestaccessfunctionality,whichiseasilyenabled:
• EnableandnameaguestSSIDfromtheConfigure>SSIDspageintheMerakidashboard
• Select“NATMode:UseMerakiDHCP”toisolatetheguestSSIDfromthecoreWLANusingtheintegratedL3firewall
• (Optional)CopyguestnetworkconfigurationsettingstoadditionalnetworksfromtheOrganization>ConfigSyncpage
WithAerohive’sHiveManager,configuringsecure,isolatedguestaccessrequiresseveralsteps:
• Chooseanexisting(orcreateanew)networkpolicyinHiveManager(e.g.,Aerohive-Guest)
• CreateanewguestSSIDwithintheAerohive-Guestpolicychosenabove,andsaveit.
• CreateanewUserProfileassociatedwiththeAerohive-Guestpolicy,andnameit.
• Chooseauniqueattributepolicynumberforthenewuserprofile,alongwithaVLANnumber(e.g.VLAN8)
• Createanewnetworkobject,nameit(e.g.Guest-WiFi),andassignittoVLAN8.
• Next,selectadefaultDNSservicewiththesamenameasyourHive
• Select“GuestUse”asyournetworktype,configureyourdesiredisolatedguestIPsubnetsettings,andensureDHCPisenabled.Save.
Meraki makes it easy to configure secure, isolated guest WiFi access.
Configuring isolated guest access in Hive Manager involves several steps.
Merakibringsyouthemostaccessible,straightforwardmanagementexperiencepossible–includingapowerful,intuitivedashboardthatletsyoucontrolyourentireMerakinetworkfromasinglepaneofglass.Itseasilynavigabledesignallowsforrapiddeploymentsofnetworksanddeviceswithfewerconfigurationerrorsandeasierongoingmaintenance.
Thebenefitofthisintuitiveinterfacegrowsasyournetworksexpandinsizeandgeographicscope,andasthesheernumberofconfigurationsettings(andthestepstoimplementthem)swellwithcompetitivesolutions.
Intuitive, No Training NeededMerakiMRaccesspointsaremanagedviaasecure,cloud-baseddashboardcreatedfromthegroundupforeaseofmanagementandconfigurability.
Consider the example below: creating an isolated wireless guest SSID.
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Alvin ISD chose Meraki over HP and Aruba.
CASE STUDY
AlvinIndependentSchoolDistrict
AlvinISDselectedMerakioverArubaandHPtobeitswirelessinfrastructureprovider.BeyondMeraki’scosteffective,plug-and-playsolution,neitherArubanorHPprovidefree,built-inBYOD/MDMsolutions,intuitivedashboardinterfaces,innovativefeatureslikeintegratedL7trafficshapingandNAC,orcloudmanagement.
“I really think Meraki is the optimal solution for an environment with a high density of clients.”–JohnWilds,NetworkManager,AlvinISD
Challenges
• LargeAPdeploymentwithleanITstaff
• Highclientdensity,withentireclassroomsconnectingsimultaneously
• APsincloseproximitycannotinterferewitheachother
Results
• Easy,zero-touchAPconfigurationandinstallation
• Centralizedmanagementfor20campuses
• Cloud-basedRFoptimizationeliminatesinterferenceinhigh-densityclassrooms
CASE STUDY
UnitedColorsofBenetton
MerakiwaschosenastheWiFisolutionforUnitedColorsofBenetton’sHQandflagshipstoresintheUnitedKingdomforitseaseofuse,built-insecurityfeatures,andscalability.AnisolatedguestnetworkforretailstoreswascreatedintwoclicksusingMeraki’sintuitivedashboard,andiscentrallymanagedthroughthecloud.
Challenges
• ProvidesecureguestWiFiforretailshoppersandsecurewirelessLANforemployeesacrossmanylocations
• Centrallymanagedistributedretaillocations’WiFiwithleanITstaff
• RobustreportingalongwithautomaticperformancetuningofAPs
Results
• IsolatedguestnetworkwithsplashpagesonseparateSSIDfrominternal,WPA-securedwirelessLAN
• Singlepane-of-glasscontroloverretailstores’WiFi
• Summaryreportsandalertsprovidenetworkstatus;AutoRFoptimizesWiFiperformance
“With the Meraki dashboard we can see very clearly what types of devices are connecting. We’re looking to use this technology as another avenue to provide special offers and attract attention.”–MarkBishop,ITManager,UnitedColorsofBenetton
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Meraki Aruba Aerohive Ruckus HP
WPA-2Enterprisewith802.1Xauthentication
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Built-instatefulpolicyfirewall,WIPS,VPN
✓ ×1 ✓ ×2 ×2
IntegratedNAC ✓ × × × ×
MobileDeviceManagement(MDM)
✓ ×1 ×1 × ×1
Isolatedguestaccesswithsplashpages
✓ ×1 ✓ ×1 ×1
100%cloud-managed ✓ × ✓ × ×
Layer7applicationanddevicevisibilityacrossentireproductline
✓ ×1 × × ×
RFManagement ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
LiveToolsfortroubleshooting
✓ ×1 ✓ × ×1
IncludedSupport ✓ × × × ×
1 Availablewithpurchaseofadditionalsoftwareorlicense2WIPSavailablewithpurchaseofadditionalsoftwareorlicense3Multiplelicensesmaybenecessary,dependingonfeaturesdesired
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Feature Comparison