{"id":502,"date":"2012-12-21T20:16:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T20:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/?p=502"},"modified":"2018-02-23T09:59:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T14:59:14","slug":"wake-acquisition-meraki-releases-wlan-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/wake-acquisition-meraki-releases-wlan-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Wake of Their Recent Acquisition Meraki Releases a WLAN Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2012\/12\/Feature_Image_Wireless_Cisco_Meraki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"532\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/wake-acquisition-meraki-releases-wlan-upgrade\/feature_image_wireless_cisco_meraki\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2012\/12\/Feature_Image_Wireless_Cisco_Meraki.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,270\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Feature_Image_Wireless_Cisco_Meraki\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2012\/12\/Feature_Image_Wireless_Cisco_Meraki-300x135.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2012\/12\/Feature_Image_Wireless_Cisco_Meraki.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-532\" title=\"Feature_Image_Wireless_Cisco_Meraki\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2012\/12\/Feature_Image_Wireless_Cisco_Meraki-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cisco Acquires Meraki\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2012\/12\/Feature_Image_Wireless_Cisco_Meraki-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2012\/12\/Feature_Image_Wireless_Cisco_Meraki-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2012\/12\/Feature_Image_Wireless_Cisco_Meraki-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>In the wake of the recent Cisco\/Meraki acquisition Meraki has just announced an upgrade to their already impressive wireless LAN solutions. The upgrade applies specifically to its MR series wireless access points. Visibility, control and management are all addressed in their solution upgrade that is delivered via the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>Meraki is addressing management and control through an upgrade that will allow customers to simplify large scale distributed networks, and by introducing Bonjour Gateway feature. For example the Bonjour Gateway feature may allow a school district to \u201cmaintain separate VLANs for teachers, students, AirPlay devices, and printers. Now, that school can deploy flexible policies, like enabling AirPlay exclusively for teachers, while allowing AirPrint for both teachers and students.\u201d Organization with dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of sites and struggle to maintain access and policy control across different locations may benefit greatly from Meraki\u2019s new upgrade. Through the introduction of tag-based configuration and management engines organizations can now, \u201ctag sites by brand, function (retail, corporate, warehouse.), geographic region, etc. and can instantly apply access control policies, branded splash pages, and other settings to any number of sites.<\/p>\n<p>Meraki\u2019s upgrade will also allow for greater visibility into data moving across a network. The Layer 7 application fingerprinting and shaping will allow, \u201cAdministrators to see a dynamic view of traffic classified by application, spot trends in usage, and quickly set traffic shaping policies accordingly.\u201d Best of all, for current customers the upgrade is free and can be delivered over the web through Meraki\u2019s cloud based solution. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraki.com\/company\/press-releases?uri=meraki\/announces\/wireless\/lan\/update%2C\/improves\/visibility%2C\/control%2C\/and\/management\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read <\/a>more about how Meraki is continuing to help shape the wireless LAN market.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><div class=\"box box0\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/free-80211ac-wireless-network-solutions-buyers-guide\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1183\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2016\/03\/wireless-guide-cover.png\" alt=\"wireless guide cover\" width=\"140\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2016\/03\/wireless-guide-cover.png 660w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2016\/03\/wireless-guide-cover-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2016\/03\/wireless-guide-cover-211x270.png 211w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2016\/03\/wireless-guide-cover-63x81.png 63w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/files\/2016\/03\/wireless-guide-cover-141x180.png 141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><strong>For information on the top 802.11ac solutions,\u00a0check out our latest Buyer&#8217;s Guide:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy, side-by-side comparison of the top 802.11ac wireless vendors<\/li>\n<li>Descriptions of each solution and their strengths<\/li>\n<li>Important questions to ask yourself and potential vendors when considering a solution<\/li>\n<li>Market overview of the current\u00a0802.11ac wireless space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/free-80211ac-wireless-network-solutions-buyers-guide\/\" class=\"ss-button aqua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the recent Cisco\/Meraki acquisition Meraki has just announced an upgrade to their already impressive wireless LAN solutions. 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