Cisco Meraki

Cisco Meraki
Type	Division
Industry	Networking, IT
Founded	2006 in Mountain View, California, U.S.
Founders	Sanjit Biswas; John Bicket; Hans Robertson;
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Key people	Chris Stori (SVP, GM); Bret Hull (CTO)
Parent	Cisco Systems
Website	meraki.cisco.com

Cisco Meraki is a cloud-managed IT company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Their products include wireless, switching, security, enterprise mobility management (EMM) and security cameras, all centrally managed from the web. Meraki was acquired by Cisco Systems in December 2012.[1]

History

Meraki was founded by Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket, along with Hans Robertson. The company was based in part on the MIT Roofnet project, an experimental 802.11b/g mesh network developed by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Meraki was funded by Google and Sequoia Capital. The organization started in Mountain View, California, in 2006, before relocating to San Francisco. Meraki employed people who worked on the MIT Roofnet project.[2][3][4]

In 2007, Meraki selected San Francisco for their community-based Free the Net campaign. They started putting gateway devices in the Lower Haight neighborhood to provide Internet access and giving away repeaters. In the first year of the project, the growth of the network was primarily in the Mission District. By October 2007, they estimated 20,000 distinct users connected and about 5 terabytes of data transferred in this network. In July 2008, Meraki said 100,000 people in San Francisco used its "Free the Net" service. Since then, Meraki discontinued this public service, though many access points remain active, but with no connection to the Internet.

On November 18, 2012, Cisco Systems announced it would acquire Meraki for an estimated $1.2 billion.[1]

Products

Access Points (MR)

Table of Meraki MR Access Points
Model	Indoor/Outdoor	Wifi Capability	Ethernet	Architecture	System-on-Chip	CPU Speed	Flash-Chip	Flash Size	Ram Size	Wireless chip	End of Support
MR11	Indoor										Aug 30, 2017
MR12	Indoor	2x2:2 802.11n (2.4 GHz)	Gigabit	MIPS	Atheros (AR7242/7241)	400 MHz	Macronix	16MB	64MB	AR9283-AL1A	Oct 24, 2022
MR14	Indoor										Aug 30, 2017
MR16	Indoor	2x2:2 802.11n	Gigabit	MIPS	Atheros AR7161-BC1A	680 MHz	Macronix	16MiB	64MB	AR9283-AL1A	May 31, 2021
MR18	Indoor	2x2:2 802.11n	Gigabit	MIPS	Qualcomm QCA9557-AT4A	720	Hynix	128MiB (NAND)	128MB	SoC AR9550 + 2x Atheros AR9582-AR1A	Mar 31, 2024
MR20	Indoor	2x2:2 802.11ac Wave 2	Gigabit
MR24	Indoor	3x3:3 802.11n	Gigabit								May 31, 2021
MR30H	Indoor, In-room hotel or dormitory deployments	2x2:2 802.11ac	Gigabit								July 26, 2027
MR32	Indoor	2x2:2 802.11ac	Gigabit								Mar 31, 2024
MR33	Indoor	2x2:2 802.11ac Wave 2	Gigabit	ARMv7	Qualcomm IPQ4029	716 MHz	Spansion S34ML01G200TFV00	128MiB	256MB	Qualcomm QCA9887	Jul 21, 2026
MR34	Indoor	3x3:3 802.11ac Wave 2	Gigabit								Oct 31, 2023
MR36	Indoor	2x2:2 802.11ax	Gigabit		Qualcomm IPQ8070A	1.0 GHz
MR36H	Indoor, In-room hotel or dormitory deployments	2x2:2 802.11ax	Gigabit
MR42	Indoor	3x3:3 802.11ac Wave 2	Gigabit								Jul 21, 2026
MR44	Indoor		2.5Gig
MR45	Indoor	4x4:4 802.11ax	2.5Gig
MR46	Indoor	4x4:4 802.11ax	2.5Gig
MR52	Indoor	4x4:4 802.11ac Wave 2	2 x Gigabit								Jul 21, 2026
MR53	Indoor	4x4:4 802.11ac Wave 2	2.5Gig+Gigabit
MR55	Indoor	8x8:8 802.11ax	5Gig								Aug 1, 2028
MR56	Indoor	8x8:8 802.11ax	5Gig
MR57	Indoor	4x4:4 802.11ax 2,4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz (Wi-Fi 6E)	2 x 5Gig
MR58	Outdoor										Oct 30, 2017
MR66	Outdoor	2x2:2 802.11n	Gigabit								Jun 9, 2024
MR70	Outdoor	2x2:2 802.11n	Gigabit
MR72	Outdoor	2x2:2 802.11ac Wave 2	Gigabit								Apr 30, 2024
MR74	Outdoor	2x2:2 802.11ac Wave 2	Gigabit								Jul 21, 2026
MR76	Outdoor	2x2:2 802.11ax	Gigabit
MR84	Outdoor	4x4:4 802.11ac Wave 2	2.5Gig+Gigabit								Jul 21, 2026
MR86	Outdoor	4x4:4 802.11ax	5Gig

Switches (MS)


Series[5]	Deployment type	Interfaces	Uplinks	PoE capabilities	Power configuration	Stacking capabilities	Routing capabilities	Models
MS120-8	Compact	8 x 1GbE RJ45	2 x 1GbE SFP Fixed	67W (LP model) 124W (FP model)	External PSU (non-PoE, LP model) Internal (FP Model)	Virtual only	DHCP Relay	MS120-8-HW MS120-8LP-HW MS120-8FP-HW
MS225	Branch & small campus	24 / 48 x 1GbE RJ45	4 x SFP+ Fixed	370W (LP model) 740W (FP model)	Internal	Yes, 80G physical + virtual	DHCP Relay	MS225-24-HW MS225-24P-HW MS225-48-HW MS225-48LP-HW MS225-48FP-HW
MS355	Branch & small campus	24 / 48 x 1GbE RJ45 8 x XGbE RJ45 (24X only)	2 × 40G (QSFP+) Fixed	740W (24 port, X2 models) 740W (48 port, X2 models)	Removable PSU	400G physical + virtual	Static + Dynamic DHCP Server + Relay	MS355-24-HW MS355-24X-HW MS355-48-HW MS355-48X-HW MS355-48X2-HW
MS390	High-performance campus & branch	24 / 48 x 1GbE RJ45 24 / 48x XGbE RJ45 (in select models)*	4/8 x 10GbE SFP+ 2 x 40GbE QSFP Modular	830W (24 port models) 822W (48 port models)	Removable PSU	Compatible only with MS390 480G physical + virtual	Static + Dynamic DHCP Server + Relay	MS390-24-HW MS390-24P-HW MS390-24U-HW MS390-24UX-HW MS390-48-HW MS390-48P-HW MS390-48U-HW MS390-48UX-HW MS390-48UX2-HW
MS450	10G fiber aggregation	12x 40GbE QSFP+	2 x 100GbE QSFP28	N/A	Modular Redundant PSU optional (sold separately)	Front-port 160G + virtual	Static + Dynamic DHCP Server + Relay Warm spare (VRRP)	MS450-12-HW

Security Appliances (MX)

Table of Meraki MX Security Appliances
Model	Wifi Model	Interfaces	Stateful Firewall Throughput	End of Sale	End of support
Z1[6]	Yes	5 x GbE	50 Mbit/s
Z3[7]	Yes	5 x GbE	100 Mbit/s
MX60[8]	MX60W	5 x GbE	100 Mbit/s
MX64[9]	MX64W	WAN: 1 x GbE RJ45 LAN: 4 x GbE RJ45	250 Mbit/s	July 26, 2022	July 26, 2027
MX65	MX65W	WAN: 2 x GbE RJ45 LAN: 10 x GbE RJ45	250 Mbit/s	May 28, 2019	May 28, 2026
MX67	MX67W
MX68	MX68W
MX75	N/A	WAN: 2 x GbE RJ45 1 x SFP LAN: 10 x GbE RJ45 (2 x PoE)	1 Gbit/s
MX80	N/A	5 x GbE	250 Mbit/s	Aug 30, 2016	Aug 30, 2023
MX84	N/A	5 x GbE	500 Mbit/s	Oct 31, 2021	Oct 31, 2026
MX85	N/A	WAN: 2 x GbE RJ45 2 x SFP LAN: 8 x GbE RJ45 2 x SFP	1000 Mbit/s	Oct 31, 2021	Oct 31, 2026
MX90	N/A	9 x GbE, 2 x GbE (SFP)	500 Mbit/s
MX95	N/A	WAN: 2 x 2.5GbE RJ45 2 x SFP+ LAN: 4 x GbE RJ45 2 x SFP+	2 Gbit/s
MX100	N/A	9 x GbE, 2 x GbE (SFP)	750 Mbit/s	Feb 1, 2022	Feb 1, 2027
MX105	N/A	WAN: 2 x 2.5GbE RJ45 2 x SFP+ LAN: 4 x GbE RJ45 2 x SFP+	3 Gbit/s
MX250	N/A	WAN: 2 x 10GbE (SFP+) LAN: 8 x GbE (RJ45), 8 x GbE (SFP), 8 x 10GbE (SFP+)	4 Gbit/s
MX400	N/A	8 x GbE (RJ45), 8 GbE (SFP), 4 x 10GbE (SFP+)	1 Gbit/s	May 20, 2018	May 20, 2025
MX450	N/A		6 Gbit/s
MX600	N/A	8 x GbE (RJ45), 8 GbE (SFP), 4 x 10GbE (SFP+)	2 Gbit/s	May 20, 2018	May 20, 2025

Customer data loss incident

On August 3, 2017, the engineering team made changes to the North American object storage service; the change caused some deletion of customer data. Cisco stated that the change was due to the application of "an erroneous policy". The data loss mostly affected media files uploaded by customers. Lost data included:

Systems Manager – Custom enterprise apps and contact images.
Meraki Communications – IVR audio files, hold music, contact images and VM greetings.
Wireless Device Dashboard – Custom floor plans, device placement photos, custom logos used for interface branding and reports and custom splash themes.

On August 7 Meraki announced that some data on the cache service could be recovered. On August 9 customers were informed that recovery efforts were still underway but that they "do not expect to be able to recover most assets".[10][11][12][13][14]

References

Constine, Josh (18 November 2012). "Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
"Sequoia – Companies". Sequoia Capital. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
Fehrenbacher, Katie (2006-08-02). "Meraki Cooks Up Wireless Mesh Router". gigaom.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
Goodin, Dan (15 August 2007). "Google-Funded startup to offer free WiFi in San Francisco". The Register. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
"Meraki MS Series Switches Family Datasheet". Meraki MS Series Switches Family Datasheet. 17 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
"Cisco Meraki Z1 Datasheet" (PDF). Cisco Meraki. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
"Meraki Z-Series Datasheet" (PDF). Cisco Meraki. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
"MX Cloud Managed Security Appliance Series Datasheet" (PDF). Cisco Meraki. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
"Meraki MX Cloud-Managed Security and SD-WAN Datasheet" (PDF). Cisco Meraki. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
"North American Object Storage Service Impact". Cisco Meraki. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
"Cisco Meraki suffers data loss caused by human error". The Stack. 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019 – via Techerati.
Marzouk, Zach (7 August 2017). "Cisco Meraki loses customer data in engineering gaffe". CloudPro. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
Hardcastle, Jessica Lyons (7 August 2017). "Cisco Meraki Data Loss Reveals Need for Oversight". SDX Central. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
Sharwood, Simon (6 August 2017). "Cisco loses customer data in Meraki cloud muckup". The Register. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

External links

Official website

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[cisco_acquisition-1] Constine, Josh (18 November 2012). "Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-11-17.

[2] "Sequoia – Companies". Sequoia Capital. Retrieved 2016-11-17.

[3] Fehrenbacher, Katie (2006-08-02). "Meraki Cooks Up Wireless Mesh Router". gigaom.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.

[4] Goodin, Dan (15 August 2007). "Google-Funded startup to offer free WiFi in San Francisco". The Register. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

[5] "Meraki MS Series Switches Family Datasheet". Meraki MS Series Switches Family Datasheet. 17 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[6] "Cisco Meraki Z1 Datasheet" (PDF). Cisco Meraki. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[7] "Meraki Z-Series Datasheet" (PDF). Cisco Meraki. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[8] "MX Cloud Managed Security Appliance Series Datasheet" (PDF). Cisco Meraki. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[9] "Meraki MX Cloud-Managed Security and SD-WAN Datasheet" (PDF). Cisco Meraki. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[10] "North American Object Storage Service Impact". Cisco Meraki. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

[11] "Cisco Meraki suffers data loss caused by human error". The Stack. 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019 – via Techerati.

[12] Marzouk, Zach (7 August 2017). "Cisco Meraki loses customer data in engineering gaffe". CloudPro. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

[13] Hardcastle, Jessica Lyons (7 August 2017). "Cisco Meraki Data Loss Reveals Need for Oversight". SDX Central. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

[14] Sharwood, Simon (6 August 2017). "Cisco loses customer data in Meraki cloud muckup". The Register. Retrieved 10 April 2019.