- General Information
- Manufacturer
- Cisco Systems, Inc
- Manufacturer Website Address
- http://www.cisco.com/c/en_au
- Brand Name
- Meraki
- Product Series
- MX
- Product Type
- Network Security/Firewall Appliance
Cisco Meraki MX Security & SD-WAN Appliances are ideal for organizations considering a Unified Threat Managment (UTM) solution for distributed sites, campuses or datacenter VPN concentration. Since the MX is 100% cloud managed, installation and remote management are simple. The MX has a comprehensive suite of network services, eliminating the need for multiple appliances. These services include SD-WAN capabilities, application-based firewalling, content filtering, web search filtering, SNORT® based intrusion detection and prevention, Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), web caching, 4G cellular failover and more. Auto VPN and SD-WAN features are available on our hardware and virtual appliances, configurable in Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.
FEATURE-RICH UNIFIED THREAT MANAGEMENT (UTM) CAPABILITIES
- Application-aware traffic control: bandwidth policies for Layer 7 application types (e.g., block YouTube, prioritize Skype, throttle BitTorrent)
- Content filtering: CIPA-compliant content filter, safe-seach enforcement (Google/Bing), and YouTube for Schools
- Intrusion prevention: PCI-compliant IPS sensor using industry-leading SNORT® signature database from Cisco
- Advanced Malware Protection: file reputation-based protection engine powered by Cisco AMP
- Identity-based security policies and application management
- Unified firewall, switching, wireless LAN, and mobile device management through an intuitive web-based dashboard
- Template based settings scale easily from small deployments to tens of thousands of devices
- Role-based administration, configurable email alerts for a variety of important events, and easily auditable change logs
- Summary reports with user, device, and application usage details archived in the cloud
- Auto VPN: automatic VPN route generation using IKE/IPsec setup. Runs on physical MX appliances and as a virtual instance within the Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure cloud services
- SD-WAN with active / active VPN, policy-based-routing, dynamic VPN path selection and support for application-layer performance profiles to ensure prioritization of the applications types that matter
- Interoperates with all IPsec VPN devices and services
- Automated MPLS to VPN failover within seconds of a connection failure
- Client VPN: L2TP IPsec support for native Windows, Mac OS X, iPad and Android clients with no per-user licensing fees
- Built-in DHCP, NAT, QoS, and VLAN management services
- Web caching: accelerates frequently accessed content
- Load balancing: combines multiple WAN links into a single highspeed interface, with policies for QoS, traffic shaping, and failover
- Smart connection monitoring: automatic detection of layer 2 and layer 3 outages and fast failover, including option of integrated LTE Advanced or 3G/4G modem
- Technical Information
- Firewall Protection Supported
- VPN Failover
- Content Filtering
- Intrusion Prevention
- Malware Protection
- Stateful Packet Filtering
- Web Content Filtering
- Application Control
- Identity-based Encryption (IBE)
- Encryption Standard
- WEP
- WPA
- WPA2-PSK
- WPA2-ENT
- Interfaces/Ports
- Total Number of Ports
- 5
- USB
- Yes
- Number of Network (RJ-45) Ports
- 5
- Network & Communication
- Ethernet Technology
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Network Standard
- 10/100/1000Base-T
- Wireless Specifications
- Wireless LAN
- Yes
- Wireless LAN Standard
- IEEE 802.11ac
- Management & Protocols
- Manageable
- Yes
- Physical Characteristics
- Form Factor
- Desktop
- Wall Mountable
- Height
- 27.9 mm
- Width
- 238.8 mm
- Depth
- 165.1 mm
- Weight (Approximate)
- 834.6 g