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February 05, 2023

The Benefits of optimizing the MTU Setting on an MX

There is much to be said about optimizing the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size on your Meraki MX. The MTU is the maximum size of the packet transmitted over the LAN / WAN.

Too big an MTU means the packets sent are fragmented when they hit a router that only supports an MTU smaller than that which is set by default or otherwise. The default MTU of a Meraki MX is 1500 bytes (seen as a safe setting.)

You can test whether a smaller MTU size would be advantageous by following the article below:

Troubleshooting_MTU_Issues

When I test our MX with the value in the terminal line set to 1472 (MTU 1500 - which is 1472 +28 for the headers), it fragments. Then when I test it with a value of 1464 it returns correctly with no fragmentation. (MTU 1492 - which is 1464 + 28 for the headers).

If you do the troubleshooting as per the article and find you need to take action to reduce the size of the MTU, then there are a few ways to do this. You might want to check with your ISP what their recommended MTU settings are first.

Here are some steps you can take when dealing with an MTU issue.

Make sure your routers do not drop ICMP "Destination Unreachable-Fragmentation Needed and DF Set" messages.
If your router is set to 1500 bytes, try hardcoding it to a smaller size.
Hardcode your clients with a smaller MTU size (under the network adapter settings - you can do this on a MAC).
Use DHCP option 26 to set the clients to a smaller MTU size.

The only way to change the MTU on the MX is to contact Meraki Support and have them do this for you remotely.

January 25, 2023

Meraki License Price Rises 4th February 2023!

Cisco Meraki has announced a Price Increase to Licenses across the board on the 4th of February.

Example average Increases across common product families are below.

Contact us asap to get the pre-price rise pricing!

Security Appliances

MX 1YR - 10%

MX 3YR No change

MX 5YR +12%

Switching (varies between models)

MS 1YR +15%

MS 3YR +25%

MS 5YR +30%

Wireless Access Points

MR 1YR +13%

MR 3YR +27%

MR 5YR +42%

May 08, 2022

Cisco on combatting the Gray Market Fraudsters

An interesting article popped up recently on CRN about how Cisco battles the supply of Gray Market gear. Read the article here.

It serves as a reminder that in these times of limited supply, that if a company selling gear says it's 'in stock' when other genuine partners are quoting a lead time - it may be gray market equipment.

Gray market products, gear sold legally outside the brand’s permission by unauthorized dealers as well as fake and altered Cisco products, are undercutting legitimate business for solution providers to the tune of $1.2 billion a year.

There is also a lot of second hand, or worse stolen gear that is still tied to some other company's dashboard floating around. Cisco won't offer warranty on this gear if it fails, as the warranty sits with the original end user only.

Cloudifi, Inc. is a fully authorized Cisco Registered Select Partner and reseller of legitimate Cisco equipment only. We have been working with Cisco Meraki for over 7 years in the USA and have hundreds of satisfied customers here.

April 06, 2022

End of Sale Announcement - MR30H

Cisco Meraki is announcing the end-of-sale for the following product, in accordance with their End-of-Sale (EOS) Policy for Meraki cloud managed networking products. This Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 wireless access point has been replaced with the following product, which is functionally equivalent:

End-of-Sale Model	Replacement Model
MR30H	MR36H

They expect to be accepting final orders for this product through July 26, 2022. However, the final date will depend on the availability of stock and, at Cisco Meraki's discretion, the actual end-of-sale date may be earlier than July 26, 2022. End-of-Support date for this product will be July 26, 2027.

February 15, 2022

End of Sale Announcement - MX64

Cisco Meraki is announcing the end-of-sale for the following product, in accordance with our End-of-Sale (EOS) Policy for Meraki cloud managed networking products. The MX64 and MX64W security and SD-WAN appliance has been replaced with the following product, which is functionally equivalent:

End-of-Sale Model	Replacement Model
MX64-HW	MX67-HW
MX64W-HW	MX-67W-HW

Cisco Meraki expect to be accepting final orders for this product through July 26, 2022. However, the final date will depend on the availability of stock and, at Cisco Meraki's discretion, the actual end-of-sale date may be earlier than July 26, 2022. End-of-Support date for this product will be July 26, 2027.

December 03, 2021

End of Sale Announcement - MX65

Cisco Meraki is announcing the end-of-sale for the following products, in accordance with our End-of-Sale (EOS) Policy for Meraki cloud managed networking products. The MX65 and MX65W have been replaced with the following products, which are functionally equivalent:

End-of-Sale Model	Replacement Model
MX65-HW	MX68-HW
MX65W-HW	MX68W-HW

We expect to be accepting final orders for this product through May 28, 2019. However, the final date will depend on the availability of stock and, at Cisco Meraki's discretion, the actual end-of-sale date may be earlier than May 28, 2019. End-of-Support date for this product will be May 28, 2026.

November 29, 2021

End of Sale Announcement - MA-INJ-4-US Power Injector

Cisco Meraki is announcing the end-of-sale for the following product(s), in accordance with our End-of-Sale (EOS) Policy for Meraki cloud managed networking products. The MA-INJ-4 Meraki MR 802.3at PoE Injector for AU, CN, EU, UK, and the US has been replaced with the following product, which is functionally equivalent:

End-of-Sale Model	Replacement Model
MA-INJ-4-AU MA-INJ-4-CN MA-INJ-4-EU MA-INJ-4-UK MA-INJ-4-US	MA-INJ-4 MA-INJ-4 MA-INJ-4 MA-INJ-4 MA-INJ-4

Please Note: The power cord for MA-INJ-4 is sold separately.

Refer to the list below to reference the appropriate plug option.

End-of-Sale Model	Replacement Model
MA-PWR-CORD-AU -> Meraki AC Power Cord for MX and MS (AU Plug) MA-PWR-CORD-CN -> Meraki AC Power Cord for MX and MS (CN Plug) MA-PWR-CORD-EU -> Meraki AC Power Cord for MX and MS (EU Plug) MA-PWR-CORD-UK -> Meraki AC Power Cord for MX and MS (UK Plug) MA-PWR-CORD-US -> Meraki AC Power Cord for MX and MS (US Plug)

The replacement for the MA-INJ-4-US will be the MA-INJ-4 and is orderable today. The End-of-Support date for all MA-INJ-4-XX SKUs will be November 30, 2022.