Yes, for the right equipment. Switches, routers, firewalls and access points have no moving parts beyond fans and power supplies, are built to run for years, and are often retired while they still work perfectly, after a refresh or an office move. Refurbished equipment that has been tested and reset costs a fraction of new […]
Category Archives: Network and Security
The Meraki MR36 and MR46 are both indoor Wi-Fi 6 access points, managed from the Meraki dashboard. The difference is capacity: the MR46 has twice the radio chains (4×4 vs 2×2), a 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port instead of 1 Gbps, and needs PoE+ instead of standard PoE. The short version: the MR36 is the right […]
To remove a Meraki device from a network, open the network’s device list, tick the device and click Remove. That takes it out of the network but leaves it in your organization. To release it completely, so someone else can claim it, you also have to unclaim it from the organization’s inventory. The short version: […]



