HPE Aruba Networking doesn’t really make routers. What people mean by an “Aruba router” is usually an Aruba gateway (a 9000 Series box that routes and secures a branch), an EdgeConnect SD-WAN appliance, or an Aruba CX switch doing the routing inside a campus. Aruba’s line is built around access points, switches and those gateways. […]
Every business network is built from the same few pieces of hardware: something that brings the internet in, a router or firewall that protects and directs traffic, switches that connect wired devices, access points for Wi-Fi, and the cabling, racks and power that hold it together. Size and brand change from site to site; the […]
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 […]
The Cisco Meraki MR46 and HPE Aruba Networking AP-555 are both high-capacity indoor Wi-Fi 6 access points. The AP-555 has more radio: an 8×8 5 GHz radio against the MR46’s 4×4, plus two 5 Gbps Ethernet ports. The MR46 is simpler to run, managed entirely from the Meraki dashboard on a single PoE+ port. The […]
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: […]