Meraki MX68CW
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Cloud Managed Security Appliance for Small Branch Networks
The Cisco Meraki MX68CW Security Appliance is ideal for organizations considering a Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution, for small branch networks. Since the MX is 100% cloud managed, installation and remote management is 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)*, 4G cellular failover and more.
*Content Filtering, SNORT® based intrusion detection and prevention and Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) features require Advanced Security License.
The following table provides a list of major MX features and their required license edition:
Feature |
Enterprise |
Advanced Security |
Secure SD-WAN Plus |
Centralized management |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Zero-touch firmware updates |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
True zero-touch provisioning |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
24x7 enterprise support |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Open APIs |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Automatic WAN failover |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Sub-second site-to-site VPN failover |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Sub-second dynamic path selection |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Stateful firewall |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
VLAN to VLAN routing |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Advanced Routing |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Link bonding/failover |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
3G / 4G cellular failover |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Traffic shaping/prioritization |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Site-to-site VPN |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Client VPN |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
MPLS to VPN Failover |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Splash pages |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Configuration templates |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Group Policies |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Client connectivity alerts |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Essential SD-WAN |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Source-Based Routing |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Local Breakout (IP based) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Geography based firewall rules |
|
✔ |
✔ |
Intrusion detection & prevention |
|
✔ |
✔ |
Content filtering |
|
✔ |
✔ |
Youtube for Schools |
|
✔ |
✔ |
Web Search Filtering |
|
✔ |
✔ |
Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) |
|
✔ |
✔ |
Umbrella DNS Integration** |
|
✔ |
✔ |
Threat Grid Integration** |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Web App Health Analytics |
✔ |
||
WAN Health Analytics |
✔ |
||
VoIP Health Analytics |
✔ |
||
Smart breakout * |
✔ |
*coming soon
**Requires a separate license
Product Highlights
• Recommended for small branch networks with up to 50 users
• Up to 450 Mbps of stateful firewall throughput
• 3G / 4G failover via CAT 6 LTE or USB modem
• Integrated Content Filtering, SNORT® intrusion detection / prevention and Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) features available with purchase of Advanced Security License
• 10 x GbE ports for printers, phones and other wired devices
• 2 x PoE-enabled port for VoIP phones and other powered devices
• Dual GbE Dedicated WAN ports for failover or load balanced internet connections
• Integrated Wireless with dual-band, dual-concurrent, 2.4 & 5 GHz 2-stream 802.11ac Wave 2 and 802.11n, up to 1.3 Gbps throughput
• Auto VPN for intelligent site-to-site VPN connectivity
• 802.1x port authentication for wired devices
• Layer 7 application traffic shaping and prioritization
• Layer 3 firewall to separate corporate data from personal traffic
• Up to 4 SSIDs with integrated enterprise security and personal / guest access
• Self-configuring, plug-and-play deployment
• Small form factor design for desktop or wall mounting locations