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This is a quickie article: Please note: UPDATE AT BOTTOM the issue has been resolved at this time. The article will remain as such for documentation purposes. Cisco Meraki has been scaling back the throughput speed for various hardware firewall products including the Z1, MX60/w,MX64/w, MX80. A user on Reddit has reported the drama in the following thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/meraki/comments/41laj8/did_the_z1s_just_get_a_bandwidth_lock_pushed_down/ Sure enough I've done a speed test just now and here's the result: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5010989908   Here's a result prior to this: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4596230047 An employee on Spiceworks forums has said this: However this statement does not seem to be true on my connection. Earlier when I first bought mine I got an upgrade that brought mine UP from 50Mbps to 80Mbps stateful firewall throughput. Why they would retract this and bring it down is beyond me. It's not like i...

Intro Features Setup Wireless configuration Throughput tests (Wireless/Wired) Closing Notes Intro: The Aruba AP225 is a enterprise level wireless access point that is  somewhat affordable for small to medium businesses, has lots of features and can tolerate a lot of heavy usage that enterprises require. Features: The AP225 features the following: Dual band 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz operation with 3 x 3 MIMO connectivity at up to 1200Mbps 2 wired Gigabit LAN ports 4 3x3 mimo  x 5dBi  dual band internal antennas with 21dBm output power for great wireless coverage. SSIDs with configurable VLANs for each one providing more security then standard guest networks Full VLAN configuration  Captive portals Full and extremely detailed traffic shaping (QoS) and firewall controls Full client connectivity details and monitoring. Fixed and DHCP client address assignments Fully customizable user/group policies Full Intrusion Protection Services SNMP And lots ...

Hi cats and kittens! I've had quite a few people ask me what my setup looks like so I will show you! All color coded for easy reference and off camera: Cisco Meraki MR12AP and it's downstairs. Primary systems are the Pink paw desktop and the Blue paw laptop. The other two are for testing the various networking gear I review on this blog. I also have a system with the following specs downstairs as well: GrumpyCat/AMD Phenom 9550/4GB DDR2 RAM/500GB SSHD /Nvidia Geforce 8800GT/Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64 bit /NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

Review note update: Please see this: http://remixedcat.tumblr.com/post/109896334147/issues-that-amped-wireless-needs-to-address

1) Intro 2) Features 3) Setup 4) Wireless configuration 5) Throughput tests (Wireless/Wired) 6) Closing Notes Intro:  The Meraki Z1 is a enterprise level teleworker gateway security appliance that is a full featured enterprise router/firewall that is affordable for small to medium businesses to deploy to teleworkers/remote staff, has lots of features, is cloud managed so it can be controlled and administrated from any computer with an internet connection. Features:  The  Z1  features the following: 1) Stateful firewall supporting 5 concurrent users @ 50Mbps 2) Layer 7 firewall controls with tons of site blocking presets to help block against P2P, sports, social media, video streaming sites and more as well as custom hostnames and expressions. 3) 4 wired Gigabit LAN ports 4) 3 x 3.dBi (2.4 Ghz) and 3x4dBi (5 Ghz)  dual band internal dipole antennas with 30dBm output power 5) Up to 4 WLAN SSID...

                Remixedcat’s Tech Company Response report 2012-2013-2014 Part Two 1/5/2014 06:02:58PM Brand Type of inquiry Rating detail Rating speed Comments Webroot Software Product support/Sales questions/Social media 10/10 10/10 Quick and smooth responses/Friendly staff Amazon RMA request/Credits issue 10/10 10/10 Quick and painless RMA Roku Product suggestions/technical issues 10/10 10/10 Very quick and responsive! They even brought YouTube to the Roku 3! Very nice to deal with! Logitech (update) Product defect/product suggestions 4.2/10 3.5/10 Support was not as good 2nd time around/social media not as good as well Nuts About Nets Feedback 10/10 8/10 Responded to feedback well.  NETGEAR Update Technical issues 8/10 9.5/10 Had product issue and also software issue, was...