Product Overview
A Cisco Meraki MX68-HW is a small yet meaningful security and SD-WAN device that is designed especially to address the small offices, branches, and distributed business organizations. It has the ability to support up to 50 users and integrates both enterprise-class firewall security, VPN connections, and intelligent traffic management within one hardware platform. The MX68-HW supports secure 24/7 connectivity with configured PoE+ on two LAN ports, two 1G WAN uplinks, and two additional options of 2G/LTE cellular backup to mitigate system disorganization during service failures. Being completely managed by the Meraki Dashboard simplifies deployment, monitoring, and postulates trouble-shooting with a zero-text provisioning approach and updates, hence making it a better fit to establish a business set-up that is secure enough, agile enough, and easy enough to administer.
Key Features and Benefits
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Complete security under one roof - Defend your network with a stateful firewall, intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS), content restricting, and enhanced malware insurance (AMP).
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Fast and steady connectivity with dual WAN - Eliminate failure with two Gigabit Ethernet WAN ports, effective, and an extra 4 G/ Gg cellular backup via USB.
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In-Board PoE of powered devices. Built-in PoE+ LAN is a sheik capability of powered devices which eliminates the use of a power injector if the phone, camera, or access point cannot operate.
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High-performance throughput - 450-700 Mbps through firewall and 200-400 Mbps through VPN are enough to keep your branch fast and to support the business operation.
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Uncomplicated cloud control - Compose, observe, and issue-diagnose with the straightforward Meraki Dashboard and centralized observability and automatic software updates.
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Streamlined to accomplish branch deployments - Smaller-than-smaller, rack/desk/wall-mountable architecture can be very compactly installed in a small office space and has low power consumption.
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Future-sensitive SD-WAN benefits -The ability to create traffic at any time, AutoVPN, and intersite connectivity, enhanced availability, and eased multi-site networking.
Technical Specifications
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Feature |
Specification |
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Product Model |
Cisco Meraki MX68-HW |
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Recommended Users/Devices |
Up to 50 |
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Stateful Firewall Throughput |
450–700 Mbps (license-dependent) |
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VPN Throughput (Site-to-Site) |
200–400 Mbps |
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WAN Interfaces |
2 × Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 (dedicated WAN) |
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Cellular Failover |
1 × USB port for external 3G/4G/5G modem |
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LAN Interfaces |
10 × Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 (2 with PoE+) |
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PoE Budget |
Up to 60 W total (PoE+) |
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Power Consumption |
~11 W idle, up to 79 W under load |
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Power Supply |
Internal PSU |
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Dimensions (H × W × D) |
27 × 148 × 284 mm (1.1 × 5.8 × 11.2 in) |
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Weight |
1.12 kg (2.47 lb) |
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Operating Temperature |
0°C to 45°C (32°F to 113°F) |
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Security Services |
Stateful firewall, IDS/IPS, AMP, content filtering (license-dependent) |
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Management |
Cloud-managed via Cisco Meraki Dashboard, with centralized updates and monitoring |
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Mounting Options |
Desktop, wall, or rack-mountable |
Product Information
Cisco Meraki MX68-HW offers small businesses and branch offices an all-in-one system for secure connectivity. It offers organizations a single network to combine enterprise-grade firewalling, SD-WAN, and sophisticated security services, avoiding failure to streamline network operations at the expense of performance.
The MX68-HW offers maximum availability and business continuity, giving it dual WAN uplinks and optional cellular backup. It's 10 gigabit LAN ports, which have 2PoE+, making it easy to relay and power critical devices like IP phones, wireless access points, etc.
It operates under the fully operational Meraki Dashboard using the cloud in order to allow IT teams to instantly deploy a new site within minutes, push policy updates with real-time action, and provide an easy overview of the activity. Automatic updates of firmware and threat signatures go further to minimize the administrative burden, besides ensuring full safeguarding against threats as they advance.
The MX68-HW has a combination of simplicity, opportunism, and safety, representing an ideal solution for protecting the users, benefiting from its performance, and ensuring a larger scale of the enterprise without fear.