Meraki Secure Wi-Fi Whitepapers

Wireless can meet the needs of travelers, vacationers and hotel staff, and offers opportunities to improve hotel operations and increase customer loyalty. Moreover, it does so at significantly lower cost than wired broadband infrastructure. This document summarizes the requirements for, as well as the unique benefits of, a modern wireless network for hotels and resorts. It also describes how IT professionals can use the Meraki system to meet those requirements.

Authentication enables administrators to identify the users connecting to a wireless network. Authentication can be at the device level (blocking or allowing a MAC address) or at the user level (validating a username and password). Compared to user authentication, device authentication is trivial (and insecure, since MAC addresses can be spoofed). This white paper focuses on robust, secure, and easy-to-implement techniques for wireless user authentication.

This publication describes the implications of HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) on a wireless LAN solution, and highlights how Meraki can be used to implement a HIPAA-compliant network infrastructure. The target audience of this publication is healthcare IT administrators who are responsible for the design and implementation of a wireless network.

The PCI DSS v1.2 and now 2.0 standards describe clear requirements for building compliant wireless LANs. Meraki’s secure wireless solutions offer a simple, cost-effective means of achieving PCI compliance. Meraki’s integrated mapping, logging, and rogue AP detection tools eliminate the need to build a solution from component parts. In addition, centralized control of geographically distributed networks makes it easy to implement the same PCI-compliant architecture across large numbers of retail locations.

Robust security is a requirement for many companies deploying a wireless network. However, creating a secure wireless network has often been difficult and time-consuming. This paper describes the security requirements for most companies and how Meraki can help them meet those challenges easily and at a low cost.

This document discusses what is required to provide secure and effective wireless guest access in a corporate environment and how Meraki can be used to satisfy these requirements. This publication is forcorporate IT administrators who are responsible for the design and implementation of a wireless network.

Feature summary of NNT Meraki Cloud-Controlled Secure Wi-Fi solution including

- Comparison of NNT Meraki vs Cisco, Aruba, Meru, Aerohive, HP and Ruckus

- Customer References and Quotes

- Link to request free trial access point