The MX95 Firewall is evidence that Meraki continues to expand their router lineup in response to consumer needs and feedback. As available ISP speeds in the corporate market continue to increase, the MX95 Firewall is here to fill gaps in the product line while dramatically increasing throughput.
The Meraki MX95 is targeted primarily at medium-sized organizations of 500 clients or less, although big companies can also use it in secondary or tertiary roles. It prioritizes rate, and consists of an extremely charitable variety of ports to create a very versatile gadget.
The Meraki MX95 as a Managed Services Platform
Like most of the Meraki MX lineup of cloud-controlled routers and firewalls, the MX95 creates a powerful platform for IT firms to provide managed IT services and remote networking management services to enterprise corporate clients. The cloud-controlled dashboard makes for quick deployments with almost zero-touch management and maintenance after physically deploying it with an internet connection in a client network closet.
Beyond quick deployment, the MX ecosystem allows for enterprise or advanced security licensing packages that allow an MSP to monitor and filter network traffic (in the advanced security versions). Advanced content filtering makes the MX router series a great platform for education and for other industries that require rigorous controls over content viewed over public or private networks.
The Meraki MX95 offers throughput levels that match up well with delivered ISP speeds. When running basic enterprise licensing, users will see 2Gbps of throughput and available VPN throughput up to 800Mbps. When running full advanced security licensing with all features activated, the overall throughput will drop to 1Gbps. For network sizing, an MX95 supports up to 500 users or devices on the network.
Here's what real managed service providers say about the Meraki MX95 firewall.
Eric Josselyn, Director of Technology Sales at Lithium Networks, an Austin managed services provider operating in Central Texas, says:
"We've chosen the MX platform time and time again as our go-to source for easy to manage, full-featured routers to serve our managed services clients. The fact that the MX95 allows for much higher throughputs than the previous generation allows us to put MX95s into a much more demanding level of client that wants to take full advantage of their available contracted ISP speeds."
"For managed service providers, an MX95 gives you the ability to run redundant internet connections from dual providers. The unit also allows our managed services team to engage in comprehensive network management and remote monitoring for clients in Central Texas and beyond."
