How does the MX compare with a FortiGate?
The FortiGate gives deeper security control and higher inspected throughput per pound. The MX gives simpler multi-site management and faster rollout. We quote both when a client is genuinely undecided.
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Cisco Meraki MX Security Appliances and Cloud-Managed Firewalls
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Cisco Meraki MX Security Appliances and Cloud-Managed Firewalls
The MX is a firewall, SD-WAN router and branch gateway in one cloud-managed appliance. We size it on inspected throughput and the number of VPN tunnels it will carry, then quote the security licence that unlocks the features you actually asked for.
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Choosing the right MX model
MX sizing is driven by concurrent users, WAN throughput with security services on, and how many site-to-site tunnels terminate on the box. Undersizing shows up as slow browsing once content filtering and IPS are switched on.
- MX67 and MX68 — small branches, home-based managers, retail units
- MX75 and MX85 — medium sites with dual WAN and higher tunnel counts
- MX95 and MX105 — head office and larger campuses
- MX250 and MX450 — data centre concentration and hub roles
SD-WAN across your sites
Auto VPN builds the site-to-site mesh for you, and SD-WAN policies steer voice and business applications onto the best-performing link. It is the main reason multi-site organisations move to MX from traditional routers.
- Auto VPN mesh or hub-and-spoke built from the dashboard
- Per-application path selection across broadband, fibre and 4G/5G failover
- Automatic failover with voice traffic protected first
Security licensing that matters
Enterprise licensing covers the firewall, VPN and SD-WAN. Advanced Security adds IDS/IPS, content filtering, AMP and geo-blocking. We tell you which controls you need instead of defaulting everyone to the higher tier.
- Enterprise versus Advanced Security compared against your requirements
- IDS/IPS, AMP and content filtering where the risk justifies it
- Warm-spare pairs quoted where an outage is not acceptable
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FAQs
Questions We Are Asked Most
Can the MX replace our branch routers?
In most cases yes — it handles routing, firewalling, VPN and SD-WAN in one appliance, which usually removes a separate router at each branch.
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Meraki MX security appliances supplied and configured — MX67, MX68, MX75, MX85, MX95 and MX250 cloud-managed firewalls with SD-WAN, licensing and UK support.