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The Benefits of optimizing the MTU Setting on an MX

There is much to be said about optimizing the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size on your Meraki MX.  The MTU is the maximum size of the packet transmitted over the LAN / WAN.

Too big an MTU means the packets sent are fragmented when they hit a router that only supports an MTU smaller than that which is set by default or otherwise. The default MTU of a Meraki MX is 1500 bytes (seen as a safe setting.)

You can test whether a smaller MTU size would be advantageous by following the article below:

Troubleshooting_MTU_Issues

When I test our MX with the value in the terminal line set to 1472 (MTU 1500 - which is 1472 +28 for the headers), it fragments. Then when I test it with a value of 1464 it returns correctly with no fragmentation. (MTU 1492 - which is 1464 + 28 for the headers).

If you do the troubleshooting as per the article and find you need to take action to reduce the size of the MTU, then there are a few ways to do this. You might want to check with your ISP what their recommended MTU settings are first.

Meraki License Price Rises 4th February 2023!

Cisco Meraki has announced a Price Increase to Licenses across the board on the 4th of February.  

Example average Increases across common product families are below.

Contact us asap to get the pre-price rise pricing!

Security Appliances

MX 1YR  - 10% 

MX 3YR No change

MX 5YR  +12%

Switching (varies between models)

MS 1YR +15% 

MS 3YR +25%

MS 5YR +30%

Wireless Access Points

MR 1YR +13%

MR 3YR +27%

MR 5YR +42%

Cisco on combatting the Gray Market Fraudsters

An interesting article popped up recently on CRN about how Cisco battles the supply of Gray Market gear. Read the article here.

It serves as a reminder that in these times of limited supply, that if a company selling gear says it's 'in stock' when other genuine partners are quoting a lead time - it may be gray market equipment.  

Gray market products, gear sold legally outside the brand’s permission by unauthorized dealers as well as fake and altered Cisco products, are undercutting legitimate business for solution providers to the tune of $1.2 billion a year. 

There is also a lot of second hand, or worse stolen gear that is still tied to some other company's dashboard floating around. Cisco won't offer warranty on this gear if it fails, as the warranty sits with the original end user only. 

Cloudifi, Inc. is a fully authorized Cisco Registered Select Partner and reseller of legitimate Cisco equipment only.  We have been working with Cisco Meraki for over 7 years in the USA and have hundreds of satisfied customers here.

End of Sale Announcement - MR30H

End of Sale Announcement - MX64

Cisco Meraki is announcing the end-of-sale for the following product, in accordance with our End-of-Sale (EOS) Policy for Meraki cloud managed networking products. The MX64 and MX64W security and SD-WAN appliance has been replaced with the following product, which is functionally equivalent:

Cisco Meraki expect to be accepting final orders for this product through July 26, 2022. However, the final date will depend on the availability of stock and, at Cisco Meraki's discretion, the actual end-of-sale date may be earlier than July 26, 2022. End-of-Support date for this product will be July 26, 2027. 

Long Lead Times on some Meraki Hardware Products

To all our valued customers, unfortunately with the ongoing supply issues on certain chipsets there are long lead times on some Meraki products including especially MS Switches, and some MX Security Appliances.

The lead time document here will be updated weekly. 

End of Sale Announcement - MA-INJ-4-US Power Injector