Cisco Meraki
Cisco Meraki wireless engineering
Meraki's cloud dashboard simplifies operations but does not remove RF engineering from the equation. NetRobin works with Meraki MR deployments where the dashboard shows healthy APs while users still experience slow performance, roaming issues, or coverage gaps — and measures what the dashboard cannot see.
What the architecture looks like
- MR access points managed through the Meraki cloud dashboard
- RF profiles: channel width, minimum bitrate, transmit power ranges, and band steering
- Auto RF channel and power assignment and its limits in dense environments
- Client balancing, band steering, and the practical effect on sticky clients
- Dashboard telemetry: channel utilization, client health, and connection diagnostics
Where NetRobin typically helps
- Interpreting dashboard health scores against independent over-the-air measurement
- RF profile tuning: minimum data rates, channel width, and power ranges per environment
- Coverage and capacity validation after a deployment or AP count change
- Non-Wi-Fi interference investigations the dashboard cannot fully characterise
- Roaming and scanner-drop investigations in warehouse and retail environments
What we review and measure
- RF profile and per-AP configuration in the dashboard
- Channel utilization and interference history per radio
- Independent passive survey data: RSSI, SNR, co-channel overlap, and noise floor
- Client-side captures and roaming timelines
- Spectrum analysis where the dashboard reports unexplained interference
Common questions
The Meraki dashboard says our Wi-Fi is healthy. Why do users complain?
Dashboard health reflects what the infrastructure observes from the AP side. It does not measure the client's view of the RF environment, non-Wi-Fi energy, or roaming decisions made by the client. Independent measurement at the client location closes that gap.
Can Auto RF replace a site survey?
No. Auto RF selects channel and power from the APs you already installed where you installed them. It cannot correct placement, antenna choice, or coverage that was never designed for the environment.