The Cisco Meraki MR33 is a cloud-managed quad-radio 2×2:2 802.11ac Wave 2 access point that supports MU-MIMO. The MR33 is designed for next-generation deployments in offices, schools, hospitals, retail stores, and hotels, and it offers performance, enterprise-grade security, and simple management. The MR33 has a maximum aggregate frame rate of 1.3 Gbps* with concurrent 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios. A third radio is dedicated to real-time WIDS/WIPS with automated RF optimization. An integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio provides beacon and scanning functionality.

The Cisco Meraki MR33 is a cloud-managed quad-radio 2×2:2 802.11ac Wave 2 access point that supports MU-MIMO. The MR33 is designed for next-generation deployments in offices, schools, hospitals, retail stores, and hotels, and it offers performance, enterprise-grade security, and simple management.

The MR33 has a maximum aggregate frame rate of 1.3 Gbps* with concurrent 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios. A third radio is dedicated to real-time WIDS/WIPS with automated RF optimization. An integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio provides beacon and scanning functionality.

Product Highlights

2×2 MU-MIMO 802.11ac Wave 2

1.3 Gbps* aggregate dual-band frame rate

24×7 real-time WIPS/WIDS, spectrum analytics, and WiFi location tracking via dedicated 3rd radio

Integrated Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon and scanning radio

Integrated enterprise security and guest access

Application-aware traffic shaping

Optimized for voice and video

Self-configuring, plug-and-play deployment

Sleek, low-profile design blends into any environment

Features

Aggregate data rate of up to 1.3 Gbps*

A 5 GHz 2×2:2 radio supporting 80 MHz channel widths and a 2.4 GHz 2×2:2 radio supporting 40 MHz channel widths offer a combined dual-radio aggregate frame rate of 1.3 Gbps*, with up to 866 Mbps in the 5 GHz band thanks to 802.11ac Wave 2 and 400 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band.

Multi User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO)

With support for the 802.11ac Wave 2 standard, the MR33 offers MU-MIMO for more efficient transmission to multiple clients. Especially suited for enviroments with numerous mobile devices, MU-MIMO enables multiple clients to receive data simultanously. This increases the total network perfomance and the improves the end user experience.

Dedicated third radio delivers 24×7 wireless security and RF analytics

The MR33’s sophisticated, dedicated dual-band third radio scans the environment continuously, characterizing RF interference and containing wireless threats like rogue access points. No more need to choose between wireless security, advanced RF analysis, and serving client data: a dedicated third radio means that all three occur in real-time, without any impact to client traffic or AP throughput.

Bluetooth low energy Beacon and scanning

An integrated Bluetooth low energy radio provides seamless deployment of BLE Beacon functionality and effortless visibility of BLE devices within range of the AP. The MR33 enables the next generation of location-aware applications and engagement right out of the box.

Automatic cloud-based RF optimization

The MR33’s sophisticated, automated RF optimization means that there is no need for the dedicated hardware and RF expertise typically required to tune a wireless network. The real-time fullspectrum RF analysis data collected by the dedicated third radio is continuously fed back to the Meraki cloud. The Meraki cloud then automatically tunes the MR33’s channel selection, transmit power, and client connection settings for optimal performance under the most challenging RF conditions.

Secure wireless environments using 24×7 Air Marshal

No longer choose between a wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS) and serving client data: thanks to the dedicated third radio, Air Marshal, a highly optimized built-in WIPS, scans continuously for threats and remediates them as commanded, all without disrupting client service. Alarms and optional auto-containment of rogue APs are configured via flexible remediation policies, ensuring optimal security and performance in even the most challenging wireless environments.

Specifications

Radios

2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n client access radio

5 GHz 802.11a/n/ac client access radio

2.4 GHz & 5 GHz WIDS/WIPS, spectrum analysis, and location analytics radio

2.4 GHz Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio with beacon and BLE scanning support

Concurrent operations of all four radios

Supported frequency bands (country-specific restrictions apply):

2.412-2.484 GHz

5.150-5.250 GHz (UNII-1)

5.250-5.350 GHZ (UNII-2)

5.470-5.600, 5.660-5.725 GHz (UNII-2e)

5.725 -5.825 GHz (UNII-3)

802.11ac and 802.11n Capabilities

2 x 2 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) with two spatial streams

SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO support

Maximal ratio combining (MRC) & Beamforming

20 and 40 MHz channels (802.11n), 20, 40, and 80 MHz channels (802.11ac)

Up to 256 QAM on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands

Packet aggregation

Power

Power over Ethernet: 37 – 57 V (802.3af compatible)

Alternative 12 V DC input

Power consumption: 15W max (802.3af)

Power over Ethernet injector and DC adapter sold separately

Mounting

All standard mounting hardware included

Desktop, ceiling, and wall mount capable

Ceiling tile rail (9/16, 15/16 or 1 ½” flush or recessed rails), assorted cable junction boxes

Bubble level on mounting cradle for accurate horizontal wall mounting

Physical Security

Two security screw options (included)

Kensington lock hard point

Concealed mount plate with anti-tamper cable bay

Environment

Operating temperature: 32 °F to 104 °F (0 °C to 40 °C)

Humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing

Physical Dimensions

8.5” x 4.3” x 1.3” (215 mm x 110 mm x 32 mm), not including deskmount feet or mount

plate

Antenna

Integrated omni-directional antennas (3.8 dBi gain at 2.4 GHz, 3.9 dBi gain at 5 GHz)

Interfaces

1x 10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet (RJ45)

1x DC power connector (5.5 mm x 2.5 mm, center positive)

Security

Integrated layer 7 firewall with mobile device policy management

Real-time WIDS/WIPS with alerting and automatic rogue AP containment with Air Marshal

Flexible guest access with device isolation

VLAN tagging (802.1Q) and tunneling with IPSec VPN

PCI compliance reporting

WEP, WPA, WPA2-PSK, WPA2-Enterprise with 802.1X

EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, EAP-MSCHAPv2, EAP-SIM

TKIP and AES encryption

Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) & Mobile Device Management (MDM) integration

Quality of Service

Advanced Power Save (U-APSD)

WMM Access Categories with DSCP and 802.1p support

Layer 7 application traffic identification and shaping

Mobility

PMK, OKC, and 802.11r for fast Layer 2 roaming

Distributed or centralized layer 3 roaming

LED Indicators

2 Ethernet status

1 power/booting/firmware upgrade status