topic Re: Meraki MR36 - End of Life July, 21 2026 in Wireless

Meraki MR36 - End of Life July, 21 2026?

Kristiane Araujo — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:30:50 GMT

Dear All,

My end-user (customer) has the entire office based on a wireless architecture with Meraki MR16 devices. Today, he became aware of the scheduled End of Life for the equipment MR36 on July 21, 2026. The customer knows that after this date, they will no longer be able to open tickets or receive updates and security patches. However he wants to know for sure if the MR36 Access Point will stop functioning after the End of Support date.

Appreciate your help.

Thanks in advace.

Re: Meraki MR36 - End of Life July, 21 2026

mloraditch — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:33:42 GMT

I'm unsure what model you are referring to as MR16s have been EOL since 2021: https://documentation.meraki.com/@api/deki/files/17019/meraki_eol_mr16.pdf?revision=1
and MR36s are not EOL. There are a number of APs that do EOL on the date mentioned. Mostly 802.11ac Wave 2 models.

Regardless they should continue to work, but after that date there are no guarantees: https://meraki.cisco.com/meraki-support/policies/#product-end-of-life-eol-policy check that out.

Re: Meraki MR36 - End of Life July, 21 2026

aneduzhk — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:00:35 GMT

Yes, I'm confused about the model as well.

There is one big upcoming change that will cause really old APs to be truly disconnected from Meraki Cloud for the first time.

https://documentation.meraki.com/Platform_Management/Product_Information/Compatibility_and_Firmware/Firmware_Upgrades/Overview_and_FAQ%3A_TLS_1.0_and_1.1_Deprecation

We have to do this because TLS 1.0/1.1 protocols used by these APs to talk to Meraki dashboard have been long obsolete. Firmware mitigation is available for some APs that are capable of running MR 26.X or newer firmware.

Re: Meraki MR36 - End of Life July, 21 2026

Kristiane Araujo — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:07:11 GMT

Dear All,

The equipment I'm referring to is the MR36. The customer based itself on the following community link posted years ago:

https://community.meraki.com/t5/Temas-en-Espa%C3%B1ol/Fin-de-vida-de-la-MR36/m-p/227825#M609

Thanks all.

Re: Meraki MR36 - End of Life July, 21 2026

aneduzhk — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:08:32 GMT

MR36 is Wi-Fi 6 AP is there have no been even end-of-sale announcement yet for this SKU.

Edit: there is nothing in the linked thread about end of life/support for MR36.

Re: Meraki MR36 - End of Life July, 21 2026

aneduzhk — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:10:29 GMT

Please refer to the official documentation for end-of-sale / end-of-support dates - https://documentation.meraki.com/Platform_Management/Product_Information/End-of-Life_Notices/Meraki_End-of-Life_(EOL)_Products_and_Dates

Re: Meraki MR36 - End of Life July, 21 2026

Raphael_L — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 03:07:59 GMT

That really scared me for a moment 😥

Interesting , was the deprecation of TLS 1.0 announced anywhere ? looks like I have missed it

Re: Meraki MR16 - End of Life July, 21 2026

CarolineS-Meraki — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 04:33:04 GMT

Moderator note: updated the subject line to refer to MR16 instead of MR36

Re: Meraki MR16 - End of Life July, 21 2026

Kristiane Araujo — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:59:25 GMT

Sorry. I´m referring to MR36

Apologizes. It was a mistake.

Re: Meraki MR36 - End of Life July, 21 2026

aneduzhk — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:44:40 GMT

Yes, we have sent a targeted communication to customers that actually have these APs in their networks. A public documentation is also available.

Re: Meraki MR36 - End of Life July, 21 2026

CMR — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:22:13 GMT

That thread was mostly me and nowhere does it say the MR36 is EoL. Why did the customer think it was (not that it really matters, but I am somewhat confused!