Meraki Releases WIFI 6E AP MR57 is MR56 actually a Faster AP ?

[kevinfor]

Just saw this on the website MR57 (cisco.com) it is listed as 4x4:4 MU-MiMO 5Ghz & 6Ghz are 2.4Mbps 4 stream /80Mhz and 2.4Ghz is 574Mbps 4stream /80Mhz with dual 2.5Gb ethernet ports. why 2 ports? and can this be bonded into a 5Gb using LAG/LACP on the switch for any increased throughput?. or is this active/standby in case one ethernet port goes bad or one port is for POE the other for data?.

the MR56 is 4.804Mbps 8 stream/160Mhz and 2.5Ghz is 1.147Mbs 4/40Mhz single 5Gb MGig port.. While I agree most clients are 2x2 or 3x3 but the advantage of the MR56 being 8x8:8 is an additional 3db gain. that the MR57 is missing.. in terms of 6Ghz vs 5Ghz is 6 technically shorter range? While there are more channels in 6Ghz & very few clients currently - Even if we upgraded all our laptops to WIFI 6E today... when we run InSSIDer there is no overlapping 5Ghz channel interference from other businesses in our area it's the 2.4Ghz that is congested so would the MR56 be faster even in the 2.4Ghz range and could handle more clients then the MR57 or am i mistaken? (574Mbps on the MR57 vs 1.45Mbps on the MR56)

so I am trying to figure out what the advantage of MR57 vs MR56 - or if the real replacement for MR56 would be a new AP like MR59 (MR58 is a discontinued 802.11n model) that supports 8x8:8 160Mhz WIFI 6E for dozens of 2x2 & 3x3 5 & 6Ghz clients.. due to the 3db gain

[flyingframes]

"Options to configure 6 GHz frequencies will be disabled in the dashboard for these countries."
https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Other_Topics/MR57_Frequently_Asked_Questions

What if the countries that open it up later, will meraki enable the 6ghz configuration later on?

[Nicole Gardiner]

As 6 GHz is available, absolutely!

[flyingframes]

Does MR57 reduce the number of SSIDs from 16 to 8? I understand its not advised to create that many but i want to know if the hardware has restricted the implementation!

[Nicole Gardiner]

No. Of course 6 GHz requires WPA3, which may mandate separate SSID. But we don't decrease the number of SSIDs.

[flyingframes]

Cisco has reduced their SSIDs to 8, i was curious if the same is case with Meraki APs!
Please check the attached screenshot.

[Prom]

Halo there

I am new to Meraki and would love learn

So now I am deploying mr57 and I don't see the 6ghz

How to verify this ?

[flyingframes]

What is the BLE version on MR57? 5.2 or 5.1?
its not clear from the datasheet!

[CMR]

@Nicole Gardiner thank you, that is a useful explanation. One thing, are you sure it is 5+5=10 on the LAN side and not 2.5+2.5=5 as the datasheet suggests?

Edit: scratch that, the sheets now say what you did, apologies!

[MerryAki]

Hope that there will be a beautiful MR47 aswell. I don't like the squared design. For now I would choose a MR46/56 instead.
As they are not listed yet, when will the Website be updated?

[Nicole Gardiner]

Hi @MerryAki ! The MR57 is on the website here: https://meraki.cisco.com/product/wi-fi/indoor-access-points/mr57/

[MerryAki]

Hey @Nicole Gardiner

i checked the localized webview, it wasn’t there (de-de)

https://meraki.cisco.com/de-de/products/wi-fi/models/

Hope to see this and more 6E APs soon 😉

[CMR]

@MerryAki I'd not expect them shortly, it is hard enough for them to produce one model at the moment, so I expect we'll see more limited ranges for the moment. We're currently about 90 days into our wait for a few MR44s, and those were the model with the shortest wait time...

[Karsten Iwen]

We just ordered a bunch of MR57 with a lead time of 38 days. All other models (typically we had taken the MR44/46) had much longer lead times. Now I am waiting for them to arrive.

[MerryAki]

Great, would love to see some hands-on reviews 🙂

[Agus KTI]

Hi all,

Thank you for sharing, will try if have budget 😁