

Ideal for small retail branches or clinics, this device can routinely support up to 50 users and has a stateful firewall throughput of up to 450 Mbps. If, after following the steps above, the SIM card is not detected, please confirm with your carrier that the SIM card is active and has data.Lockdown your network with the Cisco Meraki MX68 cloud-managed security & SD-WAN appliance. Test the cellular failover connection by unplugging the wired connection or by using the traceroute tool under Security & SD-WAN > Monitor > Appliance Status in the Tools tab The connection will say Ready when it is successfully connected When the cellular uplink is successfully connected, you will be able to see the status on the left hand side of the Appliance Status page and in the Uplink tab.

Navigate to Security & SD-WAN > Monitor > Appliance Status > Uplink tab and next to Status, select the edit (pencil) button and then select Enabled. If so, do that from the Meraki Dashboard under Security & SD-WAN > Monitor > Appliance Status > Uplink tab Power on the MX and wait for the MX to show as online in the Meraki dashboardĬheck with the carrier of choice if an APN needs to be configured. Insert a nano SIM card (4FF size) and close the SIM trayĬonnect the uplink for the MX device via a wired connection to connect to the Meraki cloud Open the SIM tray using the SIM card removal tool included in the box Power off the MX. Swapping/installing SIM cards while the MX is powered on may cause unexpected behavior or errorsįor the MX67C, connect the antennas for cellular reception.

To set up the cellular failover connection, follow the steps below: Please have a MX (with a cellular modem) come up for the first time via its WAN interface (and a working wired connection). Having an MX appliance use a cellular modem to attempt to make its first connection to the Meraki Cloud is not a supported configuration.
