Meraki WPN: Secure. Simple. Segmented.
Wireless Personal Network (WPN)
A Wi-Fi Personal Network (WPN) is a feature within Cisco Meraki’s wireless platform that allows multiple users to securely connect to the same Wi-Fi name (SSID) while still maintaining their own individual, isolated network environments.
Rather than assigning users to different network names or dedicated routers, WPN seamlessly segments each user into a private “bubble”, delivering the sense of a personal, home-like network experience within a larger, shared infrastructure.
Empower Users with Shared and Private Connectivity
By leveraging Wi-Fi Personal Network (WPN) technology with Cisco Meraki MR access points and the Netgraph Connectivity Platform, you can offer both shared and personalized wireless experiences. This innovative approach delivers a range of benefits, including:
Student Housing
In dormitories or student residences, a single SSID can be broadcast throughout the facility. Each student’s devices—laptops, smartphones, gaming consoles—automatically receive their own isolated segment within that shared SSID, ensuring privacy and security while eliminating the complexity of juggling multiple Wi-Fi names.
Multi-Tenant Residential Buildings
In apartment complexes or condominium buildings, residents can all connect to the building’s one common SSID. Despite sharing this single point of access, each resident’s experience feels as if they have their own personal home network. This arrangement reduces administration overhead and improves the tenant experience by combining simplicity and robust security.
Elder Care Facilities
In retirement homes or assisted living environments, implementing a single SSID allows staff to provide a user-friendly connectivity experience to all residents. Each resident’s devices benefit from an isolated network space, protecting personal data and ensuring an easy, accessible approach to staying connected—vital for communication, telemedicine, and entertainment.
Hospitality
In hotels or extended-stay accommodations, guests can connect to the same familiar SSID provided by the property. With WPN, each guest’s devices remain securely isolated from those of other guests, ensuring a home-like level of privacy and protection without the inconvenience of multiple network names.
Redefine Shared Access: Personal, Protected, and Effortless
By adopting Netgraph WPN management, administrators can streamline network management, enhance security, and provide a consistent, personal experience for every user, all within a single SSID. This innovative solution unites flexibility, simplicity, and data protection, offering residents, guests, students, and tenants alike the reliable and secure connectivity they expect.
Streamlined Configuration
Extend Meraki WPN with an intuitive configuration process supporting both templates and networks. This makes deployment fast and consistent.
Guided Setup: Simplifies configuration with step-by-step API configuration.
Template Support: Standardizes settings across multiple deployments.
Access Policy: Select between a shared or unique policy.
Effordless Group Management
Groups can be created and managed efficiently, even in large-scale deployments, using tools for batch creation and centralized administration.
Batch Creation: Enables the rapid setup of multiple groups.
QR Code Generation: Simplifies onboarding with auto-generated QR codes.
Centralized Management: Streamlines group handling for admins.
Self-Service
Users have access to self-service tools, making it easy to manage their own network settings and devices, providing a familiar and independent experience.
PSK Management: Allows users to change their Pre-Shared Key.
User Invitations: Enables users to invite others to their network.
Device Monitoring: Provides visibility into connected devices.
Home-Like Wi-Fi Experience
The solution creates a personalized Wi-Fi experience for users, mirroring the simplicity and control of a home network.
Just like home: Delivers a familiar and user-friendly experience.
Device Control: Empowers users to manage their connections.
Independent Updates: Allows users to update settings for “their” network anytime.
Connectivity Challenges Solved – Simply and Securely
By combining our services – Sign In, EntryPoint - RADIUSaaS, Cisco Meraki WPN Manager for Wi-Fi Personal Network, and integration with Cisco ISE for device management and encrypted IoT Wi-Fi networks – we solve everything from simple login needs to advanced network challenges.
EntryPoint
RADIUS-as-a-Service with 802.1X, IoT iPSK, and MAB for secure enterprise authentication and device management.
Sign In
A cloud-based guest network solution with seamless integration, secure access, and self-service options for employees and guests.
ISE Device Management
API integration with Cisco ISE that simplifies and secures device management and network access through distributed administration.
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