Cisco Meraki - Free Switch for Professionals

GeekyChick

Wanted to share this in case someone might be interested.

I took the link off because it was redirecting to the wrong site. If interested just google Meraki Cisco Freeswitch. You must meet certain requirements and attend a webinar to get the switch.

Smilymarco

Nice! It even works in europe Just registered. Thank you!

TheFORCE

If it's free why do i have to provide my company's email address?

Smilymarco

Spam Spam Spam Spam oh... i mean... advertising
Of course they want to sell you something.

JoJoCal19

Is this for a free wireless AP? Because I can't find anything about a switch.

swamprat

There is an AP one too, yes, but try this link for the switch

https://meraki.cisco.com/webinars/signup/1267/introduction-to-cloud-managed-switches/

They are of course giving you the demo model in hopes that you will end up buying more. Hence, the requirement for the company email as they won't give too many items to employees of the same company. At least, that's the idea, I've not heard of anyone told they can't haev one because their company already had their limit.

Smilymarco

You'll get the small one with PoE "MS220-8P": https://meraki.cisco.com/products/switches/ms220-8

dhay13

So it won't work with a gmail address? I would love to attend (I want to work on my Cisco stuff and a free switch wouldn't hurt) but am not real comfortable providing my company email address. I don't want them to get slammed with spam and have them come to me.

shochan

Thanks! I signed up! coolio!

cyberguypr

Remember the saying "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch". As others stated, this is intended for Cisco Meraki to pave their way into your company, so no, Gmail won't work. I have to admit I never got spam from them. Even if you get some promotion stuff it's not like you will get 1,000 emails a month. I was legitimately interested in their products for my company and got their AP a while back, but I immediately flipped it on eBay because the license renewal was too thick for my blood.

mgeoffriau

Don't know about the switch, but I know some of the AP's can be reflashed with OpenWRT.

GeekyChick

Glad it worked for some of you. No such thing as a "free lunch" for sure.

Cisco bought Meraki in 2012 for $1.2 billion cash. A few switches are a drop in the bucket for them.

blatini

Pretty cool, I'm excited to check it out. Thanks for posting this.

craigaaron

sadly I had no luck with the switch but only with the AP and I am unsure which one I am receiving. what about anyone else?