Cisco Meraki Z4 – Cloud-Managed Teleworker Gateway
The Cisco Meraki Z4 teleworker gateway is an enterprise class firewall, VPN gateway and router. This device offers wireless connectivity with WiFi6, five gigabit ethernet ports, including a built-in PoE-enabled port for VoIP phones and other PoE powered devices. The Z4 is designed to securely extend the power of Meraki cloud managed networking to almost any location.
Z4 Product Highlights:
- Recommended for networks with up to 5 client devices
- Up to 500 Mbps of stateful firewall throughput
- Managed via Cisco Meraki Dashboard
- Automatic Firmware upgrades
- One-click Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (Secure Teleworker license version required)
- Cisco Talos content filtering (Secure Teleworker license version required)
- L3/L7 Stateful Firewall
- 1:1 and 1:Many NAT
- Configurable VLANs / DHCP support
- Static Routing
- Client VPN endpoint
- Meraki AutoVPN and L2TP/IPSec VPN endpoint
- Custom Traffic Shaping
- Historical Client Usage statistics
- Netflow support
- Syslog integration
- Remote Packet Capture tools
- IPv6 Support
- Built-in WiFi6 Wireless Capabilities
- Built-in PoE+ capabilities
***50W AC Adapter included but power cord must be purchased separately (SKU: MA-PWR-CORD-AU)***
Teleworker Features by License Options
Feature | Z-Enterprise | Secure Teleworker |
Centralised management | ✔ | ✔ |
Zero-touch firmware updates | ✔ | ✔ |
True zero-touch provisioning | ✔ | ✔ |
24×7 enterprise support | ✔ | ✔ |
Open APIs | ✔ | ✔ |
Automatic WAN failover | ✔ | ✔ |
Sub-second site-to-site VPN failover | ✔ | ✔ |
Sub-second dynamic path selection | ✔ | ✔ |
Stateful firewall | ✔ | ✔ |
VLAN to VLAN routing | ✔ | ✔ |
Advanced Routing | ✔ | ✔ |
Traffic shaping/prioritisation | ✔ | ✔ |
Site-to-site VPN | ✔ | ✔ |
Client VPN | ✔ | ✔ |
Splash pages | ✔ | ✔ |
Configuration templates | ✔ | ✔ |
Group Policies | ✔ | ✔ |
Client connectivity alerts | ✔ | ✔ |
Source-Based Routing | ✔ | ✔ |
Local Breakout (IP based) | ✔ | ✔ |
Umbrella DNS Integration** | ✔ | ✔ |
Geography based firewall rules | ✔ | ✔ |
Content filtering | ✔ | ✔ |
Youtube Content Restriction | ✔ | |
Web Search Filtering | ✔ | |
Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) | ✔ | |
Threat Grid Integration** | ✔ | |
WAN Health Analytics (MI) | ✔ | |
VoIP Health Analytics (MI) | ✔ | |
Smart breakout | ✔ |
**Requires a separate license
License Details
All Meraki products use the Meraki cloud for centralised management and control. The Meraki cloud is licensed on a “per device, per year” basis and is required for each device to operate. Licensing options may differ between products.
In addition to Meraki Cloud Access; license features include:
- Lifetime* hardware warranty and advanced overnight replacement at no additional cost
- Frequent Security and Firmware Upgrades
- 24 x 7 Cisco Meraki Support
*Excluding accessories (1YR), outdoor access points (1YR), security cameras (3YR or 5YR depending on model) and environmental sensors (3YR).