Multi-Site Networking Project — National Retail Chain (60 branches)
Rolled out Cisco Meraki MX SD-WAN, MS switching and MR Wi-Fi 6 across 60 branches of a national Pakistani retail chain — centralized policy, zero-touch provisioning, MPLS-backup-with-LTE underlay and POS network isolation.
Challenge
- Heterogeneous mix of branch networking — Cisco IOS legacy, ZyXEL SMB and MikroTik — built up over 8+ years with no consistent policy or visibility.
- POS network co-mingled with guest Wi-Fi at most branches — failing internal compliance assessment.
- Branch issues took 4–6 hours of dispatched engineer time to diagnose — no centralized visibility.
- Roll-out had to happen across 60 sites in two countries in under 90 days, with most branches getting only a 4-hour cutover window.
Solution
- Cisco Meraki MX67 / MX85 (SD-WAN gateway) at each branch tier sized by traffic.
- Cisco Meraki MS210 / MS225 access switching with PoE+ for POS, IP phones and CCTV.
- Cisco Meraki MR46 Wi-Fi 6 APs with separated POS / staff / guest SSIDs.
- Centralized Meraki Dashboard with template-driven multi-site policy, ZTP onboarding and event log retention.
- MPLS primary + LTE backup with auto-failover and SaaS application steering.
- POS network isolated into its own VLAN + Meraki group policy with stateful firewall rules — closing the compliance finding.
Hardware used
- Cisco Meraki MX67 × 40 (small branches)
- Cisco Meraki MX85 × 20 (large branches + regional offices)
- Cisco Meraki MS210-24P × 40 + MS225-48LP × 20
- Cisco Meraki MR46 × 180 (Wi-Fi 6)
- Meraki Enterprise license 5-year × 60 sites
Business outcome
60-branch roll-out completed in 78 days — under the 90-day target.
Branch issue diagnosis dropped from 4–6 hours to under 15 minutes thanks to centralized Dashboard visibility.
POS / guest / staff network isolation in production at every branch; compliance finding closed in the next assessment cycle.
MPLS-backup-with-LTE failover validated at every site with documented runbook and tested twice per year.
Operations team consolidated branch management onto one platform — single-pane training reduced onboarding time for new admins.
Architecture summary
Cisco Meraki MX SD-WAN + MS switching + MR Wi-Fi 6 across 60 branches with template-driven dashboard policy, ZTP onboarding, MPLS primary + LTE backup auto-failover, POS network isolation via Meraki group policies, and central event-log retention with reporting integration to the customer's SIEM.
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