Background Charter school based out of Los Angeles, focusing on specializing in individual learning and meeting social/emotional needs, and moving students out of the cycle of poverty, opened a second location in Los Angeles to serve middle school students. The school needed a network infrastructure from ground up including internet, cabling, network room build out, network infrastructure equipment, wireless, wired, and security camera system. Solution After a discovery meeting and conducting site walk, a detailed project proposal was submitted and approved.Phase I:Installation of Spectrum fiber internet circuit.Phase II: Network rack buildout and network cabling. Phase III: Installation and configuration of Cisco Meraki Firewall, switch, access points, and cloud based security cameras. The network was segmented into VLANS, content filtering, and network malware protection, and firewall rules put in place. The charter school had a tight deadline to complete the project before the start of school. The project was completed as scheduled. Benefits
- Cisco Meraki solution provides
- A secure, cloud based management troubleshooting, analytics, and reporting of the entire network including the firewall, switches, and WIFI access points.
- Complete next generation firewall and content security.
- Application visibility and control, malware protection, Google safe-search
- Cloud-managed security camera system provides complete indoor and outdoor security designed to help:
- Keep students safe
- Detect vaping
- Deter theft, mischief, vandalism, car theft, and potential threats
- Deter bullying and create safer environments for teachers and students
- Control campus perimeters and building access
