Wireless (MR) Firmware Features Directory

Overview

This article describes MR features and their dependencies on MR firmware releases.

Note: All access points have a minimum runnable firmware version, some have a maximum runnable firmware version. Please refer to Product Firmware Version Restrictions for more information.

MR Product Families

The table below explains the correlation between access point product families and models.

Product Family	Models
Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2	MR20, MR30H, MR33, MR42, MR42E, MR52, MR53, MR53E, MR70, MR74. MR84
Wi-Fi 6	MR28, MR36, MR36H, MR44, MR46, MR46E, MR56, MR76, MR78, MR86. MR45/55 (Wi-Fi 6 Compatible)
Wi-Fi 6E	MR57, CW9162I, CW9164I, CW9166I

Note: The Minimum Required License Type indicates the lowest MR license tier that includes a particular feature. Please refer to the Meraki MR License Guide for more information about MR license types and included features.

MR 29.X Firmware Features

Feature	Description	Type / Status	Supported Models / Families	Minimum Required License Type
Wi-Fi Personal Network (WPN)	Easy wireless network segmentation	New feature / GA	Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6, and Wi-Fi 6E	MR Enterprise
Band Steering Enhancements	Active steering based on 802.11v and other improvements	Enhancement / GA	Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6, and Wi-Fi 6E	MR Enterprise
Client Balancing Enhancements	Active client balancing based on 802.11v and other improvements	Enhancement / GA	Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6, and Wi-Fi 6E	MR Enterprise
Mesh Enhancements	6GHz support and encryption improvements	Enhancement / GA	Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6, and Wi-Fi 6E	MR Enterprise
IPv6 Enhancements	MLD Snooping, IPv6 Bonjour Forwarding, L2 client Isolation and other improvements	Enhancement / GA	Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6, and Wi-Fi 6E	MR Enterprise
Hanshow USB Gateway Support	Hanshow USB gateway support for Electronic Shelf Label (ESL)	New feature / GA	List	MR Enterprise
SoluM USB Gateway Support	SoluM USB gateway support for Electronic Shelf Label (ESL)	New feature / GA	List	MR Enterprise

MR 28.X Firmware Features

Feature	Description	Type	Supported Models / Families	Minimum Required License Type
IPv6 support on MR	Live tools, IPv6 uplink, L3 firewall rules and other improvements	Enhancement	Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6, and Wi-Fi 6E	MR Enterprise
RADIUS enhancements	Revamped access control page with advanced RADIUS features	Enhancement	Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6, and Wi-Fi 6E	MR Enterprise
SES-imagotag Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) Integration	Native ESL tags management via a built-in IoT radio	New Feature	Link	MR Enterprise
VLAN support over mesh	Ability to pass multi-VLAN traffic over mesh	Enhancement	Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6, and Wi-Fi 6E	MR Enterprise
Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) support	Lightweight data streaming for IoT applications	New Feature	Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6, and Wi-Fi 6E	MR Enterprise
Meraki Health	AI/ML suite of tools for wireless monitoring and troubleshooting	New Feature	Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6, and Wi-Fi 6E	MR Enterprise