Z Series – Cloud-Managed Teleworker Gateway
A template for flawless office-like connectivity and security.
The Meraki Z-Series teleworker gateway is an enterprise-class firewall, VPN gateway and router, designed to securely extend Meraki cloud-managed networking to all employees within an organization, even if they’re working from home.
The Meraki Z-Series features a high-performance firewall, VLAN support, inter-VLAN routing and isolation to segregate corporate data from recreational traffic.

The home-office experience never looked this cool
Remote work is an office perk with the stylish and desirable hardware design of enterprise-grade security and Wi-Fi 6, without the incessant multifactor authentications, plus, a setup that’s easier than consumer-grade routers.

Beyond best-effort remote work
Build the most efficient and scalable long-term remote work strategy
Secure internet access with Cisco AMP, ThreatGrid, and content filtering
WAN: 1 GbE; LAN: 4 GbE (1x PoE-enabled port); Wi-Fi: dual-band 2×2 Wi-Fi 6
LAN: 4 GbE (1x PoE-enabled port); Wi-Fi: dual-band 2×2 Wi-Fi 6
Meraki Cloud-Managed Teleworker Gateways

Z4
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.
- WAN: 1 GbE; LAN: 4 GbE (1x PoE-enabled port); Wi-Fi: dual-band 2×2 Wi-Fi 6
- Secure internet access with Cisco AMP, ThreatGrid, and content filtering
- Secure internet access with Cisco AMP, ThreatGrid, and content filtering
- 500 Mbps firewall throughput
- LAN: 4 GbE (1x PoE-enabled port); Wi-Fi: dual-band 2×2 Wi-Fi 6
- 250 Mbps site-to-site VPN throughput

Z4C
The Cisco Meraki Z4C teleworker gateway is an enterprise class firewall, VPN gateway and router. This device offers wireless connectivity with WiFi 6, five gigabit ethernet ports, including a built-in PoE-enabled port for VoIP phones and other PoE powered devices. The Z4C is designed to securely extend the power of Meraki cloud managed networking to almost any location. With a built-in LTE modem, the Z4C simplifies any deployment that requires a backup cellular uplink, or is positioned in a remote location.
- Secure internet access with Cisco AMP, ThreatGrid, and content filtering
- WAN: 1 GbE; integrated Cat 12 LTE modem
- LAN: 4 GbE (1x PoE-enabled port)
- Wi-Fi: dual-band 2×2 Wi-Fi 6
- 500 Mbps firewall throughput
- 250 Mbps site-to-site VPN throughput
Extend the office at scale
Unified management for security, SD-WAN, Wi-Fi, switching, MDM, and IoT
Centralized management via web-based dashboard or API
True zero-touch provisioning
Smartphone-like firmware updates
Wi-Fi 6 performance for increasingly dense and demanding home environments
Layer 7 application optimization over self-healing Auto VPN
Secure, always-on encrypted VPN to hybrid clouds and Cisco Umbrella
Integrated PoE port ideal for phones, printers, and other powered devices
One-click Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP)
Protection for unknown files with ThreatGrid
Cisco Talos content filtering
Built-in UI integration for Cisco Umbrella cloud security
• Automatically applied Smart Thresholds to identify true app degradation
• At-a-glance performance of apps across the LAN, home uplink, and app server
• Instant root-cause analysis of degradation with intelligent recommendationsbr>
• Status of all remote worker uplinks in one view, including cellular

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