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Free 8 Port POE Meraki Cisco Switch for Working IT (Network) Managers (Must Attend Webinar & Use Company Details)

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Free 8 Port POE Meraki Cisco Switch for Working IT (Network) Managers (Must Attend Webinar & Use Company Details)
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coreybx on 28/12/2015 - 07:40 meraki.cisco.com (1823 clicks)
Last edited 28/12/2015 - 11:42 by 3 other users

T&C here

You need to be working in IT and use your company address for registration
You need to watch the webinar in its entirety

Registration here

YMMV see previous responses here

Terms / Prerequisites

While Cisco Meraki webinars are open to all audiences and while switches may be offered at live events, to be eligible for a free switch, participants must:

  • Attend the live event or the live webinar in its entirety
  • Enter a valid company name and website
  • (i) Be an IT professional working in in one of the countries listed below, (ii) have an active role of managing, maintaining, or monitoring their organization’s network infrastructure, and (iii) be employed by the company
  • Register with a shipping address (a post office box is not sufficient) in the US, CA, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Australia, or New Zealand. At this time, we cannot ship free switches outside of these regions, and cannot ship to post office boxes.
  • Not be a partner, reseller, or consultant
  • Register with their company’s email address
  • Confirm eligibility and shipping address with a Cisco Meraki representative by phone
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  • damion on 28/12/2015 - 07:42

    But I still haven't found a use for the free meraki access point from last time!

    • missingo on 28/12/2015 - 09:43

      I am sure i can help offload that for you ;)

      • bunnikins on 28/12/2015 - 11:55

        Didnt get the accesspoint for the last session i attended. The meraki guy said its only available if you order few access points though i work in IT.

        • tm001 on 28/12/2015 - 21:41

          The meraki guy was bul*ting you. The t&C are quite clear and there is no obligation to purchase anything. I had to chase up their AP after several month of not receiving it, but got it finally.
          The AP is not actually bad, probably best fitted for a SOHO type of business who cannot afford to have a dedicated IT guy but requires reliable connection. A lot can be done remotely and it has a lot of functions otherwise found in Enterprise deployments.
          Call back and demand the reward for your time as promised.

  • coreybx on 28/12/2015 - 07:43

    They no good? I'm just keen to have myself a well priced Poe switch lying around

  • bchliu on 28/12/2015 - 07:45
    +4

    One free switch per person per organisation and not eligible for resellers, partners and distributors. That pretty much blows most people out..

  • busterau on 28/12/2015 - 07:47

    So how do I register, I must be blind as I cant see where on the linked page?

    • coreybx on 28/12/2015 - 07:58

      Just updated with the link

  • butasan on 28/12/2015 - 07:50

    Will Cisco contact the IT professionals?

    • easternculture on 28/12/2015 - 08:14
      +12

      But we are all professionals. Just register with your local HN address. Jerry Harvey will be happy to confirm your professional status

      • systmworks on 28/12/2015 - 08:44

        Won't they ship it to the registered business address? Could be a problem if that's HN.

        Do you have to be available to watch the January 13 (Wed) webinar at 12pm, or else the next one is not until March - it's not streamed on demand?

        Oh well, signed up, will give it a go.

      • CandyMan on 28/12/2015 - 09:11
        +2

        We are all professional bargain hunters

    • tm001 on 28/12/2015 - 21:42

      Yes, they will contact you to confirm the shipping address.

  • nikkirose on 28/12/2015 - 09:00

    I am getting "please enable javascript" on my submit button - it is enabled!!! I disabled it, re-enable it and refreshed - still the same message. Is anyone else getting this message, or did you guys kill the page?

    • Blazk on 28/12/2015 - 09:07

      I just switched dates back and forth on the left hand side and it worked.

    • [Deactivated] on 28/12/2015 - 09:07

      Jus try a different browsa

    • matt_will_fix_it on 28/12/2015 - 09:08
      +10

      It's a test to see if you're a true IT professional. If you get it to work then you pass.

      • nikkirose on 28/12/2015 - 09:22

        I did actually think that, but cbf working on it before coffee, and thought I would try the KISS principle and see if the page was broken before I tried to fix it.

      • Tehcookiemonsta on 28/12/2015 - 13:14
        +2

        Lmao was going to say he surely can't be an IT professional

    • [Deactivated] on 28/12/2015 - 09:12

      Yeah I'm getting the same issue with Firefox, Safari and IE on multiple machines, appears it's broken

      Edit: Seems if you keep trying it works occasionally

      • nikkirose on 28/12/2015 - 09:24

        dammit, looks like I need to install Chrome again - this week we use firefox, we have always used firefox, we will always use firefox, but somewhere in my memeory is a hint of when we used chrome, we had always used chrome, and will always use chrome. bahahaha

  • [Deactivated] on 28/12/2015 - 09:01

    Dammit we are a Cisco Partner.

    Quite racist against cisco partners… against THEMSELVES omg

    • Clear on 28/12/2015 - 13:00

      Didn't stop me from trying.

      • [Deactivated] on 28/12/2015 - 17:49

        Be careful brah

        I've heard that you can end up in jail if you fool around :S

  • tightarse on 28/12/2015 - 09:08
    -1

    Thanks :)

  • ToBuyOrNotToBuy on 28/12/2015 - 09:11
    +7

    Hmm, Cloud networking..
    Your private network hardware is always connected to the Meraki data centers….
    That sounds like a great idea… Rolls eyes

    • [Deactivated] on 28/12/2015 - 09:14
      +3

      But the cloud is secure! My executive management say so. It has nothing to do with the fact that they can hide IT expenses from the board as OpEx rather than CapEx so they get a bigger bonus!

    • systmworks on 28/12/2015 - 09:19

      May work as a dumb POE gigabit switch if you don't configure the Meraki side of things..

      Err..do these seriously sell for $1400?

      • jnewau on 28/12/2015 - 09:28
        +4

        No, they are only manageable via the Cloud Interface.

        BTW These will come with a free 1 year Cloud Controller license.

        After that expires, you'll need to buy a new license, or this thing will literally be useful as a doorstop only.

        • systmworks on 28/12/2015 - 09:34
          +2

          Ahh, which is $82 (for 1 year) or as low as $40 a year if you buy a 10yr licence for around $400 - judging by my Staticice link below.

        • UFO on 28/12/2015 - 10:25
          +2

          @systmworks:

          PRETTY USEFUL INFO RIGHT ABOVE THIS!

          So to run this thing, it needs a licence you must buy every year?
          So it's free for 1 year, and then its a doorstop?
          Yeah- no thanks.

          (But big thanks to jnewau and systmworks for saving me a crapload of time by jumping through all these hoops)

        • ShortyX on 28/12/2015 - 10:32

          @UFO:

          Same as Cisco telephony.

        • systmworks on 28/12/2015 - 10:37

          @UFO: or free for a year and then sell on ebay?

        • airzone on 28/12/2015 - 17:03

          3 yea license, not 1.

        • eug on 28/12/2015 - 22:36

          Shouldn't they still work after the licence expires? You just won't be able to change the configuration?

    • nikkirose on 28/12/2015 - 09:28

      so you dont think I am a tin foil hatter for building a seperate always offline rig to work on my digital content then?

  • Sage on 28/12/2015 - 09:15

    the Webinar is on the 13th on Jan, I'll most likely be busy when it happens so this deal isn't for everyone.

  • brett-au on 28/12/2015 - 09:18
    +1

    Hmm, the clause that gets me is have an active role of managing, maintaining, or monitoring their organization’s network infrastructure.

    DHCP and DNS servers are network infrastructure right?

    • airzone on 28/12/2015 - 10:19
      +1

      Yep :)

    • pmupsinep on 28/12/2015 - 10:51
      +6

      Do you really work on DHCP or DNS servers but not know they're part of a network? o_O

  • bluepanther on 28/12/2015 - 09:20

    How much is the value of the switch? My company has a policy not to accept any gifts higher than $100 and most likely I need to report it to my manager before accepting the gift. In the end, it's too painful process.. :'(

  • priceOfire on 28/12/2015 - 10:21
    -1

    Opooooos,I don't have business address, but I really want to have it, What a pity, I'm just studying in it.Somebody can offer me a deal.

  • cozmo on 28/12/2015 - 11:23

    Cisco live coming up in march in melb. should be able to pick up this or a AP

  • unity1 on 28/12/2015 - 11:27

    Classic example of a targeted deal. Belong in the forums. Not available to the general community.

  • peterpeterpumpkin on 28/12/2015 - 11:35

    What's their definition for an organisation? Does a home-office startup qualify?

    • systmworks on 28/12/2015 - 11:42

      The organisation staff number question starts at "1-99" so yes?

  • biasedbuffalo on 28/12/2015 - 12:41

    I signed up a few hours ago and actually work as a network engineer, but:

    "Thank you for your interest in our webinar, Introducing the Next Generation of Ethernet Switching. At this time, we have reached our registration cap and are unable to process your information."

    :(

    • PLA74 on 28/12/2015 - 13:18

      I'm in the same boat, and received the same reply :(

    • unity1 on 28/12/2015 - 13:20
      +1

      That's unfortunate because I'm sure there are some that have tried signing up even thought the have no IT background.

  • MrNeil on 28/12/2015 - 13:22

    Surely they can be used as a layer 2 poe switch when the license is done?

    • jnewau on 28/12/2015 - 14:33
      +1

      No, Meraki kit stops working when the Cloud license expires. It's completely useless without an active license so a new license would need to be purchased after 1 year

  • videoman on 28/12/2015 - 13:50

    I just received this email-

    Thank you for your interest in our webinar, Introducing the Next Generation of Ethernet Switching. At this time, we have reached our registration cap and are unable to process your information.
    We apologize for the inconvenience. We will be running more switch webinars in the future, so keep an eye on our webinars page!

    Please reach out to your sales rep or [email protected] with any questions.

  • sjp770 on 28/12/2015 - 15:56

    APs were limited to 2 per company. So that was validated as 2x per email domain.

    No APs for our techs that each have their own schools to admin, but come under the one domain name. :(

    Poor form by Cisco Meraki for not being upfront with this.

    Downvoting for Ciscos fulfillment rate - good work posting this and good luck to any that can get it!

  • autolux on 28/12/2015 - 16:27
    +1

    good luck getting them to follow through, i know some people get em but it seems like a con. ive been chasing their rep for like 3 months on and off, never get a response… and i actually legitimately want to test one out before we scrap our current office network gear.

    • airzone on 28/12/2015 - 16:58

      I have had no problems. They have put on more reps as they are growing locally.

    • tm001 on 28/12/2015 - 21:46

      Same here, got mine after 6 months. Bad luck for them, meanwhile worked out different solution to our small sites.

  • ramshyam1982 on 28/12/2015 - 18:54
    -1

    This seem to be spam >>> Successfully registered and then apology email. may be they are collecing the official email id's

    Hi,

    Thank you for your interest in our webinar, Introducing the Next Generation of Ethernet Switching. At this time, we have reached our registration cap and are unable to process your information.

    We apologize for the inconvenience. We will be running more switch webinars in the future, so keep an eye on our webinars page!

    Please reach out to your sales rep or [email protected] with any questions.

    Thank you,

    The Cisco Meraki Team

    • systmworks on 28/12/2015 - 19:02
      +2

      This deal was posted 11 hours ago.. plenty of people got the "Your spot is saved!" confirmation emails in the first 4 or 5 hours after it was posted.

  • JimmyF on 28/12/2015 - 22:36

    wouldn't waste my time…. These clowns didn't want to send out the free access point to us for some reason. They wouldn't give one. So won't be going back a 2nd time!

  • Dodgyd on 07/01/2016 - 14:12

    This is a sales lead.

    You will get called or emailed by a sales rep.

    I found a vxmail in my message bank. I wonder if I'll receive anything if I don't call back or respond but attend the webinar?

    • bunnikins on 07/01/2016 - 14:56

      Has anyone even managed to get this. I stopped trying after the bad experience of no Access point the last time I attended their trainings.

  • systmworks on 13/01/2016 - 15:59

    Everyone enjoy the webinar ?

    • videoman on 18/01/2016 - 15:58

      So did anyone actually get the free switch or was it just a big scam?

      • eug on 18/01/2016 - 19:34

        Wouldn't the scam be joining the webinar for the sole purpose of getting a free switch?

        • systmworks on 20/01/2016 - 13:23

          Not if you meet the criteria..

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