Case Study: United Nations International School of Hanoi achieves reliable campus-wide connectivity and simplified network management with Cisco Meraki

Delivering reliable connectivity for thousands of devices across large campus

The United Nations International School of Hanoi (UNIS Hanoi), a co-educational English-language school with 1,100+ students and 300+ staff, faced an unreliable, non-uniform network across a large distributed campus. Aging switches and mixed hardware made troubleshooting slow and provided little visibility into where and why devices were failing. UNIS Hanoi selected Cisco Meraki — using the cloud-managed Meraki dashboard with MR access points and MS switches — to modernize and simplify network management.

Cisco Meraki deployed 130+ MR42/MR52/MR74 access points and 20+ MS225/MS425 switches, pre-staged via the Meraki dashboard to speed installation, add 10 GbE uplinks, and enable granular controls (bandwidth throttling, group policies, port scheduling). The result: more than 1,500 users and 3,000 devices connect weekly with dramatically fewer network issues, faster deployments, improved visibility (device location/signal and topology), and responsive 24/7 Meraki support — measurably reducing troubleshooting time and improving the campus user experience.

United Nations International School of Hanoi

Adam Archer

Senior Manager of IT