Case Study: De Nassau achieves secure, campus-wide WiFi and simplified network management with Cisco Meraki

How DeNassau was able to install a network, where one hadn't existed, in minutes

De Nassau, a secondary school in Breda with over 1,600 students and 200 staff, needed to build a wireless network from scratch that met strict education-centric security standards and provided seamless roaming between two separate buildings. The school chose Cisco Meraki, deploying Meraki access points and the cloud-managed Meraki dashboard to centralize control and meet security and mobility requirements.

Cisco Meraki implemented cloud-managed Meraki APs with the dashboard, Layer 7 firewall and traffic-shaping per SSID/client, dual‑band band steering, and a custom branded splash page; configuration took about 15 minutes plus roughly 5 minutes per AP to install. As a result, interactive whiteboards and modern media devices are online, a tablet pilot launched in two classes, over 1,500 devices move hundreds of gigabytes per month, and Meraki’s remote troubleshooting and alerts let admins proactively monitor and resolve issues.

De Nassau

W. den Ronde

Systems Engineer