Cisco/Meraki wired and wireless design, VLAN segmentation, firewall configuration, IPSec/SSL VPN, and SD-WAN.
Most SMB networks were built one switch and one access point at a time — never designed, just accumulated. The result is a topology nobody can draw on a whiteboard, VLAN tags that drift over time, Wi-Fi dead zones that nobody addresses because "it usually works in this corner," and a firewall configured by whoever bought it.
Maverick designs networks the way an electrician would design a panel: deliberate, documented, and built with future load in mind. We work with the office layout, count user density per room, plan PoE budgets, place access points based on actual signal modeling (not guesswork), and document every VLAN, subnet, and port assignment.
Cisco Catalyst or Meraki MS series, sized for your endpoint count plus 30% growth. Layer-3 capable at the core, PoE+ at the access layer for cameras, phones, and access points. Spanning Tree configured correctly so a misplugged cable doesn't take down the LAN.
Meraki MR or Cisco access points placed by survey, not by ceiling tile geometry. Separate SSIDs for corporate, BYOD, guest, and IoT — each on its own VLAN with appropriate ACLs. Band steering, fast roaming, and DFS channels used properly. Captive portal for guest with bandwidth caps.
Next-gen firewall (Meraki MX, Cisco Firepower, or Fortinet) with active subscriptions: AMP, IPS, content filtering, geo-blocking. Site-to-site VPN to remote offices. SSL VPN or ZTNA for remote workers.
For multi-site clients we deploy SD-WAN over multiple WAN circuits (fiber + LTE backup). Application-aware routing keeps voice and video on the best path while bulk traffic uses the bigger pipe. Sub-second failover when a circuit goes down.
We are vendor-aligned with the platforms our engineers actually trust in production. Here is what powers this service line:
You need professional network design when:
Depends on size and management preference. Ubiquiti UniFi is excellent for small offices (under 30 users) where cost matters. Meraki is our default for SMB and mid-market — cloud-managed, fully featured, easy to support remotely. Cisco Catalyst is the choice for enterprise environments or specific compliance requirements. We make the call after seeing your environment.
A typical SMB network refresh — new firewall, core switch, 10 to 20 access points, full VLAN redesign — runs 2 to 4 weeks from order to cutover. We pre-stage and configure equipment in our office, then deploy on-site in evening or weekend windows to minimize business disruption.
You need SD-WAN if you have multiple offices, heavy cloud usage, or applications that punish jitter (VoIP, video conferencing, real-time SaaS). Single-site clients with one decent internet connection and a fiber backup do not need SD-WAN — they need a properly configured firewall with WAN failover.
Guest Wi-Fi runs on its own SSID, its own VLAN, its own DHCP scope, and gets firewall rules that block all traffic to internal subnets. Typically we add a captive portal with terms-of-use acceptance, bandwidth caps so one guest can't saturate the connection, and DNS filtering to block obvious malware and inappropriate content.