Meru Smart Connect is a licensed, optional module for Meru's existing Identity Manager application. When either a wired or client attempts to log on for the first time, Smart Connect sees it, and checks to see if it's a corporate or personally owed device. Then, it downloads a temporary agent program, which configures the device based on existing corporate security policies and access permissions, including setting up 802.1x authentication.

Smart Connect draws on either a Meru- or corporate-generated database of device types, software versions and user information. It supports a wide range of commonly used WLAN security protocols such as WPA2 Enterprise. It works with , iOS, Mac and clients and can work with multi-vendor WLAN networks.

Once configured, the client device can log on subsequently and have the policies enforced automatically.

The new access point model is the AP400 line. All models have up to three 802.11n radios, each of which supports three data streams. The three streams give each radio a data rate of 450Mbps, with actually throughput typically in the 200Mbps-300Mbps range, according to Meru.

One specialized model, the AP433is, uses one of the radios as a permanent RF sensor, with integrated spectrum management software that monitors all channels on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.