Connecting MG52 to MX68W: PoE and WAN1 Setup Question

[MauroF]

Question for the experts:

I have a MG52 antenna that needs to be connected to an MX68W, which has two PoE ports.
I was wondering if it’s possible to connect a PoE cable to port 11 on the MX and another cable to the WAN1 port at the same time.
Would this setup work?

[alemabrahao]

Yes, It is totally possible.

[Ryan_Miles]

As @alemabrahao states yes it can be done. I have some slides showing various powering options for MGs including a design like you mentioned. See this slide.

[MauroF]

Thanks Ryan, In your slide, page 4 (this is my case) it says:

"Place the MX LAN port in a VLAN that’s removed from all other MX LAN ports & disable DHCP on that VLAN."

What does it mean?

[MauroF]

and them should i configured this vlan"different for all the other) via Local status page before i attach the cable? not sure how to do it to be honest..help would be appreciate 🙂

[javalins]

No, do it via dashboard https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Networks_and_Routing/Configuring_VLANs_on_the_MX_Security_Applia...

[javalins]

Basically isolating the POE LAN port from traffic forwarding to serve as power only.  

[Ryan_Miles]

Exactly. Like create a VLAN 999, disable DHCP on it. Assign that to the MX LAN PoE port. Don't allow that VLAN on any other MX LAN port.

[MauroF]

So the port should be in ACCESS on port 999 (for reference ,of course)?

[javalins]

Any VLAN # that isn't in use.  Disable DHCP on it. Assign it to the POE LAN port. Isolate from any forwarding on the MX.