Can the following configurations be done on Meraki offline

[RobustMeraki]

what all configurations can be done on a Meraki Dashboard when offline, outage etc? Are there any possibilities? Is there a list of rudimentary options what can be used to make changes on the dashboard offline?

Can Switch VLANs be configured in emergency offline? This is possible with Aruba ( one can use the cloud networking as well as offline networking with which the customer is very satisfied)

[DarrenOC]

If the device is Offline I.e not registered to the cloud then any changes you make in the dashboard won’t replicate to the device until it re-registers.

this is the same behaviour for Aruba also.  How can a device onboard changes if it’s not registered to the cloud?  This is cloud networking, not magic.

[RobustMeraki]

What he meant is that he has options in Aruba in which he can connect Aruba equipment to the cloud and also detach it from the cloud and turn it into on premise mode if he wants and he is expecting something like this from Meraki.

if he males any changes in the dashboard without being connected to the internet, how do you mean he will male changes there? How will he reach out to Meraki at all in offline mode?

[DarrenOC]

Hi @RobustMeraki , Meraki devices will only function as cloud connected devices.  There is no option to run as on-prem

[RobustMeraki]

Yup I understand and know this fact. I wanted to know if there is a list of possibilities of actions and changes that can be done on Meraki without being connected to the network

[DarrenOC]

You can make minor changes to the device offline including the device ip address, subject mask and mgmt vlan. You can also amend switchport VLANs but these will be overridden once the device hits the cloud again 

[DarrenOC]

You can make as many changes as you want in the Meraki dashboard whilst the device is disconnected but these won’t replicate to the device until it touches the cloud again 

[RobustMeraki]

To that I have one more question. How can the Meraki Devices be disconnected with the cloud for be able to do this configuration offline, so that they work only when the devices are online. I mean when you have no internet you cannot login into the dashboard at all right?

[BlakeRichardson]

Meraki is cloud managed, this is the WHOLE premise of Meraki. If you want devices that can be managed both online and offline then Meraki is not the solution for you.