Using SPARE MX for Active VPN Sessions

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tman
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Using SPARE MX for Active VPN Sessions

I have my primary MX setup for usersto connect to the Client VPN. Can I also use my Spare for a seconday connection while it is in passive, ready mode?

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DarrenOC
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Hi @tman , I’m afraid that won’t work and isn’t supported.

 

the setup is Active / Standby so traffic will only flow via the Active MX until that device fails over to the Standby device.

 

You would have to place the MX in another Network should you wish to utilise it but that would remove your redundancy and also incur the cost of having to license another MX

Darren OConnor | doconnor@resalire.co.uk
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I'm not an employee of Cisco/Meraki. My posts are based on Meraki best practice and what has worked for me in the field.

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DarrenOC
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Hi @tman , I’m afraid that won’t work and isn’t supported.

 

the setup is Active / Standby so traffic will only flow via the Active MX until that device fails over to the Standby device.

 

You would have to place the MX in another Network should you wish to utilise it but that would remove your redundancy and also incur the cost of having to license another MX

Darren OConnor | doconnor@resalire.co.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenoconnor/

I'm not an employee of Cisco/Meraki. My posts are based on Meraki best practice and what has worked for me in the field.
DarrenOC
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Bit of reading:

 

https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Deployment_Guides/MX_Warm_Spare_-_High_Availability_Pair

 

 

Darren OConnor | doconnor@resalire.co.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenoconnor/

I'm not an employee of Cisco/Meraki. My posts are based on Meraki best practice and what has worked for me in the field.
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