I work for a Cisco partner based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded way back in 1998, just one year after I was born!
Meraki was one of my first experiences in networking and has helped my education tremendously. I currently work with the MX, MS and the MR families.
I love shrimp.
I'm a director and developer at Panoramic Data Limited, an independent software vendor based in the UK. We create custom, closed-source software, but open source all our system libraries so the whole community can benefit.
We authored the Meraki.Api nuget package, which uses the Dashboard API and have used it projects, including one that provisioned 6000+ Meraki devices for a large retailer. We would love to help you on YOUR project. Do contact me if we can help you with Meraki automation!
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I work for two private schools, a boys and girls school, that share administration that are both founded in 1813.
I deployed one of the first generations of Meraki in Massachusetts but have not worked with it for several years now.
I also coach baseball.
We just deployed an MX250 with help from our local vendor Groff Networks in Troy NY.
>We authored the Meraki.Api nuget package
@david_n_m_bond , I couldn't encourage you to add dotenv support for safer handling of API keys could I?
The Powershell example is down near the bottom of the first post here:
Hi Philip,
All pull requests gratefully received!
I'm not sure what security this adds though, as this is a non-standard configuration mechanism and would add an unnecessary dependency to the nuget package. The private strings are still loaded into application memory and passed in cleartext in your example. In C#, it would be better to achieve what you need using IOptions<Configuration> using dependency injection, I would have thought. In PowerShell, you can still use devenv and constructor injection.
Hi @david_n_m_bond .
>'m not sure what security this adds though, as this is a non-standard configuration mechanism and would add an unnecessary dependency to the nuget package.
It adds no dependencies. There are no additional modules to include. The "dotenv" approach is a well accepted - standard - for credential passing. It is the third factor for the "12 factor app" doctrine.
The "IOptions<Configuration>" is a solution that only fits this one particular environment. The dotenv solution is cross platform cross environment solution (hence its wide acceptance).
You can go from using powershell to Python to node.js, from one app to another, with the config (particularly the API keys) only needing to be configured once.
Hi, My name is Eugene .
I am a Network Engineer and have been working in this area for over 20 years.
I am somewhat new to Meraki , most of my work was with with Cisco products
an a few other vendors. Hopefully will learn more here 🙂 , along with working on
Meraki equipment for work.
Hello,
I am Bob , I work with an ISP delivering enterprise services, looking to learn more about Meraki networks.
A bit about yourself & your work
I'm a manager of Sales Engineering in Seattle.
Your experience with Cisco Meraki
I have my CMNA and enjoy using and selling solutions that leverage Meraki infrastructure.
A fun fact about yourself
I'm in the process of remodeling my kitchen, including wall and floor engineering, framing, plumbing, electrical, building the cabinets and pouring the countertops, all myself.
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I manage a team of IT Professionals hosting various MPLS and VPN Mesh networks.
A few months back i decided to embrace the Meraki journey and have no regrets thus far.
I was always faithful to Fortigate until i discovered Meraki. Now it is Meraki all the way.
I'm the IT Director at Alfresco... My past includes a memorable time working for Cisco (1994-1999) and then Juniper Networks (1999-2007) 🙂
I'm learning Meraki while digging up my previous networking skills 😉
I have over 15 years experience in IT with 11 years working with Cisco products. The company I work for uses Meraki at its remote locations and Cisco at the main campus.
I am an IT professional who likes to cook 🙂
Hi, I am Waheed Ali, a Computer Networks and IT Infrastructure Professional and (CCNP, CCDP, CCNA, HCNA), from Pakistan and work for the development/non-profit sector. Right now working in the HQs of an international organization and providing level-2/3 Networks/Meraki support to all field offices (>200) around the globe, apart from engineering stuff in the Networks domain and, specially on Meraki.
Love to experiment new technologies, come up with new ideas and deploy them while loving the challenges ahead.
Joined the Meraki Community to learn more about Meraki, from you guys and your great experience.
Thanks
Waheed Ali
Hi @Orobio
Welcome to Meraki community. I am also new here. Do you have any idea about APIs and how they work? I want to run API through SharePoint. Do you think that is doable?
This is Anjul Sharma, working as a Network Administrator in Netlink Software's Pvt Ltd locate in Detroit,MI,US.
Working with Cisco Meraki Family from Past 6 month and completely moving on Meraki now.
A bit about yourself & your work
I work within Health Care as a Senior IT Operations Engineer.
Your experience with Cisco Meraki
We rolled out Cisco Meraki Meraki APs across our sites a few years ago and been very impressed with the solution.
A fun fact about yourself
One time I was out on a bender (for non british people that means out getting drunk) when I much later that evening had to go to the toilet. On my way there I saw someone coming towards me and I got out of the way, so did that other chap so I thought "Thank you" and wanted to move on. The guy decided to move on at the same time as me which was not something that I thought was amusing, so a bit irritated now I again though I'd let him pass and again he moved aside at the same time as me. Slightly annoyed (and not very sober) I now wanted to pass him and yet again he moved in front of me. I got really annoyed now and looked up and realised it was merely my reflection that I had seen in a mirror. Other people in the bar had a good laugh at the whole situation and I was left quite red faced, but I did see the funny side in it.
Hello,
My name is Matt from the Duraco company in Forest Park, IL.
We have begun the process of updating all of our Cisco infrastructure to Meraki devices.
I have no experience at all with this brand and will be learning all I can in the coming weeks/months.
I work for World Vision located in Burundi.
we are going to switch to meraki devices so i am excited to join this community.
i like technology and would understand more about cisco devices.
Hi Folks;
I am an IT specialist , working with Webbeds by Webjet Australia and based in Dubai . Having a diverse experience of IT at during past 15 year made me confident to work with any kind of network or technology world wide and it became my passion too.
I'm an Apple Consultant in Italy, in a city called Milan.
I know Cisco Meraki but I need more information, training and advices.
I also work as DJ sometimes 🙂
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My name is Ibrahim, I am taking care of a small network with multiple branch offices, recently joining a company.
For the same reason joined this community as I have few queries to get the access of the devices configured and installed by someone else.
Feel free to be happy.
Hey all,
Glad to be part of the community!
I look forward to meeting and learning from you all!
Josh
Hi All,
My name is John and I am a Network Engineer for an MSP based out of beautiful Bloomington, Indiana. I've been implementing Meraki for a few years now and I'm looking forward to gathering more tips and tricks here.
Fun Fact: I'm an avid fan of the Big Green Egg Kamado style cooker. I travel around the country doing various charity events while serving up deliciousness from the BGE
Hi,
My name is Pero Vrucinic and i am in-house IT support for Precision Business Solutions, based in Dallas TX.
We are in quantitative market research business.
Nice to meet everyone!
Pero
I have been working for the Los Rios Community College District fro 18 years as a Network Admin/Analyst. I started when the first switched network was installed. Xylan 10Mb half duplex to the desktop with a 10 Mb backbone. We switched to Alcatel then to Cisco. Now we are moving forward with our first deployment of Meraki.
I have no experience with Meraki. We just stood up our dashboard and are waiting to deploy equipment in a new building.
I twice have been an extra in movies and I am an amateur Horologist.
Hello all, I'm a data processing professional that has seen a large number of changes, improvements and innovations to the industry as a whole. If you don't know what a punch card is or have only seen one in a museum that's OK.
I am new to Cisco Meraki, but I already love the concept.
Fun fact - I've retired from three companies. Developing web applications and configuring networks is a close second to collecting retirement checks.
👋Oh! I remember punch cards in high school! Welcome in. I too am new to Meraki and love the concept as well. I plan to investigate further at Cisco Live in Vegas this year! See ya there?
Hey, my name is Greg I'm a computer technician for a k-12 School District in Maine. One of those wears all the hats jobs from the help desk to network/server admin. 2019 Will be our first year will Meraki products.
Hi,
I am Chris
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