Sharing 4 simple dashboard tips!

DJDonovan
Meraki Alumni (Retired)
Meraki Alumni (Retired)

Sharing 4 simple dashboard tips!

Hey Community!

 

I just wanted to share a short video I made while working from home. Small quick tips that you might not know about the Meraki dashboard. 

 

 

 

 

Let me know if you knew about these already or if you found them helpful! 

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DarrenOC
Kind of a big deal
Kind of a big deal

Useful tips there. Did know the first one with regards switching between sites but only from experience.  Keep them coming

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.
SopheakMang
Building a reputation

Wah , Very nice , Thanks for sharing bro
CptnCrnch
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Kind of a big deal

Great idea Donovan! Guess there will always be some bells and whistles many will not even think of. Are you possibly thinking about delivering this as a series of videos?

DJDonovan
Meraki Alumni (Retired)
Meraki Alumni (Retired)

That's the plan! Although there won't be a structured series, just short videos of info I think will be helpful. My idea for the next video is a quick and dirty walkthrough of Auto VPN troubleshooting with Wireshark.
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DarrenOC
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Surely there isn't much to troubleshoot on the Auto VPN side...? A few clicks and you're done 🙂

What about dashboard best practice when bringing up a new site i.e changing Timezones, Naming the site, setting Spanning Tree Root etc etc.?
Darren OConnor | doconnor@resalire.co.uk
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rwiesmann
A model citizen

Hi Donavan, many thank for your video...like to see such tipps more often! They help on our day to day work.

BrechtSchamp
Kind of a big deal

Knew all of them already, but I'm still grateful that you're doing this!

 

I especially like the word of caution for the last one because the throughput test has confused me in the past. For example, in my experience, the MS220-8P switches give a totally different result than the other product groups, no idea why.

cmr
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Kind of a big deal

Good tips, I liked the second one in particular, did not know that! For the third you can also do full tunnel with a mesh site by adding an exit hub as per the below screenshot:

 

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QLSteve
Getting noticed

Very helpful tips!  Will def save alot of clicking!!

frenz
Here to help

good video, thx for sharing! 🙂

Wireless, what else?
PeterJames
Head in the Cloud

Thanks @DJDonovan,

 

That shift select when working with Meraki SM could have saved me so much time over the years 😁

 

The (deselect all) should somehow be highlighted more; may have caused an issue once or two.

 

Thank you,

Peter James

ZeeBoussaid
Getting noticed

i knew all these features, my favorite is the port bulk config. thank you for sharing this as it can be very helpful to others.

van604
Building a reputation

going to steal some of these tips, didn't know some of them

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