Where/How to start - given supply chain issues????

[Doug_VB]

Hi,
I am in a quandry.  I ordered an entire network, access points to firewall....

My order, in total, has a 100ish day lead time.  But, an MS 250 is on its way to me!  (I am so excited, I have been away form Meraki equipment for 2 years.  Feels like coming home.

What are thoughts about implementing a switch before everything else???  or should I wait to get my MX in place first?

Thanks Doug

[cmr]

@Doug_VB I'd just get started. Meraki equipment generally plays nicely with other networking gear, though make sure any other switches have spanning tree set to single instance (MST) instead of per VLAN (PVST), or you may have a few oddities... 

[BlakeRichardson]

Get into it, even having a single switch gives you're dashboard a chance to start collecting network client information. 

Lead times at the moment are a pain but I'd suggest just working around them. 

[PhilipDAth]

You can look at a switch in a brown cardboard box or a rack.  You choose.

[BlakeRichardson]

But the new switch smell will last longer if its in the box!