What is the best practice for assigning group policies?

JMG
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What is the best practice for assigning group policies?

Hi,

 

I am setting up a staff, guest and executive wi-fi network all on different VLAN's.

I'm interested to know if group policies are best assigned at SSID level (wi-fi bandwidth limit), the addressing and VLAN's section within security appliance, or in network-wide?

 

Many thanks in advance,

 

Jake

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MRCUR
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This KB article provides a good overview of the limitations of group policies based on product and how you can apply them: https://documentation.meraki.com/MX-Z/Group_Policies_and_Blacklisting/Creating_and_Applying_Group_Po...

 

Generally it comes down to what you want to do with the policies. If you're only assigning a VLAN through the policy that matters for WiFi users, you could apply them via MR SSID's and leave wired users going through the MX unaffected. 

MRCUR | CMNO #12
Adam
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If you just want to limit per client or per SSID bandwidth you can do that on the SSID without a policy.  Policies would be for more customized things like different content filters etc...  Or possibly bandwidth restrictions for a specific client. 

Adam R MS | CISSP, CISM, VCP, MCITP, CCNP, ITILv3, CMNO
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PhilipDAth
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I'm with @Adam.  If you just want to limit WiFi client speed then don't bother using group policies - do it on the SSID.

 

When I do use group policies I tend to apply them on the VLAN on the MX.  This is because the MX can apply many more types of restrictions.

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