New to Meraki

[PirateRo]

Hello, all!

I have a Meraki MS120-8 switch and I've defined a VLAN for it. I assigned one of the ports to the new VLAN and I have setup switching and router entries. The setup has the MS120-8 linked to a PC with Wi-Fi access to the wild. 

The problem we're having is that we don't have an IP assigned via DHCP. 

If I return the switch port to VLAN 1, I get an IP. Why don't I see one when I use the VLAN?

[alemabrahao]

This is basic networking, if your DHCP server is the router you need to create a new DHCP scope for that VLAN.

If you have a dedicated DHCP server (like Windows Server for example) you need to configure DHCP Relay.

https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/DHCP/Configuring_DHCP_Relay

If you could provide more details such as a network topology it would be better to understand your case.

[PirateRo]

It's been a while. Yes, of course. Thank you!

[Jonathan-S]

Hi PirateRo,

It is important to note that the MS120 is a simple layer 2 switch and does not support full layer 3 routing, DHCP services, static routes, or anything like that.

By default, DHCP services are going to be contained to their own broadcast domain. Additionally, the use of VLANs would segment your layer 2 network further. Your wired client will not receive an address from DHCP if there are no DHCP services being offered on that VLAN.

Hope that helps!