Required Things before Learning Meraki

[DonPham]

I want to learn Cisco Meraki MX, MS and using my home computers, printers as a practice lab. After buying used and unclaimed MX/MS products on Ebay, what is the next steps to start it.

Q1. How and where I can buy license for my MX, MS boxes.

Q2. How the license applies to devices in my practice lab, computers, printers, voip phones, cisco wireless AP, etc 

Thanks for your response.

[alemabrahao]

You must contact a Meraki sales representative in your country.

https://meraki.cisco.com/form/contact/

If you are a Cisco Meraki partner you can study through the Learnig Hub.

https://community.meraki.com/t5/Learning-Hub/ct-p/hub

[alemabrahao]

You are brave when purchasing on Ebay, I have seen several cases of scams and those who bought only lost money.

[AnythingHosted]

I have purchased on eBay successfully. However, as a partner I know the risks (this was for lab / at home use), so the licence is not an issue for me to get and I wanted an MR52/3 to complement my MR52s. Not bad for £20 while I decide on the next upgrade. 

I take your point about the risks though, especially those that don't know a licence is required. 

[DarrenOC · Accepted solution]

Hi @DonPham , firstly create yourself a new Meraki Organisation and Network and see if you can claim your purchased devices into your Dashboard.

to purchase a license look at websites like Insight

[DarrenOC]

Weblink on how to create your first Org:

https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Organizations_and_Networks/Creating_a_Dashbo...

[DonPham]

Thanks to all responses. I now know what to do after buying used and unclaimed Meraki appliances.

[KathleenJ]

If you haven't already picked up the book Cisco Meraki Fundamentals: Cloud-Managed Operations you may want to consider getting this to complement your equipment.