- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Meraki - Site to Site VPN with Dynamic Peer
We are new to deploying Meraki devices. I hve a Mx firewall that I am replacing for a client whose prior devie has failed.
The prior set up included a site-to-site vpn. The Meraki side has a static IP address. The remote side utilizes a device which has a dynamic address.
The prior firewall was set to accept connections for a dynamic IP when presented with the appropriate credentials. I am trying to determine how to configure this on the meraki.
Any help would be appreciated.
- Labels:
-
3rd Party VPN
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Are you talking about an Alto VPN or a VPN with a non-meraki peer?
Please, if this post was useful, leave your kudos and mark it as solved.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
You can also check the documentation.
Site-to-Site VPN Settings - Cisco Meraki Documentation
Please, if this post was useful, leave your kudos and mark it as solved.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
This is a VPN to a non-meraki peer. Specifically, and Edge Router.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
It is highly recommended to establish a VPN connection using a static IP address
The only way to deploy dynamic IPs in VPN deployments is if you have DNS (name to IP) entries on some DNS server.
Please, if this post was useful, leave your kudos and mark it as solved.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
I understand the preference and completely agree. Your proposed solution would seem to require a DDNS solution on the client which is not going to work in this situation. Thank you for your input. I appreciate the clarification.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
It sounds to me like you need to set up your non-Meraki VPN to a Fully Qualified Domain Name (QDN) rather than a static IP. You need to ensure, of course, that the destination is set up for dynamic DNS; the FQDN needs to resolve to the changed address, when that happens. https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Site-to-site_VPN/Site-to-Site_VPN_Settings#Non-Meraki_VPN_Peerin... Using a static address would be much more stable / reliable though.
