Meraki Security Camera - MV22 and MV72 - on HP PoE switch and SOPHOS Firewall

[SCC]

Hi All,

I am planning to use the Meraki Security Cameras MV22 - Indoor and MV72 - Outdoor. But it will be using the HP PoE switch for the physical connectivity and SOPHOS Firewall for the Internet access.

I would like to know will there be any challenge or it should be straightforward once i will connect these Meraki Security Cameras to the LAN (which has the Internet Access already) it should work fine.

Any thoughts or suggestions ???

Thanks

[PhilipDAth]

The MX72 needs 802.3at power, so make sure the HP switch is 802.3at.

When you log into the Meraki Dashboard you can go "Help/Firewall Rules" in the top right hand corner.  That will give you the rules to configure on your Sophos firewall.

[SCC]

Hi Phil,

This is the switch we have got. Will this work?

Product: HP J9773A
Name: HP 2530-24G-PoEP Switch

show power-over-ethernet

Status and Counters - System Power Status

Operational Status : On
Usage Threshold (%) : 80

Chassis power-over-ethernet:

Total Available Power : 195 W
Total Power Drawn : 12 W +/- 6W
Total Power Reserved : 12 W
Total Remaining Power : 183 W

Internal Power

Main Power
PS (Watts) Status
----- ------------- ---------------------
1 195 POE+ Connected

Thanks

[SCC]

When i see the datasheet it looks good to me.

https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/ds/DS_2530SwitchSeries.pdf

[SCC]

When it comes to SOPHOS Firewall Rules if i will allow any/any from the Security Camera VLAN. Will that not work ?

[MarcP]

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@SCC wrote:

When it comes to SOPHOS Firewall Rules if i will allow any/any from the Security Camera VLAN. Will that not work ?

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this will work... Or as Philip said, you can configure the following:

Dashboard (top right) -> Help -> Firewall Info

Source IP
Destination IP
Ports
Protocol
Direction
Description
Devices using this rule
Your network(s)	64.62.142.12/32, 108.161.147.0/24, 199.231.78.0/24, 209.206.48.0/20	7351, 9350	UDP	outbound	Meraki cloud communication, VPN registry	Access points, Cameras, MX Security Appliance, Phones, Switches
Your network(s)	64.62.142.2/32, 108.161.147.0/24, 199.231.78.0/24, 209.206.48.0/20	80, 443, 7734, 7752	TCP	outbound	Backup configuration downloads, Backup firmware downloads, Splash pages, Backup Meraki cloud communication, Throughput tests live tool	Access points, Cameras, MX Security Appliance, Phones, Switches
Your network(s)	Any	123	UDP	outbound	NTP time synchronization	Access points, Cameras, MX Security Appliance, Switches
Your network(s)	8.8.8.8/32	53	UDP	outbound	Uplink connection monitor	MX Security Appliance
Your network(s)	10.1.220.81/32	1812	UDP	inbound	802.1X with customer-hosted RADIUS	Access points
Your network(s)	8.8.8.8/32, 209.206.48.0/20		ICMP	outbound	Uplink connection monitor	MX Security Appliance