Question on Meraki C210 Mgmt Interface to Cloud

[kalel]

I have a couple of Meraki C210 switches in an isolated environment and understand that the Meraki switches need communications to the cloud. Can I plug the Mgmt interface on the backside of the switch to the local LAN to allow it to communicate to Meraki Cloud?

Thx in advance for any assistance given.

[alemabrahao]

The management port is usually used to access the local status page of the switches, so it will not work for the purpose you want.

What we do in this case is create a specific interface VLAN  for management.

[kalel]

Thx for the feedback. The only concern I have with creating a specific vlan for mgmt is this switch is the edge that sits between our firewall and ISP router. Either I would have to give it a public IP address that's within the same address space as the firewall & ISP router (which limits firewall protections via rulesets) or I would have to connect a port to one of the internal switches behind the firewall (which I was trying not to do).

Thx in advance for any assistance given.

[alemabrahao · Accepted solution]

Why would you need to provide a public IP? You could create a link network between the Firewall and the Switch, set the firewall as the default gateway, and restrict what the switch can access on the firewall.

Wouldn't that work for you?

[kalel]

Thx for the response. I'll take a look at that as it just gave me an idea. Thx.