Can i connect a PC in the second ethernet port of a Meraki MR84 ?

[josegura42]

Can i conect a PC in the second ethernet port and recieve internet in that way?

I have a PC and i want to connect to the internet with a wired connection to the MR84

[AjitKumar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I understand this shall not be possible.

Please check the following Url for more information.

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Installation_Guides/MR84_Installation_Guide#Ethernet_Port

[BrechtSchamp]

Actually I think you can. There's a setting in network wide/general that allows you to set what happens to clients wired up to APs. If you contact Meraki support they can also activate port profiles for other models than MR30H.

[PhilipDAth]

That setting is when the MR is operating in mesh mode, and it causes it to bridge the LAN from a remote mesh node.

[BrechtSchamp]

Okay, I haven't tested it so I'm not sure.

That said, the beta feature is definitely available to use the secondary wired port for clients. It's documented here:

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Client_Addressing_and_Bridging/Port_Profiles

But as mentioned earlier you need to get in contact with Meraki support to enable it.

[MerakiDave]

Correct, you may use port profiles for this functionality.  Port profiles are available by default on the MR30H AP, and it's the same mechanism on APs with 2 physical ports (MR52/53/84 today).  The AP must not be a mesh repeater, and the feature needs to be enabled by Meraki Support.  Hope that helps!

[NolanHerring]

"and the feature needs to be enabled by Meraki Support"

Dear diary,

I hope one day that Meraki will release a list of all of its wonderful hidden features for us common folk.

-The End

😃

[Cmiller]

I second this... make this an option for the CMNA/CMNO cert holders and the certs will have more value.

[PhilipDAth]

An MX84 has a single WAN port.   So the second port for a referring to is a standard LAN port (unless changed via the local status page). 

So as long as it is all appropriately configured then a PC can be plugged into it. 

[PhilipDAth]

Oops,  i misread this as MX84 instead of  MR84.   @AjitKumar  is correct.