Meraki

RaphaelL · ‎Oct 6 2023

Hi ,

MR30.5 went from beta to stable release candidate.

The changelog were changed.

Old :

Wireless firmware versions MR 30.5 changelog

While Meraki APs have traditionally relied on UDP port 7351 for cloud communication, and TCP ports 80 and 443 for backup communications, with MR 28+ we are beginning the transition to using TCP port 443 as the primary means for cloud connectivity. In order to ensure proper connectivity to the Meraki cloud after this upgrade, please ensure that all “Meraki cloud communication” traffic specified in the "Help" > "Firewall Info" page is allowed through any firewalls or security devices that are deployed upstream of your Meraki APs. These requirements have been updated in November of 2022, so it is important that you review them. (Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E APs)
WEP deprecation (https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Encryption_and_Authentication/WEP_Deprecation_on_MRs)

When configured for this version, MR12, MR16, MR18, MR24, MR26, MR32, MR34, MR62, MR66, and MR72 will run MR 26.8.3

Sporadic packet loss & instability on Layer 3 roaming & Teleworker VPN SSID's (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 and Wi-Fi 6 APs)
In high capacity wireless networks APs may experience instability when the “Client Balancing” or "Band Steering" feature are enabled

New :

While Meraki APs have traditionally relied on UDP port 7351 for cloud communication, and TCP ports 80 and 443 for backup communications, with MR 28+ we are beginning the transition to using TCP port 443 as the primary means for cloud connectivity. In order to ensure proper connectivity to the Meraki cloud after this upgrade, please ensure that all “Meraki cloud communication” traffic specified in the "Help" > "Firewall Info" page is allowed through any firewalls or security devices that are deployed upstream of your Meraki APs. These requirements have been updated in November of 2022, so it is important that you review them. (Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E APs)
WEP deprecation (https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Encryption_and_Authentication/WEP_Deprecation_on_MRs)

When configured for this version, MR12, MR16, MR18, MR24, MR26, MR32, MR34, MR62, MR66, and MR72 will run MR 26.8.3

General stability and performance improvements
When using VLAN profiles, APs may have failed to associate clients (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E APs)
WPA3 OWE AKM suite information was not included in AP beacons (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 APs)
When using L2 isolation, Windows clients may have experienced connectivity issues (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E APs)
When using WPN, DHCP requests did not include option 55 (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E APs)
In high capacity wireless networks, APs may have experienced instability when the “Band Steering” feature was enabled (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E APs)

Sporadic packet loss & instability on Layer 3 roaming & Teleworker VPN SSID's (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 and Wi-Fi 6 APs)
In high capacity wireless networks, APs may experience instability when the “Client Balancing” feature is enabled (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E APs)

cmr · ‎Oct 6 2023

In high capacity wireless networks, APs may have experienced instability when the “Band Steering” feature was enabled (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E APs)

Yay 🎉🎉😎

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Paccers · ‎Oct 7 2023

Yes I'm keen to see people's feedback on whether there is a noticeable improvement in the stability!

PhilipDAth · ‎Oct 8 2023

This is listed under "Known Issues" - so I would not expect there to be a change.

cmr · ‎Oct 8 2023

@PhilipDAth the instability when band steering is now marked as fixed, whereas instability when client balancing is enabled remains:

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cmr · ‎Oct 8 2023

And we don't use client balancing 😎

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Paccers · ‎Oct 7 2023

Interesting they still have 3x stable versions with 30.5 moving to RC!

Paccers · ‎Nov 13 2023

Noting that this has moved to Stable release for us today!