Meraki authentication without splash/login page

[Yuma]

My goal: have devices authenticated by Meraki on MAC address (whitelisting the MAC-address on a SSID), resulting in local LAN and internet access, but without any splash or login page. We have MR33,MR73,MR74 AP's without MX switches.

I configured a new SSID by using the information on this page: https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Splash_Page/Using_a_Sign-on_Splash_Page_to_Restrict_Wireless_Acc...

I would have expected that no splash page would be shown if devices are whitelisted. The documentation says that the splash page can be bypassed. It can indeed be canceled when shown but it should not be shown in the first place as it is not necessary at all. Furthermore, after canceling the splash page no internet access is available, only local LAN access.

The device does receive an IP address in our normal DHCP range with internet access so that's not an issue.

Is it possible to use Meraki authentication, without any splash page and with internet access? Any ideas how to accomplish this?

[BrechtSchamp · Accepted solution]

I'm surprised the splash page is still shown, I think it shouldn't. Have you waited a bit for the settings to be applied and have you reconnected to the Wi-Fi?

You could also try it using group policies:

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Group_Policies_and_Blacklisting/Setting_a_Group_Policy_to_Bypass...

But both should skip the splash page altogether I afaik.

[Yuma]

Thanks for your quick reply. Apparently the splash page always shows in that configuration with Meraki based authentication.
I will try blocking all access and allowing only some clients using group policy. Many thanks for pointing out that option which might be a solution for me.