static LAN IP address

[AKANKWASA]

Hi members, 

I have configured Meraki C9166I APs with static IP address as seen below but it is receiving its IP address through the DHCP. what could the problem

[PhilipDAth]

This happens when the AP is not able to talk to the Meraki cloud using the configured static IP.  It falls back to DHCP and tries that instead.

ps. I can't think of a reason why you would both to give APs a static IP address.  Why are you doing that?

[AKANKWASA]

From the meraki guide I was using they recommend using a static IP address besides we want to have one constant IP address rather than the changing DHCP address

[ww · Accepted solution]

Is the native vlan of the switchport 234? Then leave the vlan field empty

[Ryan_Miles]

That is the problem 👆

[AKANKWASA]

Thank you, it is working fine

[PhilipDAth]

Why do you wsnt one constant IP address?  Why does that matter?

[BlakeRichardson]

For monitoring systems like PRTG or Zabbix you are better to use static IP addresses. 

[PhilipDAth]

PRTG has native Meraki API monitoring support ...

[BlakeRichardson]

Yip and it's not great. Licensing API doesn't work with PDL either. 

[cmr]

Maybe they knew PDL was on the way out...!

[cmr]

If you want the APs to retain the same IP, it is a good idea to use fixed DHCP addresses.  That way when you replace an AP you can just update the DHCP fixed IP