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
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Is the native vlan of the switchport 234? Then leave the vlan field empty
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?
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
Is the native vlan of the switchport 234? Then leave the vlan field empty
That is the problem 👆
Thank you, it is working fine
Why do you wsnt one constant IP address? Why does that matter?
For monitoring systems like PRTG or Zabbix you are better to use static IP addresses.
PRTG has native Meraki API monitoring support ...
Maybe they knew PDL was on the way out...!
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