Does the Meraki Systems Manager agent (the latest being version 4.0) support MS Windows Server 2016 or higher? When I try to install it on Server 2016 or Server 2019, I get the following error:     I have opened a TAC case and the TAC engineer keeps repeating that the agent is not supported on Windows 10 21H1 (and prior). I get that it does not support older versions of Windows 10. Does this apply to the Server 2016+ OS? ... View more

I setup a new MS130R-8P switch today on my kitchen counter in a quick and dirty test.     The switch upgraded to the latest stable MS code (16.7). I connected all of the spare equipment that I had on-hand to it. I connected an MV72 camera, MR86 AP, and Cisco 6861, 6871 and 8865 phones. The external Meraki 300 Watt power supply is massive, almost as big as the switch. The power supply is made by LiteOn and requires a notched power cable. With all of the equipment connected to it, the switch heats up quickly and is running about 91F. The power supply is still cool to the touch. You have to order the power supply and power cable separately, they do not automatically ship with the switch (I figured this out the hard way). I also have one of the DIN rail Cisco 480W AC power supplies on order and will test it with the switch when I receive it.       So far, the new switch looks like another winner from Meraki!     ... View more

I always cringe when I see indoor Access Points installed vertically on walls. Yes, I know this is supported on some models, but I always try to mount them horizontally. Sometimes the ceiling is too high or consists of a material like metal or cement that you can't install the AP to and you have to mount the AP on the wall. Here's a wall mount kit from Ventev that I have been using to install APs on a wall.     The holes on the AP mounting bracket for the new indoor CW916X APs and traditional Cisco APs doesn't line up with the holes on the wall mount kit, so I had to drill a couple of holes in the AP bracket to get it connected correctly. Easily done.   The wall mount kit can mount directly to a wall or to an outlet box already installed in a wall.     This model has a cover that flips up so you can access the inside of the kit to mount it to the wall.   I only use this kit on wood or sheet rock walls. You should not mount this on a metal wall as too much of the wireless signal will likely be reflected back quickly to the AP.   The installed kit and AP look very professional in my opinion.     ... View more

I fired up a new Meraki MS130-24X switch last night on our office network and connected five CW9166 APs to the multigigabit ports on it and they are all running at 2.5 gigabits now. Two of the connections are over 21 year old CAT5E cabling and the other three are running on much newer CAT6 cabling. None of the cabling runs are over 20 meters, but it's great that that old cabling still works so well. I didn’t have to make any changes to the wiring or the equipment, it just worked right out of the box with zero errors on any of the switch ports so far. Another awesome revelation is that the MS130-24X switch provides 802.3bt PoE support. Here's a screenshot from the switch that shows this:   Very cool! ... View more