You might also find it more cost-effective (depending on the kind of port density of 1/10G you need) to aggregate those lower-capacity links first - maybe with an MS425, which supports both 1G and 10G SFP/SFP+ - uplinked to the MS450 using 40G..?   Apart from anything, using up a port on a 1.36 Tbps switch for a 1 Gbps link offends something deep inside my soul...   🙂 ... View more

I reckon that the best way of selling anything to any business or organization is to fundamentally understand what they exist to deliver and how technology and information can help them do that more quickly, more efficiently and with better outcomes for their customers, their staff and their owners / stakeholders.  In other words - give them what they really need, by way of wireless connectivity, don't be a slave to anybody or organization who tries to suggest that one size fits all.  Your latest car magazine might tell you 'this Ferrari is the best car in the world', but if what you need to do is carry eight kids to the supermarket, it wouldn't be your choice.   New customers keep buying Meraki.   Existing Meraki customers keep renewing their licences... ... View more

You need to process your trial through to completion.   The best approach would be to contact the Meraki sales team, through which you initiated the trial and they will guide you through your choices.   These are generally to either purchase the components trialled (usually through bill-only purchase order) or 'return' them.  Often this is via the returns web-page where you initiated the trial (the link to this will be in an email, you will have received).  Obviously, if it's just a license, then you wouldn't actually 'return' it - but it would be unusual just to have a license, for a trial, so your account team is definitely the best route. ... View more

The Umbrella integration for MX is available, in Beta, now - with all the cautions that entails.   You will need to be running MX r15 to access it, will need Advanced Security license in your Organization and will need Support to enable it for you.    You will, of course, require an appropriate Umbrella subscription too.   More information available here:  https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Other_Topics/Integrating_Cisco_Umbrella_with_Meraki_Networks I don't have a date at which this would become a 'generally available' feature, but I would not expect it to be imminent. ... View more

I think you have your MX Cellular models mixed up.    MX67C has no built-in WiFi capability (either 2.4 or 5 GHz).   MX67W has Wi-Fi, but no Cellular.   Both Wi-Fi and Cellular are available from the MX68CW   (C for Cellular, W for Wi-Fi)   Note:  on MX68CW the two antennas attached to the unit are used for both Cellular and WiFi.  Because of rules around W-Fi, these are not inter-changeable - you can't unscrew and replace them, like you can the Cellular-only antennas on the MX67C ... View more

This was highlighted previously as being a result of enabling the capability - and I believe other vendors show a similar impact on performance, when performing SSL decrypt. ... View more

As far as I'm aware all currently shipping switches adhere to the QoS features detailed here:   https://documentation.meraki.com/MS/Other_Topics/MS_Switch_Quality_of_Service_Defined   MS120 switches (current entry-level) have less granular L4 classification capabilities, but this is described in that document.   Can you be more precise on your 'looks like' comment..? ... View more

Just one additional thought, Kevin;  the real benefits of Meraki switching (indeed any Meraki product) can't properly be seen in a document - you and others involved in the choosing really need to experience them in the context of the Meraki Dashboard.  Maybe try getting onto a Meraki Webinar:    https://meraki.cisco.com/webinars , or get hold of your local Meraki sales team, for a Dashboard demo?   https://meraki.cisco.com/form/contact ... View more

11.x will become available if you enable Try beta firmware = yes, under Network-wide > General > Firmware upgrades. Have a look under Organization > Monitor > Firmware upgrades for release notes. I'd try not to be too worried by the 'Beta' label, in this instance - I'm pretty sure Support would agree with the recommendation for using 11.x, with your requirement. Support also have access to far more info on Multicast status, if you need to troubleshoot, so don't be afraid of raising a case with them. ... View more

In the topology you show, where both MXs have an 'Inside' (LAN) and an 'Outside' (WAN) then yes, both MXs should be  in NAT (now Routed) mode.   If you configure an MX as a VPN Concentrator and use a LAN and a WAN port, it operates as Passthrough (layer 2) device only.    An MX used as a Concentrator, for Meraki AutoVPN deployments should be implemented as a one-armed device (connected via WAN port), with any Internet link protected by an upstream firewall. ... View more

Why wouldn't you use one of the other ports on the MR30H for the Guest data?   That's why it has 4 LAN ports. ... View more

@PhilipDAth is on the right path here - you'll just need to make sure that, if they aren't already, each MS420 pair, in each building is a physical stack: https://documentation.meraki.com/MS/Stacking/Switch_Stacks#Understanding_Flexible_Stacking This allows the port channels (LAGs) to be created ... View more

You would need to define all the possible IP destinations, used by your phones, as static routes, pointing at your Nighthawk interface. MX does not currently support source based routing, which is what I think you're looking for. If you don't want to add the routes - or don't know all possible destinations - then Benny's is a good alternative ... View more

It is indeed RP-SMA ... View more

Can you expand, Warren - what do you mean by 'failover on a packet by packet basis' ? ... View more

Yes - it could be up to 300 secs  https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Firewall_and_Traffic_Shaping/Connection_Monitoring_for_WAN_Failover ... View more

If your MX84 is using AutoVPN (Meraki to Meraki site-to-site VPN), you might need to turn it back on again, but the underlying config will still be there;   under Security & SD-WAN > Configure > Site-to-site VPN make a note, on the MX84 setup, as to whether it's set Hub or Spoke, then re-apply this after you put the replacement MX in. ... View more

That is indeed the place to configure SD-WAN rules.  Note that, for Internet traffic, only policy-based rules are currently available (not performance-based);   the VPN overlay (AutoVPN) is what provides the defined path for end-to-end monitoring used for performance-based rules applied to traffic traversing the VPN.   Load balancing of Internet-bound traffic can also be enabled, based upon the weighting of the bandwidths configured under the SD-WAN & traffic shaping uplink configuration of WAN 1 and WAN 2 ... View more

The endpoints supported within the Dashboard API are, in my experience, also fairly quickly updated within Help > API docs, in Dashboard itself.  In terms of SD-WAN ease-of-management, believe it's also a fairly recent addition to be able to handle SD-WAN configurations using Templates:  https://documentation.meraki.com/Architectures_and_Best_Practices/Cisco_Meraki_Best_Practice_Design/Best_Practice_Design_-_MX_Security_and_SD-WAN/MX_Templates_Best_Practices#Template_SD-WAN_Policies ... View more