Hey hey The wired hop, or "hope" is more like it. Please see: https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/WiFi_Basics_and_Best_Practices/Extending_the_LAN_with_a_Wireless_Mesh_Link Very last section mentions the wired hop - a method to basically use one AP's wireless connection, connecting it to a switch, and then connecting another AP to the switch which uses the same connection to avoid a second wireless hop. Sounds *amazing*. I tried this once with a MR52 (1) to a gigabit switch then out to another MR52 (2). I don't think it worked. I think it might be because the 1's POE+ port was used by an injector and then I used the OTHER port on 1 to go to the switch. 2 kept trying to get its own connection or just didn't work well. Maybe the right approach is to use a POE+ switch and connect both devices to it without using the second jack on either. Thoughts? How does Dashboard inform you if your wired hop is working properly aside from comparing connection speeds and seeing if they are equivalent like the doc says they will be? Update: reading the install guide confirmed I boofed this one and tried to use the LACP port for LAN. Whoops. Checked out @MerakiDave 's post at https://community.meraki.com/t5/Wireless-LAN/Can-i-connect-a-PC-in-the-second-ethernet-port-of-a-Meraki-MR84/m-p/37217 Where he says regarding using the 2nd port for LAN- "Correct, you may use port profiles for this functionality. Port profiles are available by default on the MR30H AP, and it's the same mechanism on APs with 2 physical ports (MR52/53/84 today). The AP must not be a mesh repeater, and the feature needs to be enabled by Meraki Support. Hope that helps!" But if I don't care about link aggregation as my traffic will be WAY under 1gbps it just seems like I should use the single port for all things.
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