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Oct 22 2020
5:53 PM
Hi Bruce, The network is on several VLANs setup on the MX - it is acting as the gateway. With the equipment i have to work with, what would be your suggestion being that it is not a flat layer 2 network with a single VLAN?
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Oct 22 2020
4:03 PM
This one is interesting: I. have a client that has an MX100 and three MX220’s. These switches are in different areas of the building - Sw1 (MDF room with router and firewall) uplinked to MX100. The other 2 switches are uplinked to Sw1. Mind you, from what I understand, these are Layer 2 switches. in this scenario, what would be the best approach? I figured to just use the MX100 as the acting distribution switch since it’s doing all the routing anyways. Uplink the other 2 switches to the MX100. WWYD?
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Oct 13 2020
2:28 PM
Thanks Joe, I was basically speaking of a data sheet similar to this following chart, but its for a 2960-Catalyst Model switch... I am sure the Merakis will have the Category 6 included Connectors and interfaces: Ethernet interfaces: 10BASE-T ports: RJ-45 connectors, 2-pair Category 3, 4, or 5 Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cabling 100BASE-TX ports: RJ-45 connectors, 2-pair Category 5 UTP cabling 1000BASE-T ports: RJ-45 connectors, 4-pair Category 5 UTP cabling https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-2960-l-series-switches/nb-06-cat2960-l-ser-data-sheet-cte-en.html Thanks for all of your feedback - it was helpful.
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Oct 13 2020
12:51 PM
Thanks Joe. I saw a chart on that. So, basically, although 5e cable Mac at 100Mhz, it is safe to assume that the equipment that supports1000Base-T Ports is designed to handle 250 MHz as well then, right?
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Oct 13 2020
12:46 PM
Hi Blake, I know I may be reaching with wanting to know that particular info. I was just curious though. I usually am very interested in the small in-and-outs like that... Like you mentioned that they would be using industry standard equipment - the 5e cable has been around for quite a while...I know cat6 has too by now... was just wondering if the ports may be standard to a specific frequency on some devices.
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Oct 13 2020
11:10 AM
Hi, You know how cat5e cable is 100Mhz and cat6 is 250Mhz - both are capable of 1Gb speed. Is there some specification that shows the frequency info on a switch port in addition to the speed?
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Oct 13 2020
7:50 AM
Would anyone know the MHz specs for the Meraki switch ports? I am just curious to know.
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Oct 10 2020
9:42 AM
1 Kudo
billyzoellers Conversationalist That would not be possible: The secondary MX must be the same MX model as the primary. Warm spare functionality is not supported between different MX models (e.g. MX80 & MX100). Here's the full document: https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Deployment_Guides/MX_Warm_Spare_-_High_Availability_Pair
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Oct 10 2020
9:39 AM
1 Kudo
Thanks Bill. Looks like they will just have to get another MX250 for redundancy.
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Oct 10 2020
9:28 AM
Got a situation: Client site originally had a MX100. They setup a secondary location with a MX250. They are consolidating back to the original location and want to use both firewalls for redundancy. I want to use the MX250 as the primary. Can the MX250 failover to a MX100?
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Oct 10 2020
9:27 AM
Got a situation: Client site originally had a MX100. They setup a secondary location with a MX250. They are consolidating back to the original location and want to use both firewalls for redundancy. I want to use the MX250 as the primary. Can the MX250 failover to a MX100?
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Oct 8 2020
10:20 PM
Thanks Bruce... i really been thinking hard on this one... I will stick with my decision on the MS225 models... hopefully our client will agree to purchase.
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Oct 8 2020
9:20 PM
ok. Well, I think you answered my question then. Not only use the physical stacking for faster performance, but utilize inter-vlan communication. Hopefully i am thinking of this correctly: Since there will be several VLANs, I can enable inter-vlan connectivity on each floor as needed. For example: VLAN 10 – Staff devices (SSID: Staff) VLAN 20 - Members devices (SSID: Members) VLAN 30 – A/V Equipment VLAN 40 – Guests devices (SSID: Guests) VLAN 50 - Copiers, etc. APs will be on each floor - ofcourse. On floor 3, copiers are in the work space. If I am correct on this, I should be able to grant Members and Staff access to the Copiers if they are actually on the 3rd floor by enabling inter-vlan access on the 3rd floor switches. But what I am really interested in is the stacking and allowing the switches to handle all of the inter-vlan traffic.
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Oct 8 2020
7:27 PM
I was hoping that since it is cloud-managed, there would be some way to setup the configs on a virtual setup.
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Oct 8 2020
7:08 PM
I was wondering if there is any sort of Meraki online testing lab to where you can setup and test a network design before purchasing and putting the devices into production.
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Oct 8 2020
6:11 PM
There are constantly people coming and going 24hrs a day. There are usually hundreds at a time for instance lets say on a normal day, 175+ (excluding staff)... Events will bring more. Given that the members usually have more than one mobile device, you will have to double the devices pretty much (watches, phones, laptops) - so, well over 300 devices at any given time on a normal day. Right now (during Covid), I am seeing about 500 devices within the last 24hrs (including staff and hardwired devices). Most of those devices are streaming, conference calling, file sharing between devices, and even copying documents. You can actually view it as an office building, restaurant, and event hall that's always got something going on.
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Oct 8 2020
5:24 PM
Hi Blake, There will be VoIP, but more like 3-4 phones. No CCTV, but will have comcast install cameras and possibly VoIP. There will be monitors spread around the establishment that constantly run ads and other announcements - they will have A/V equipment in their event room and will be able to project video on Monitors around the establishment as well. They also have numerous conference rooms and Monitors for presentations... So, yes, it will be heavy use of multimedia.
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Oct 8 2020
4:46 PM
1 Kudo
I am putting together a design for a network. On this LAN, all servers will be managed in the cloud, so there will be no servers on site; however, this is a high traffic establishment relying heavily on wi-fi connectivity between clients and the internet. This is basically a building hosting events, works spaces, and food services (3-story building). Top Floor MDF: 3 switches 2nd Floor IDF: 2 switches 1st Floor IDF: 1 switch I am on the fence about using the MS125 or MS225. As far as cost, the MS125 would win, however, there are some features I would like to utilize that the MS125 does not have. The similarity is the 10Gb uplinks which we will be taking full advantage of using. The difference between them is that the MS125 is a layer 2 switch and stacks virtually, while the MS225 is a layer 3 switch and stacks physically. I will be using a MX250 Firewall, so we already will have the Layer 3 routing we need from this device. I really want to use the physical stacking feature. I know this provides faster switching - in addition, I would not have to worry about any configuration issues or software glitches when it comes to recognizing the stack. Is there any other reason that the MS225 would be a better choice than the MS125 that anyone can think of? I would actually like some opinions on what some seasoned Network Engineers/Managers would use.
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Oct 7 2020
8:26 AM
Thanks UCert. I was going with solution B), but it was bothering me that I was thinking something going wrong. I have actually seen people use configuration A), but never configuration B).
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Oct 7 2020
7:54 AM
I think this is simple, but its bothering me: SCENARIO 1: 4 stacked Switches, 1 firewall - Since stacked switches operate as one single switch - for redundant connectivity, should: A) Sw1 have 2 uplinks to the firewall or B) should Sw1 & Sw4 have have one uplink each to the firewall. SCENARIO 2: 4 stacked Switches, 2 firewalls. - Again...Since stacked switches operate as one single switch - for redundant connectivity, should: A) Sw1 have 2 uplinks to each firewall or B) Sw1 have an uplink to each firewall and Sw4 have have an uplink to each firewall.
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Oct 1 2020
1:55 PM
1 Kudo
@Maclanta Hi, Maclanta According to the datasheet, the only Copper Transceiver available is the "MA-SFP-1GB-TX Cisco Meraki 1 GbE RJ45 Copper Module (1000BASE-T for twisted pair) for MX84, MX100, MX250, MX450" https://meraki.cisco.com/product-collateral/mx-family-datasheet/?file After posting my last reply, I confirmed with the ISP today that the circuit will only be 1Gig. I needed to know if anyone has tried this with the MX250. UCcert did mention in a previous post he used them successfully.
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Oct 1 2020
10:03 AM
Good Afternoon, Our client is opening anew location and wanted to have a 10Gig Fiber backbone. The environment is a club / restaurant / work space / event space... There is lots of A/V LAN Traffic along with member WiFi traffic. They were originally using the MX100 at the primiary location; the MX250 is perfect for what they want and need at the new location. Thing is, we found that the ISP will be running copper from the dmarc, then running an RJ-45 cable (CAT6) from the Router; the connection will be just 1 - 2 Gigs.... I figured if we keep the LAN at 10G, that would help with all of the local traffic, but we are forced to down to 1Gig on the WAN. So that's why I asked if a 1Gig Copper Module will work with this setup - that will be connected to the modem.
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Sep 4 2020
8:20 AM
@Claes_Karlsson Thanks... As soon as I posted this, I found the solution on another post - they were actually able to use the 1Gb Copper Module. Thanks for your reply.
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