Any unexpected downtime is typically posted on the Meraki status page (linked above). If you're seeing something regular, Meraki support is probably the best to answer this question. It could be scheduled maintenance on the node if there's a correlation with the customers seeing the issue and their associated node/shard. ... View more

You can see under Organization -> Inventory whether a device is added to a Network of not.     Checking under the "Network" column, if the device has a network listed, it is administratively setup to be in use. You would then need to navigate to the network to see if it's online and active.   For devices that have no network listed, they are not in use. ... View more

As @PhilipDAth advised, a dynamic username and password are generated when you enable the settings. You can then poll the dashboard with those credentials which will only allow extraction of data from your organisation. ... View more

As per the provided documentation, it's a relatively trivial process. Most of the configuration is pulled down to the new MX after replacement. Only things like port specific configuration and Site-to-site VPN config will have to be re-configured. ... View more

I would personally trust the datasheet over the Meraki Sizing tool. The datasheet is generally considered to be the source of truth while the sizing tool (despite being created by a Meraki employee) is somewhat unknown in terms of its accuracy and guarantees.   Best way to be sure though would be to raise a case and have Meraki support confirm. ... View more

SNMP in the org settings allows your to poll the dashboard via SNMP. This is not the local devices directly.   SNMP in the Network-Wide settings configures for devices to be polled directly via SNMP polling from within the network (VLAN IP's) or externally (WAN IP's).    Additional info can be found at the following reference guide   SNMP Overview and Configuration - Cisco Meraki Documentation ... View more

A few things to check:  - Is the network you're trying to make changes on bound to a template? If so, you will need to make the changes on the template instead (which will impact every network bound to it).  - Is your user an Administrator for the Org or for this Network?  - Is the MX deployed in routed mode or as a VPN concentrator? ... View more

Flow control is used to control the amount of frames that are sent over a link. It's used in scenarios where dropping a frame is a worse outcome than telling the sender to wait before sending. Most commonly it's seen in FCOE deployments and sometimes in iSCSI deployments because dropping storage packets can be problematic.   The 'desired' setting just means that the switch is open to the other side sending flow control packets but won't require it, nor send flow control packets unless the other side first initiates.   Meraki switches don't support flow control. You can check whether flow control is actually in use on the Catalyst interface by running "show interface x/y flow-control detail" (or a similar command) to see if pause frames are actually being seen. ... View more

Make sure you're aware of the limitations of running OSPF on Meraki MX's - especially in routed mode. Using OSPF to Advertise Remote VPN Subnets - Cisco Meraki Documentation   As for enabling and configuring it, you can use configuration templates but given you'll likely need to add local overrides anyway for router ID's and area ID's etc, you're probably best investing some time looking into the API. Assuming there are API configuration endpoints available for OSPF on the MX, this would make it much easier to do. ... View more

As mentioned above, one of the advantages of Meraki Auto-VPN is that it takes care of this automatically. No need for a static IP address. ... View more

This is correct. You need an AP that supports 6Ghz in the dashboard for it to show as an option. ... View more

I believe the MX95/105 models support 1Gbps & 2.5Gbps on the mGig WAN ports. That's basing it off the RJ-45 LED behavior here - https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/MX_Overviews_and_Specifications/WAN_behavior_on_MX75%2F%2F85%2F%2F95%2F%2F105#RJ45_LEDs   That said, I've never tested so can't be sure. ... View more

It's been released as an early access feature for firmware 31.1 and above. (Organisation -> Early Access) There's no documentation available for it yet but I imagine it won't be long before that it also provided. ... View more

It depends what information you need to get out of it. The Meraki dashboard is pretty good out of the box. If you need additional information (or more historical information), I suggest looking for tools that utilize the Meraki API. Note however there can be limitations depending on how many networks and devices you have as the API is rate limited. Lately I've been using Statseeker. It's got all of the standard SNMP/Ping based polling options but also has an additional module (licensed separately) that can pull information directly from the Meraki dashboard via API. ... View more

I've only worked with HA pairs as VPN Concentrators in the datacenter and have never had an issue with failovers there. One thing a lot of people overlook is that the timings for failover vary depending on the failure scenario. In the event of a soft failure (outbound HTTP and ICMP tests fail but the physical link remains up), the failover time can take around 5 minutes. In the event of a hard failure (the physical link goes down), the failover is pretty much immediate (<5 seconds). Some resources that explain the difference are below.  https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Firewall_and_Traffic_Shaping/Connection_Monitoring_for_WAN_Failover#Connection_Monitoring_Test_Process Re: MX Circuit Failover timing - The Meraki Community ... View more

Both options here should work. One advantage of using the MX for VLAN gateways is that you can filter inter VLAN traffic with firewall rules.   As for No-NAT, it's definitely a supported option which a lot of people use in MPLS environments. It's now an Early Access feature in the dashboard and so no longer requires a support ticket to enable. ... View more

Where did you read that MR36's have reached end of support? They don't appear in the EOL devices document: Meraki End-of-Life (EOL) Products and Dates - Cisco Meraki Documentation   If devices haven't reached their EOL date, you should still be able to purchase licenses for them. ... View more

There are no specific AP's that are better suited for warehouse devices than others. A lot of the decision will come down to the number of clients, and whether the internal antenna are sufficient or whether external antenna are more beneficial.   Have a look around on the community for previous posts as there's many people here who've done warehouse style WiFi deployments. Eg. Warehouse WIFI - The Meraki Community   That said, if you want to ensure you get it right from the start, I suggest engaging a partner or specialist who can do all of the RF projection and testing to provide you with a good solution. ... View more

Meraki AutoVPN can be setup as Hub and Spoke or as Full Mesh. It's as easy as selecting the option when setting up AutoVPN in the dashboard. For full mesh, every node is configured as a hub. For hub and spoke, you specify your hubs and your spokes.     Of course there as multiple differences, pro's and con's for each topology. The following doc provides a lot of info around this. Meraki SD-WAN - Cisco Meraki Documentation ... View more

As stated above, the key to this one is to create separate VLANs on the MX, and then use Traffic Shaping rules to set the priority (which applies to traffic exiting the WAN interface). ... View more

As @cmr said above, it should work without issue. One thing to be aware of is that your C6509 is most likely running PVSTP+ version of spanning tree while the Meraki switch runs MSTP. Both are interoperable but there are some things to be aware of. The following doc covers it off pretty well. https://documentation.meraki.com/MS/Port_and_VLAN_Configuration/Configuring_Spanning_Tree_on_Meraki_Switches_(MS)#Protocol_interoperability ... View more