Here's a handy link for those of you who like to read EVERYTHING on the community (there are a few of you, I know!):   Unread discussions across the whole community: https://community.meraki.com/ t5/forums/unreadpostspage/tab/ thread:collapsed   You can also see unread discussions within a specific board, e.g.: https://community.meraki.com/t5/forums/unreadpostspage/board-id/security/tab/thread  ... View more

We'll be giving shout-outs each month for exceptional contributions to the Meraki Community. Here's the first batch.     @PhilipDAth, hailing from IFM, a Cisco partner in New Zealand, is a clear standout for September. If you've spent any time at all around here, you've seen his contributions! Since he joined on August 26, he has posted a remarkable 236 posts—that's over twice as many as anyone else during that timeframe. In September, he received 61 kudos and authored 22 solutions. Philip has also spread the love by giving dozens of kudos himself, and by answering questions both basic and complex. Philip is the first community member to reach the 8th level in our rank system, "A Model Citizen," and we think that rank describes him nicely!   As a small token of our appreciation, some fun Meraki swag is now flying across the Pacific towards Auckland.   Read below to learn more about Philip and his thoughts on the community.   Congrats also to @Mr_IT_Guy, @MilesMeraki, and @BHC_RESORTS, who received 29, 23, and 22 kudos in September (and some Meraki swag, of course).  Mr_IT_Guy and BHC_RESORTS were part of our community beta program in August, and we commend them for their continued involvement here. WANKiller, also hailing from New Zealand,  broke into the top ranks on September 30—just in the nick of time!   @Mr_IT_Guy 29 kudos @MilesMeraki 23 kudos @BHC_RESORTS 22 kudos    Thanks to EVERYONE who has participated in the community so far. We're looking forward to month #2!   Q&A with Philip D'Ath I was curious to learn more about our top member:   What’s your favorite thing about participating in the community? I suffer from depression. Participating in the forums gives me small goals I can achieve on a daily basis. It helps provides a sense of achievement or success.   Any particular Meraki product / feature that you’re particularly fond of or couldn’t live without? Across all of the product lines I am most fond of AutoVPN and SD-WAN.   AutoVPN makes rolling out multi-site networks tremendously simpler.   SD-WAN is often pitched as a technology to allow the use of reliable bandwidth (such as MPLS with a good SLA) with cheap bandwidth (such as high speed Internet circuits with no SLA). I have certainly used it for that, but I have had a bigger demand for SD-WAN for sites where there are no reliably network access technologies available. In this scenario I can use SD-WAN to use 3G services from two different Telco's at the same time (or sometimes a satellite provider), and using SD-WAN to choose the service responding the best minute to minute. This technology is used in conjunction with AutoVPN.   What’s your advice to folks looking to move to the next level in their Meraki / networking knowledge? Cisco Meraki is in the early stages of developing an education program. I could see it taking a decade to fill out to something more comprehensive. This means it is up to individuals to gain their own knowledge. In my opinion it is only feasible to gain this knowledge "hands-on". I would recommend IT people take advantage of the webinars and the offer to get free equipment. Companies can also consider taking advantage of the "try and buy" program. There is also the "Instant Demo" available off the main home page for those wanting to work with the dashboard more.   These resources are available here: https://meraki.cisco.com/lp/free-demo Thanks, Philip!     Official terms & conditions for the Members of the Month awards ... View more

We've just opened up a new board for discussions about our APIs (Captive Portal, Scanning, and Dashboard).    https://community.meraki.com/t5/Developers-APIs/bd-p/api    We encourage the you to share questions, interesting integrations, and open source code here.   Cheers! ... View more

Now it's even easier to have a conversation here in the community - we've launched the "Quick Reply" feature which allows you to reply inline (but without formatting controls). Try it out and let us know what you think!       ... View more

We’ve seen a lot of Meraki product feature requests here in the community in the short time we’ve been live—we’re loving all the ideas and enthusiasm! As a community team, we wanted to clarify how we’ll handle requests that are posted here.   Rest assured, every post on this community is read by someone (or multiple people) on the community team. We make note of those that are feature requests, and we’ll be reviewing them with our product team on a regular basis—especially those that get a lot of traction from community members via kudos and discussion. That being said, we’re not able to respond to each idea individually, and we can’t make forward-looking statements about what is (or is not) on our roadmap.   Here are some recommendations for making your feature requests more visible to us, and as easy as possible for us to manage: Post each request as a separate topic Include the word "Wish" in the subject or body If you find an idea you like, give it kudos! Don’t post duplicate requests—search first, then post The best places to submit feature requests are still (a) “Make a Wish” requests from your dashboard and (b) via your Meraki rep. Make a Wish requests go directly to the relevant engineering teams based on the Dashboard pages where the wishes are made, and hence are a great way to reach the people who can actually make the change (here's an explanation of the Make a Wish feature). Additionally, your Meraki rep can advocate on your behalf and add your request to our internal tracking system. You can make your wishes and discussions with your rep more powerful by mentioning the support you’ve seen for the idea in the community.   Your passion and ideas are an important part of the Meraki magic, so keep those wishes coming! ... View more

From time to time, we'll make announcements here in the "Community Announcements" blog about updates to the community - new features, contests, upcoming events, etc. Here's the first!   We've just added Top Kudoed Authors leaderboards to each board; now you can see who has posted the most helpful content within, say, Wireless or Security, as well as across the entire community.    Wireless leaderboard Security leaderboard   But what's a kudos? (or is it kudo?) Giving kudos is a way to provide positive feedback to another member.  If you find a post particularly helpful or interesting, click the     below the post to say thanks and to let the author know that you appreciate their efforts.  Community members who receive the most kudos will appear in the leaderboards.   (As a side note, there seems to be some disagreement as to whether the singular of kudos is kudo; decide for yourself!)    Why the new leaderboards? Prior to this, you could only see top contributors across the entire community; we want to start highlighting experts within each board.   Who are those experts? Congrats to our current per-board kudos leaders!  Wireless: @Mr_IT_Guy Security / SD-WAN: @PhilipDAth Switching: @MRCUR Communications: @Glen and @JPAWELCHAK (tied!) Mobility Management: @PhilipDAth Security Cameras: @GeorgeB Network-Wide: Nobody with more than 1 kudo! I imagine that will change soon.  Dashboard & Administration: @Welles and @Mr_IT_Guy (tied!) Off the Stack: @BradB   We're curious to know what you think of this change; let us know in the comments!    ... View more

There are two different ways to attach images to a message here in the community - via the "Photos" button in the editor, or via the "attach file" feature below the editor.    If you'd like your images to show up inline within your post, use the "Photos" button in the editor, as shown in the screenshot below. Attached files have to be downloaded in order to be viewed.   Photos button within the editor   Happy posting!     ... View more

We are extremely excited to launch the Cisco Meraki Community, a brand new way for our customers and partners to share knowledge and experience, get help with technical issues, and maybe even show off some swag. We know there's a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm out there in our user base, and we can't wait to bring you all together here in the community.   Thanks to our founding members A lot of work has gone into getting this community up and running; we especially want to thank the customers and partners who joined us during our beta period to get the conversations rolling. If you see a "Founding Member" badge on a fellow community member's profile, it means they've been here since the very beginning.      Top beta contributors The seven members below have been particularly helpful in getting our community off the ground! Thanks, guys! Some fun Meraki swag is flying your way. @MerakiJockey505 @BHC_RESORTS @Mr_IT_Guy @MRCUR @NFL0NR @Mike_Rapp   @Dave     What should I do here? If you'd like to learn more about using the community, check out Getting Started with the Meraki Community   Or, dive right in on our technical discussion boards.   We're looking forward to the conversation. ... View more

After you ask a question or pose a topic for discussion in the Meraki Community, you can mark one of the replies as the "Accepted Solution". This (a) helps others in the community find the most relevant information more easily and (b) gives recognition to the author of the "Accepted Solution".   Threads that have an "Accepted Solution" are called out in the community with a checkmark:  Threads that have been marked as "Solved" are indicated with a checkmark     When you're on the thread itself, it's easy to access the "Accepted solution" - it's displayed at the top of all the replies. You can also see the solution in the context of the full thread by clicking "View solution in original post"   The reply that has been marked as the solution is displayed above the other replies     So, next time you ask a question and it receives a great response, help out the community by marking that response as the Accepted Solution.     EDIT: 31 Aug 2024: Updating with new images reflecting our redesigned site. ... View more

The Meraki Community uses Single Sign On with Cisco.com, so if you already have a Cisco.com account, you won’t have to register again. Simply click “Register or Sign in” in the upper right and enter your credentials. You’ll be asked to accept the Community Terms of Use and create your community display name the first time you access the community.   To create a new account, click the "Register or Sign in" link in the upper right or just click here. This will take you to the Log in page.    Then click the "Sign up" link on the Log in page: Click "Sign up" on the Log in screen   Follow the prompts to create your new account.   Here are some resources that may be of use: What's my Community Display Name? Cisco’s official help documentation for registration Feel free to ask specific login / registration questions by replying to this thread; we’ll be happy to help! ... View more