Hi everyone, I'm running into a frustrating "black hole" Wi-Fi scenario during WAN outages and am looking for some advice or workarounds. The Environment: Meraki MR access points broadcasting a corporate SSID. Standard laptops configured to prefer the corporate Wi-Fi. The Issue: When our primary WAN link goes offline, the MRs lose connection to the Meraki Cloud but continue to aggressively broadcast the corporate SSID. Because the signal is strong, user laptops refuse to drop the connection. This traps users on a "dead" network with no internet access and prevents them from seamlessly failing over to their personal mobile hotspots, as their machines keep preferring the corporate Wi-Fi. What I've Tried: I know the standard solution is to configure the APs to drop the SSID when they lose upstream connectivity. However, when I navigate to Wireless > Configure > Access control, the "Outage behavior" setting is completely missing from my dashboard. There is no option to set the APs to "Disable the SSID" or "Drop clients" upon losing connection to the cloud. Are there any workarounds or best practices you use to force clients off the MRs during a hard WAN failure so they can use their hotspots? Thanks in advance for any insights!
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