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On the back it says CW9164I-B, and it's called a "Catalyst Wireless 9164I Series WiFi 6E Access Point". Does this mean the APs need to be returned? Or is there a way to swap them over? I've seen the directions for swapping them over from a wireless access control (ie migrating to Meraki) but I don't have that wireless controller. I *am* willing to install a firmware image, i.e. CLI stuff. No issues there. Just need pointers to the process.

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I am new to Meraki. purchased 3 x 9164i from CDW w/ 3-year Meraki licenses. Created account, etc. Added the device into the dashboard, where it's now showing as "never connected". AP is flashing green/orange. The access point was on a new network, with VLANs (internal vs guest) and for a while I thought my issues were there. Eventually I convinced myself network was OKAY, connected a console cable at 115200, and see lots of messages related to CAPWAP. I saw on forums ways to go into 9800 controller and switch to Meraki mode. But I don't have such a controller. I read that it should be in Meraki mode based on how it was ordered... did CDW ship me the wrong device? Unplugging/plugging PoE, I see this: .. U-Boot 2018.01-RELEASE-gc2c29d24b7 (May 05 2023 - 09:28:10 -0700) In: serial@78B3000 Out: serial@78B3000 Err: serial@78B3000 Device Tree: QCA, IPQ807x-CM66 machid: 8010001 Net: No ethernet found. Autoboot in 5 seconds Catalyst Mode Selected ... [*02/28/2025 04:41:22.6505] Active version: 17.12.3.31 ... [*02/28/2025 04:41:53.7453] ethernet_port wired0, ip 192.168.100.52, netmask 255.255.252.0, gw 192.168.100.1, mtu 1500, bcast 192.168.103.255, dns1 8.8.8.8, dns2 8.8.4.4, vid 0, static_ip_failover false, dhcp_vlan_failover false ... [*02/28/2025 04:42:07.9906] CAPWAP State: Init

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Re: New CW9164i in Catalyst mode?

New CW9164i in Catalyst mode?