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Re: Network Design questions

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‎Dec 10 2018 2:46 AM
‎Dec 10 2018 2:46 AM
Sorry for getting back to you guys that late, I had to think about everything a Little bit. I have a couple more questions   If I use fixed IPs for my Meraki stuff, what happens if the switch breaks down and has to be replaced ? So I have to setup the new switch manually before replacing or Can I Connect the new switch with DHCP and the Dashboard will automatically download the config WITH the fixed IP ?   Also regarding DNS: What DNS server should I put for the devices ? My Microsoft DNS as Primary and lets say Google as secondary ? So if my internal DNS is down, the Meraki devices Can still communicate with the Dashboard.   Is there a best practice ?!   ... View more

Re: Network Design questions

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‎Nov 22 2018 1:50 PM
‎Nov 22 2018 1:50 PM
120 - 130 clients, we have a 425 switch stack. I thought the 425 should be the DHCP server ... View more

Re: Network Design questions

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‎Nov 21 2018 7:34 AM
‎Nov 21 2018 7:34 AM
I mean, at the Moment the DHCP server is a Microsoft DHCP server, part of a 2012 server virtual machine. Rebooting this machine / Rebooting the VMware Host leads to the Point that nobody is able to access anything. So I thought it makes sense to move the DHCP server to the Switches, because you usually don´t have to reboot them and in case of a hardware problem we have a spare one that kicks in. Of Course, the core-switches Can be the only DHCP servers in the Network, so it is basically just 1 DHCP Server, a switch stack that is linked up to every other switch we have.     ... View more

Network Design questions

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‎Nov 21 2018 5:07 AM
‎Nov 21 2018 5:07 AM
Moving our entire Network to Meraki components brings up a couple questions I would love to have other opinions. At the Moment we have regular L3 Switches in a VMware infrastructure. Regular WiFi accesspoints, nothing Special. Domaincontroller VM is DHCP and DNS Server, every Piece of hardware has a manually defined IP address. Clients get their IP from the DHCP server, well as soon as the VM is up and running ...   As we switch everything to Meraki, I thought about using the DHCP server options Meraki has. We have 2 MX100, MS250 Switches, couple accesspoints ... the VMware Server is the only Thing we move to the new infrastructure. So I thought about setting up the DHCP server at the MS Switches and get rid of the the MS DHCP server. Also, as I use the MS250s for Routing between the Networks I thought about setting up the DHCP servers at the MX100 to assign IPs to the hardware stuff (Switches, Accesspoint ...);   Any suggestions ? Best practice ? Regards, Tom ... View more
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