Happy bday!! As @jdsilva said a huge kudo/thanks/... to @CarolineS and all the other Merakians for setting up and maintaining the community!   I Just got back from my holiday and ready to kick ass!     ... View more

We use twilio too for our open network and never had any issues like these. (based in Belgium)   Like @PhilipDAth said I think you're best to open a support ticket with Twilio. ... View more

Sure, yes. If you only renew the licenses for the AP's you want the others will just not function anymore. Don't forget to remove them from your dashboard when this happens.   Regards, Ben ... View more

Hi,   No not really. This is the only way you can do it.   The 5Yr's of the new equipment will run a few days less because of the existing MR devices. But by the looks of this I don't think you will lose that much because you are purchasing much more equipment.   You can calculate the impact via this tool => https://dashboard.meraki.com/manage/dashboard/license_calculator   Just put in the MR devices and remaining days and the new equipment with 1825 days (5 Yr) and you'll see where it will end.   Cheers, Ben ... View more

If you want to upgrade the MR-18's to MR42's tell your Meraki partner or distributor you want this so you can purchase the MR42's without a license.    MR licenses are all the same for every AP so if you remove the MR18's from the dashboard you would have enough licenses for the replacement MR42's.   Cheers, Ben ... View more

@PeterJames wrote: Thanks all,  ... Yes, there are tools for carrying and managing it in this way (e.g API) but one single change at the organisation level would rely on an external system that you need to build. And you would lose so many features in the process (e.g. I love the guarantee that templates provide!).     ....   Thank you, Peter James I think (and it's not personal) very much people lack to see the advantages API's can give you.. Leveraging the API's complementary to the dashboard does not mean you lose features. You gain insight in a way you need it because with the API's you can customize the data in a way you need it.    @PeterJames wrote:      It would be nice if the tag could disable a site until the license is paid, but I am not expecting or even asking for that. I just want a way I can run an export and associate 1 site with 1 license order and monitor the expiration date. You can still disable the network of the person that does not pay if your app tells you the customer has not paid and the license is expired.  Not sure when and how you guys activate a license but it seems to me the Meraki dashboard can only see if it's expired or not expired.  If your client has paid is something the accounting team is responsible for.    With API's you could create a dashboard giving you the information of the network + license + customer information if you've put it in there and connect it to your accounting software (if this allows it?).   This is (in my opinion) a way to go forward.    Connecting several software suites and cloud dashboard is not the same as in the 90's where you would have outdated excel sheets if you forget to import the most recent data...  With API's you can leverage live information from the dashboard and make sure you keep track of your networks the way you want it.  Building a custom integration that gathers data from several sources could be more efficient for your company instead of exporting data and importing it into sheets.    Cheers, Ben   ... View more

What makes you doubt the fact that Meraki should not hold up as well as Cradlepoint ?  I'm not saying you should mount it under the bus but when you place it inside it should hold out just as well.    The only "challenge" would be the receiver you're purchasing for the MX (or even Z3?) device. Cradlepoint has a wide support of antennas for receiving 3G/4G/...    It's their core business, so the only thing i could think of is that the reception of mobile networks might work slightly better on Cradlepoint vs Meraki but even that's a guess..    I'm also not sure why you would need 250MBps when working on mobile networks, bandwith of 100Mbps should do and in this case you could consider a Meraki Z3 device.    ... View more

@adps wrote: I am using MX64W as router/AP/dhcp/firewall. But the issue is when we connect mobile phone to wifi , it unable to grab ip address. The MX64W is connected to the cisco switch. The 3 ethernet ports configured on MX64W is access port  which is connected to the switch . The 3 x ports on switch is configured as trunk.   When we disconnect the MX64W from the switch , the mobile phone is able to grab ip address. What could be root cause ? is it due to access port and trunk port connection ?     Not sure why you would connect 3 ports from the MX to the Switch?  And even if you do basic rule in networking => both sides of the cable should have the same configuration!    Just connect 1 cable from the MX towards the Switch and trunk both ports with the same Native VLAN and allowed VLAN ALL.    ... View more

@GiacomoS wrote: Hi all,   .... Keep on showing your interest on receiving more in depth training and I recommend also writing (this topic is a good place to start) what subjects you feel we should expand on.    Thanks!   Giacomo   I think this is the hardest part of in depth trainings. Because most users who ask for more in depth trainings have a certain set of things in mind that they want to be able to do.    When you have a community like this I personally don't really feel the need for "certifications" ..     Have an issue? Shoot!  Have a question? Shoot! There will be someone there to help and you'll learn by working with the product.    I'de rather spend most of my time on a community learning about a certain product with enthusiasts as I go than spend half a day or a day somewhere in a training center or an online course with the perfect demo environment setup.     ... View more

@DarkStar Since I don't see Meraki changing up their dashboard the best you can do is sort this via the API.   below are a few requests that you (or a dev) can run. The best way forward I think is build your own script or app via the API calls to get the information you need out of the network.   GET  List the devices in a network https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/897512/2To9xm#1efb40c2-4c39-3c0d-a9a4-ff7291ca0b39   GET List networks in org https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/897512/2To9xm#1527a177-b4fe-e94b-1a11-ffdc0585b10c   Organiation GET Return the license state https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/897512/2To9xm#fa2e7fec-07a5-db72-9476-19e87c8fad4d   Return the inventory https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/897512/2To9xm#a8a73522-7f1d-046a-982a-1a3dfbba3d80   Return every device in the organization https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/897512/2To9xm#f45ffad7-ad71-44d9-a4b3-c9ad74bfd9cc   In my opinion the Meraki API is a great tool to leverage the more advanced needs as you describe in your question.   ... View more

Our customers purchase can either i) Purchase licenses from us for their whole estate ii) Purchase licenses from us for their individual sites Question: Does the way they purchase these make a difference in how you register them in the dashboard? I would assume i) Same dashboard org for the whole estate e.g: co-termination date for the estate ii) Different dashboard organization for every single site: e.g: co-termination for that site only Correct me if it's any different? ... View more

Both end needs a static ip as @PhilipDAth said or buy another MX device.  If the remote branch is not that big perhaps consider buying a Z3 if the budget does not allow an MX?   ... View more

You can consider this as an extra feature but in normal circumstances you would not need this as your PXE deployment server broadcasts it's boot file name to the appropriate clients.   Cheers, Ben ... View more

What system are u using to pxe boot devices? SCCM?  Because when you PXE boot the server running your deployment service always has a default path for the boot file name. for sccm this is boot/x64 ... or in older versions "s msboot\x86\wdsnbp.com"   If your pxe boot deployment is configured correctly this is not something you should hardcode in the DHCP options.  This should be delivered by your server.   This is not really a network issue but rather a deployment issue on your sever end as I think you should never really hard code the DHCP options for the boot file names into your DHCP.   Regards, Ben ... View more

Hi,   boot-next server - IP for the server running the deployment services boot file name - e.g: boot/x64/wdsnbp.com      Regards, Ben   ... View more

Hi @mcn1841 ,   I have a network with Eduroam active at the moment. The safest and easiest way to do this is create a management VLAN for your network devices or AP's.  (e.g 10.0.1.0/24) Put all your network devices in this range and do no allow any client devices to get in here.   After this you can ask the people who manage the Eduroam Radius server to whitelist 10.0.1.0/24 for radius authentication and accounting. This way you do not need to register them as separate clients. All you need to do when this is active is make sure your AP's know the route to the Radius server IP.    When you have this route the radius tests should work. If they have not changed the ports it's 1812 for authentication and 1813 for accounting.    If you have any other questions let me know!   Cheers, Ben  ... View more

As @Adam said, you need a dedicated VLAN and use traffic shaping to point that VLAN towards your WAN2. ... View more

We are currently struggling with this as well since the provider NAT public traffic to a private address.  Response from Meraki  its a heavily requested feature its not really got a alternative im afraid   I think it's ridiculous that such a future proof firewall does not support sourcenat...      ... View more

Ok, yeah makes sense. When i create a L3 interface it becomes a VLAN on the network. I want to be able to tag those subnets on the SSID's with VLANS because people logging onto that specific SSID needs to be routed towards the Alcatel switch.   I just have to tag my VLANS on the correct ports to route them towards the alcatel.      ... View more