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Just to update this issue... Meraki has released a Private Firmware fix that allows the MR53E plugged into an MGig port from a 3rd party switch to physically connect to your network & function property at MGig speeds.. effected users should contact Meraki support for the update... or IM me if they have trouble locating this fix.. on a separate note the MR53E is an amazing piece of hardware.. our office is 3,000 sq feet - we have a single unit with Patch Antenna (MA-ANT-3-E6) mounted on the far wall.. shooting the signal in one direction through the building with multiple walls.. and the signal strength is -34 RSSI to -67 at the other end of the building.. there is also no "omni directional" signal leak.. The performance is actually better than the Cisco AP3802 with ANT2566P4W and it can handle our density of clients with no loss of performance (we didn't need dual 5G/5G and didn't want to pay for things like Prime Infrastructure that's included with Meraki..
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@KDevereaux - There is a similar bug with the MR53E attempting to plug into an MGig POE+ switch (non-cisco) would cycle rainbow and never make a connection (we reported this in 3/2018 - just got contact by Meraki Support yesterday a "private firmware update" is available.. you might want to open a case with Meraki Support and ask them about it .. if they have "no clue" what you are talking about." - send me an IM with your case# and I will have the Meraki SE working on my issue look into your issue (to be fair, it might be a completely different issue.. but we had no issues with AP3800) @Fady ask Jeevan about this or IM me.
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Mar 18 2018
11:01 AM
@PhilipDAth- We had an issue recently where we only had CAT6 cable in the walls & need to link two switches with 10G SFP+ Together.. we did find SFP+ module to convert it to 10Gbase-T RJ45 Connection from a company called Hummingbird networks.. but the price of the modules were really expensive (like $500+ each.. (now that might be cheaper then running a new OM4 Fiber cable in the walls...) we still don't understand why Cisco/Meraki sells "approved SFP+" modules for their switches for like $300 and a 3rd party with the same specs is ($50 10G-SR or $140 10G-LR) now if the "Cisco Approved" was say 25% more - we understand the testing involved, higher quality components - but we refuse to pay a 1000% mark-up mostly for profit.
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Mar 17 2018
10:02 PM
I was told by someone at Cisco .. AnyConnect for Meraki was scheduled to be released in April 2018 (but they believed it would be pushed back to June ). but I don't have much confidence as the person didn't work for Meraki - take that as rumor or fact.. guess we will find out in 100 days from now...
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Mar 16 2018
10:53 PM
I have contacted Meraki Development about offering a 10Gbase-T/MGig 24 port combo Switch (Similar to Netgear XS724EM - except with UPOE or POE+ support) the answer was "we are aware of the request for 10Gbase-T & more MGig options from Customers...." - let's be honest 10Gbase-T is less expensive -vs- SFP+ and for some... it works..
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the switch models are all Netgear XS724EM (all 24 ports are 10Gbase-T /MGig) we mainly use 10G for server & Storage links using LAG (Port bonding) - M4200-10MG-POE+ (All Ports are 2.5 a few 5G ports) MS510TXPP ( 4 -1G the rest 2.5/5G and 10Gbase-T & SFP+ Uplink) unfortunately Meraki doesn't make a 10Gbase-T/MGig switch - the MS350-24X is a 1G with a few MGig ports.. the M425-16 is 10G SFP+ not 10G copper) The real issue in the case is not "1G vs 2.5G connectivity on the port & does it make a difference - but rather the AP's can't even connect when plugged into an MGig port that is forced to 1G speed (we are still working with Netgear to understand why the 1G ports on the MS510TXPP work with the MR53E but a 2.5G port forced to 1G on the M4200 or any other cannot) to be fair.. the switch "should" be able to trick any device it's plugged into to think it's a standard 1G device.. regardless of any issues Meraki has with MGig on 3rd party switches.. The purpose of posting this to the community was because Sales said ... talk to Support.. Support said "I have attached your case to the Mule.. no ETA on fix..." now that the community is aware it raises the severity of the issue with potentially more customers opening cases on the issue to raise the priority of getting it fixed.
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Mar 16 2018
9:59 AM
We setup a trial for several of the new MR53E MGig AP to replace some older MR32 models.. (running both MR25.10 and MR25.9 Firmware) plug them into our existing switches where the MR32 are installed ... they won't connect.. show "cycling LED lights" move the new AP's to different switches.. same issue... plug the Switch directly into the MX Fire via RJ45 (Flat network same Subnet/Vlan) Nope.... Finally AP's directly into the MX they connect properly.. What Happened? Turns out we have 100% MGig & /MGig/10Gbase-T switches in our network and the MR53E has a bug with speed negotiation on MGig switches (it won't even work at 1G) so that means the AP won't work anywhere on our network .. some might say "change your switch to force 1G" - per the IEEE 802.3bz MGig Spec switch manufactures are not allowed to do this) so the only "solution" is to buy a "cheap" 1G POE switch & uplink it to our existing switches until Meraki decides to fix the issue.. So why would a customer Buy an MR53/MR53E unit except for MGig support (you would buy the MR52) in the case of the MR53E except for the Patch antenna - also why did Meraki choose to support the slower 2.5Gbps MGig when the Cisco AP3800 Supports the faster 5Gbps - attempts to have the priority of getting this issues fixed with Support & our Sales Rep haven't worked.. no ETA... I guess the next step is to post it here... or contact the Publications writing reviews on the new MR53E to include this with a "Don't Buy until Fixed..." to get this issue fixed ASAP...
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