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Dave_Lewis · ‎May 18 2023

We got this too, I'm hoping it's a bad joke as that would leave UK sites with a grand total of 4 non-DFS 5ghz channels. Ironically Meraki only managed to get unii-3 channels working in the UK in 29.1 via an undocumented driver update so to now take it away again would make them seem a bit cowboy.

Dave_Lewis · ‎Apr 19 2018

Hi, I'm not sure exactly which bot the documentation was referring to but have you checked Meraki's GitHub? I found a couple there that might be of interest to you: spark-operations-bot and spark-bot Kind regards, Dave

Dave_Lewis · ‎Mar 6 2018

Hello, Using the dashboard GUI if I block a client I get the opportunity to set a message they will see next time they try to connect. I've looked through the API docs (particularly update client policy and update client splash) but cannot see any equivalent functionality? Have I missed it or is it not possible? Thanks, Dave

Dave_Lewis · ‎Feb 22 2018

To close this topic out, this is what I've done - - create a python spark bot that's hosted on Google App Engine - grabbed the Meraki python SDK from github - mangled it a bit to run in python 2.7 instead of 3 - added data models and storage functions from GAE - modified the Meraki SDK functions to check if the network/device/client they're retrieving already exists in the datastore - created some jobs that run on a schedule in the background to renew the networks/devices/clients - created some query functions that allow you to find a client's details by IP or MAC. Now I can find a client's details from slack and response time is ~1 second from 12k+ clients, 20 networks and 345 devices. Next on my list is to allow updating of the client's policy from slack.

Dave_Lewis · ‎Feb 13 2018

Thanks for this, it looks like you're following the same process of searching networks then devices and finally clients. Maybe that is the only option so I'll have to look at storing the data and refreshing periodically. I might also try setting the timestamp to 8 hours instead of 24 to speed things up. Kind regards, Dave

Dave_Lewis · ‎Feb 13 2018

Hello, I've checked the dashboard API docs and searched on this forum but can't find a way of emulating the global search functionality of the HTTPS dashboard (where you can search for a client at the top of the dashboard across all networks), has anyone managed this? Currently my very clunky way of finding a client MAC via IP is: 1) Get list of networks 2) for each network get list of devices 3) for each device get list of clients Obviously I could cache these results and refresh them periodically. Which is very slow in comparison to the global search. I tried inspecting the calls and results that the dashboard makes when you search (e.g. https://dashboard.meraki.com/o/XXYYZZ/manage/dashboard/live_search_react?query=%2F00c0) and replicated in postman but it just returns the login page. So has anyone got any suggestions on implementing a global search or a faster way of finding a client's MAC address from their IP in any network? Thanks in advance, Dave

Dave_Lewis · ‎Jan 8 2018

- automate diverting the on-call phone number to a Nigerian lottery scam whenever its my turn - start charging for favours in bitcoin - block Oleg on LinkedIn.

Dave_Lewis · ‎Oct 26 2017

Hi, Possibly yes but all of the APs on this site were showing as low power mode: and as soon as I entered that command they all showed as 802.3at: Interestingly we have other sites with 3850's that we haven't entered this command on. Only differences I can see are this: Model Number Hardware Version Software Version Needed 2-event? WS-C3850-48P V04 3.03.05SE NO WS-C3850-48P V07 3.07.05E YES So next step would be to upgrade the V04 site to 3.07.05e to see if that changes anything but I haven't got spare time at the moment. Anyway, whatever the cause, just wanted to share to save people time if it happens to them. Dave

Dave_Lewis · ‎Oct 20 2017

Hello, I recently deployed a number of MR42's connected to WS-C3850-48P running 3.07.05e and noticed they all came up in low power mode. Interface Admin Oper Power Device Class Max (Watts) --------- ------ ---------- ------- ------------------- ----- ---- Gi1/0/44 auto on 15.4 MR42 4 30.0 Gi1/0/45 auto on 15.4 MR42 4 30.0 Gi1/0/46 auto on 15.4 MR42 4 30.0 Gi1/0/47 auto on 15.4 MR42 4 30.0 I checked through doc 2068 on configuring Cisco switches but I already had LLDP running and didn't want to statically set power on the ports. I found the following command fixed the issue when entered on each interface connected to an AP: power inline port 2-event The APs immediately switched to full 802.3at (no reboot required): Interface Admin Oper Power Device Class Max (Watts) --------- ------ ---------- ------- ------------------- ----- ---- Gi1/0/44 auto on 30.0 MR42 4 30.0 Gi1/0/45 auto on 30.0 MR42 4 30.0 Gi1/0/46 auto on 30.0 MR42 4 30.0 Gi1/0/47 auto on 30.0 MR42 4 30.0 Just thought I'd share this in case anyone else comes across the same issue. Dave

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