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May 17 2021
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Jun 20 2018
12:42 PM
@PhilipDAth I beg to differ, and the 138 MR34s that are in place across my sites would like to have a word with you about saying they don't exist. Maybe that's the issue? They're having an existential crisis? Trust me. These MR34s have a MAJOR issue, and it wasn't the case a few months back. Yes, I know the MR52s are 4x4, but the MR34s are 3x3 and should clearly be able to consistently handle 100Mbps speeds, especially with almost zero load on the network (summer break). The fact that they can barely even reach 75Mbps in the local page when running device to WAP testing is an absolute travesty. My testing yesterday had the minimum bitrate floor at 18, so zero chance for any 802.11b traffic, but again the campus is empty. Later today I'm going to test one of the MR42s that I have for comparison as well. Those are 3x3, so at least it'll be closer to apple-to-apple. I'll also take an MR34 and test at the campus that the MR42s are at, and do a same line test.
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Jun 20 2018
12:19 PM
So, quick update. I've found that my battery backups last at least 1.5 hours. Power went down late yesterday, so of course the network was down this morning. I physically plugged into the management port of the ASR920- the status of the port is down. So, basically, the Meraki boots up first and tries to say hello to the ASR920. Since the ASR920 is still in boot process, it cannot respond. The Meraki goes, oh...nobody home, I'll try again in an hour. The ASR920 comes to up state and tries to say hello to the Meraki, but the Meraki is already out to lunch, so the ASR920 goes oh, I can turn this port off since nobody is there. So.... this needs corrected. I cannot be the only person in the Meraki universe that has this issue.
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Jun 19 2018
4:18 PM
Too many devices (like 3-4 year old Dell Laptops) were shipped with 2.4Ghz only wi-fi cards so I cannot turn off 2.4Ghz. But now I've got an even worse problem. Even on the 5Ghz band, the MR34 is junk. Like really bad test results for bandwidth speed in comparison to an MR52. They never used to have this issue, so I think the latest firmware, as per usual with Meraki, broke something. The MR34 would not broadcast at 80Mhz. It routinely fails to reach or maintain 75+Mbps speed between laptop and MR34. It routinely fails to even break 50Mbps in an online speed test. (Don't even get me started on the 30Mbps it can barely hit in 2.4Ghz mode). The MR52 hit 240Mbps at 80Mhz broadcast. It consistently hit 150+Mbps at the 40Mhz rate. I used the exact same single network cable in the same room and position for testing. How far can I step the firmware back?
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Jun 19 2018
8:41 AM
@PhilipDAth I'll try to get to the local admin page, that would be much better than schlepping through the construction zone to get to the switch. I have a feeling that there's something in the ASR that maybe shuts the port that the Meraki is plugged into. They site is currently without power, so I should be able check in half an hour or so, as long as the battery backup dies. @Adam I don't think that method would help here. I'll be able to find out in just a little bit when they restore power to the site. I'll look at the ASR's port state and trying to go from there. When these power issues occur, I also have to reboot the downstream MS410 and MS220 devices for them to behave as normal, but never have to touch my Cisco SG350s. The connection goes like this- ASR920 -> MS320 -> MS410 -> MS220 with everything BUT the MS220 in the same room. That one is on the other side of the campus.
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Jun 18 2018
8:48 AM
So, it's looking like my MR34s are doing a really poor job of bandwidth steering. Devices that should be connecting to the 5ghz band are sitting on the 2.4ghz band, even if I'm right under an AP. This is not good because the 2.4ghz band on these MR34s can be worse than a dial-up modem for speed. Anybody else having this issue with the bandwidth steering? I feel that it started around the same time the Meraki added the Radio setting/RF profiles to the dashboard. I've tried removing the defaults and setting up my own specific rules, but that hasn't helped.
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Jun 18 2018
8:37 AM
We recently upgraded our bandwidth at two sites and our provider has us using Cisco ASR920 devices that my MS-320s link to. Unfortunately, one site is under construction and power is frequently cut for longer than our battery backups can manage. When the power comes back on, the ASR920 takes about 13 minutes to go through its boot cycle, and due to that length of time the Meraki never comes back up properly- after it initially doesn't communicate with the ASR920 it doesn't try again, it seems. So, I have to manually power cycle the Meraki MS-320 to get it to come back online. Is there any setting to have it force a reboot or force attempting to re-link after a set amount of time?
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May 8 2018
11:14 AM
@vassallon So, has that also corrected the issue with the iPads not connecting? Good to know that I can solve the same issue in my network, whenever 25.11 is available to select. I got the push notification on a different one of my networks, so I let it run to see if there's other improvements.
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May 4 2018
11:12 PM
Well, duh, of course I did. Everybody- and their mother, god willing- knows that a Meraki MR34 cannot handle more than 3 SSIDs broadcasting. I still want to delete all the fluff, because I'm a little OCD and would really like to have a clean house. Those characters do still take up memory space. Bits and bytes and all that jazz.
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May 4 2018
9:06 PM
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I inherited a network with 15 SSIDs and cannot figure out a way to delete them. I use 2. Anybody know how to delete them?
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May 4 2018
1:49 PM
@vassallon You know, now that you mention it..... same! My open public network did not show up as a spoof. So, only the WPA2-PSK encrypted private network is being naughty.
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May 4 2018
9:27 AM
@redsector I guarrantee that I can find at least one post that makes that claim about 25.9
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May 3 2018
7:15 PM
@vassallon So, I think I ran into your exact same problem. I installed a wireless temperature sensor into the room that has my main equipment but the wi-fi was spotty in the room. I grabbed a MR34 that had been pulled from a site that's in the middle of a total refurb and placed it into the network. It showed up in the spoof list in Air Marshal and I had nothing but issues with trying to get the temp sensor to connect stably- would maybe be on for a minute tops before dropping off. I thought it was the temp sensor. I installed another manufacturers Wi-fi device that had been recently donated- one that I've been begging my Director to get me a demo of to play with. Of course, it shows up in Air Marshal on the spoof list. However, the temp sensor has stayed connected to the network for hours with no issue. As an aside, this part is the most eye-opening- the MR34 only showed up on 3 other MR34s as a spoof. The other device showed up on 12 other MR34s. That's some eye opening range difference! I'm very interested in whether the upgrade to 'stable candidate' solves your issue, or if something else does.
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May 2 2018
11:25 AM
@PhilipDAth I don't have much of a choice as Meraki is now forcing an update to 25.11 on one of my networks. Teaches me to come here and say anything bad about their software, right? And I understand that the process of how they release the firmware isn't standard alpha/beta/gold type of thing, but I still look at their product as buggy as hell, especially updates that aren't "stable". I would rather not be forced to be a guinea pig for things of this nature- I can screw up my wireless infrastructure on my own, TYVM.
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May 1 2018
5:24 PM
Personally, I'm not trusting my wireless infrastructure to Beta firmware when the 'stable' firmware is buggy. The first answer to a problem should never be 'try beta firmware' unless the company is paying you to do it. Besides, introducing a Meraki WAP into an existing Meraki infrastructure should never cause a 'containment' issue. I mix 34, 42, and 52 and have never seen this. Heck, I'm about to introduce an Ubiquiti device into my infrastructure for testing purposes. This will be fun!
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May 1 2018
2:34 PM
@PhilipDAth But, if that's the case, then how are the iPad Air connecting to it just fine? Unless they're picking up signals from other rooms, but those devices tend to try to attach to the strongest signal.
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May 1 2018
12:18 PM
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That's not really out of the norm. I take most of the dashboard results like that as being 'false-positives', especially with that being around the time you added it into the network. (I'm assuming that anyhow). Can you post a screenshot of a scan from a program like inSSIDer?
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May 1 2018
9:57 AM
@vassallon If you're also having the issue on a Macbook, then definitely run a program like inSSIDer to see what bands the Macbook is seeing. Depending on your setup, you should see each of your SSIDs and WAPs listed for each band that are broadcasting. I had a problem room like that where the Chromebooks wouldn't connect to the staff network (or would have poor connectivity) but would connect to the open public network. When I scanned the room for signal strength, I could not see one of the bands in that room, but could see the adjacent room. Once I turned bandwidth steering off on the SSID I was able to see all bands. It hadn't been an issue previously, but it's possible the forced update I had to go through did something. (Yes, Meraki forced me to update and I couldn't opt out).
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May 1 2018
9:10 AM
It's easier to troubleshoot one device not connecting, rather than multiple devices. Since it's currently just the one Air2 that's not connecting, have you done a network settings reset on it? The only difference between the Air and Air2 in terms of their wireless is that the Air2 is capable of 802.11ac, so that's a good place to look at the Meraki settings. I had a wireless docu-cam (2.4ghz) that wouldn't even see my SSIDs with bandwidth steering turned on. I've also seen some newer devices just not wanting to connect to the 5ghz band, and with bandwidth steering on, they couldn't even see the 2.4ghz band with inSSIDer.
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Just wanted to add my 2 cents in since I run the network for a school district currently. If you don't need devices on the public Wi-fi to access any file servers or printers, then you can simplify and get rid of VLAN 699. The MR access points allow you to differentiate Client IP assignment by SSID. My public SSID uses Meraki DHCP and my private SSID uses Local LAN DHCP. It's allowed me to simplify the VLANs while maintaining security, and that's always a great goal to have- simple and secure.
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I concur will Zilla- it can but it shouldn't. The simplicity of Meraki devices are their greatest liability. When sh*t hits the fan you cannot manage them and make configuration changes on the fly in the same ways you can with Cisco equipment. You can't troubleshoot what you can't see, and if a Meraki can't get to the cloud, you cannot troubleshoot it. When everything is working well, their simplicity is their greatest strength.
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Feb 9 2018
6:10 PM
It certainly does say 'Uplink' in the local UI (using 1.1.1.100 on MS or switch.meraki.com).
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Feb 7 2018
7:57 PM
@akan33 Lol, sometimes you just get lucky. Standard USA number. It's pretty damn funny, though, at how often my predecessor started cases with support and how little I have in almost a year. He, however, has a job with Meraki now due to that. And it's not like he wasn't good at what he did, because he was. I'd rather throw caution to the wind and try everything possible, because at least I can tell support...' already did that'!
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Feb 7 2018
6:16 PM
@MRCUR. Hmm, Meraki specifications for that model don't show a dedicated mgmt port. I can't find pics of the rear, either. And 'uplink' might not be mentioned, except when you look at ports to see the arrow that denotes Uplink. I've always called anything that leads from a switch to whatever gives it access to the outside world as uplink- and I think most techs think that way. Access to the cloud and access to routing tables and OSPF and all those fun things is not the same thing, even though it can be.
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Feb 7 2018
6:02 PM
@akan33 Meraki support was really good in this instance. I explained the issue, and they asked me to move the equipment to troubleshoot more, which wasn't feasible. While the switches were stuck at 87% the network upstream would be up for exactly 2:01, then down for at least an hour, and repeating... but some functionality is better than none. They sent swaps which were quickly configured, in place, and rock solid as Meraki equipment usually is. I've got nothing but green in my dashboard! I usually hate to call support, but I am confident that if I have any further issues, I can call Meraki support and talk to qualified people who will do their best to help me.
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Does the MS350 have a dedicated management port? From what I see of the specifications, it doesn't.... not like a MS410 has. But anyhow, like I've said in my post about my MS320s, Meraki has got to fix their terminology in this regard. They use the terms Management, LAN IP, and Uplink interchangebly, and if you're not familiar with Meraki equipment you can get very confused. It's also confusing that you can set Management VLAN in the Configure>Switches section, but then bypass that by specifying a different VLAN ID in the LAN IP, AKA, 'Uplink configuration', AKA, 'Uplink Internet Connection'. The actual Uplink Interface is located in the Configure>Routing and DHCP section. That's where you specify the Uplink Interface, it's gateway, and VLAN. That CAN absolutely be in the same address range as your Management VLAN. For instance, my MS320s are configured like this- Uplink Interface= subnet xxx.xxx.xxx.136/29, IP of xxx.xxx.xxx.138, a VLAN ID, and then the gateway/next hop is xxx.xxx.xxx.137. After that, I set my Management/Lan IP as xxx.xxx.xxx.139, same VLAN ID, and xxx.xxx.xxx.137 as the gateway. My situation is a little different, because I don't have a direct route to the internet, or even the final hop router just downstream of the internet gateway. In your case, if you're connecting directly to the AT&T and you're capable of administering it, adding VLANs to it, etc... then you should have an easy task of creating a VLAN11 on your desired subnet. Even if you have a L3 in between, it would be the same. The first interface you create in the Meraki dashboard should be the VLAN1 information, because it will automatically creat the route for you. Then, create a second interface with your VLAN11 information as that is going to be your way to the cloud. Here's where it gets tricky.... you CAN use the same IP of the VLAN11 interface as your management/LAN IP/Uplink configuration, but it would probably be better to use a 3rd IP for it in case they change it down the road (as it seems to be unintended to work with just 2 IPs). Connect your uplink and you should go green and pull down all the dashboard configs. Confused? You'll get used to it!
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