>the Equalogic SAN lost connectivity   You should probably schedule to shutdown the SAN during the switch upgrade, or at least schedule to shutdown the things using the SAN during the switch upgrade.     Another more expensive option is to get one extra non-stacked switch, and let the storage layer use this as a second fabric for backup purposes only.  If you only use it as a backup fabric you can use a much cheaper Gigabit switch. ... View more

Maybe Microsoft infected a malware with Windows 10 to slow it down? ... View more

Well done on the camera @Leeham  that is a good score. ... View more

Whoa.  I just realised I am one month off two years. ... View more

Thanks @MeredithW .  Well done everyone! ... View more

Is the user layer 2 adjacent to the MX (aka the MX is their default gateway) or is something else their default gateway (like a layer 3 switch).   If something else is their default gateway then you might need to check what policy in the MX is applied to that device, as all of their traffic will appear to come from it. ... View more

Meraki can't really fix HP bugs.   Having to disable the new capabilities in your APs is not a great solution.   Have you got a patch management system you could use to roll out the HP fix?  Perhaps deploy it via group policy? ... View more

Search for the word "firewall" at this url.  It has a couple of suitable scripts that you would start with. https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/github/repo/meraki/automation-scripts/ ... View more

>I spoke with Meraki support also and it seems we also have an overloading problem so upgrading to MR45 from MR33....   Althought the MR45 is a great choice (and my preferred AP to sell new clients) if you are experiencing client overloading then the solution is more access points rather than replacing existing APs with better APs. ... View more

>Are you actually using IKE v2 for the Client VPN's?   The support is only for non-Meraki site to site VPNs. ... View more

>between two of the sites we have a 20-40% packet loss   What is reporting this packet loss, or how are you seeing this packet loss? ... View more

>We do not have any VLANS configured right now its a flat layer 3 network.   Group policy assignments only work for layer 2 adjacent clients to the MX.   If you have an MX, and then a layer 3 switch, and then clients hanging off VLANs off the layer 3 switch then they wont work. The clients will appear to have the MAC address of the layer 3 switch - and the group policy will actually apply to that.  This will make it look like the policy is working - but it is not actually applied to the correct place. ... View more

>do all the switches need to have the same firmware version to stack   Yes.  Let them upgrade before attempting to add them to the stack.  They can take quite a while, so I tend to plug them in a day before doing the actual job. ... View more

You could also consider changing to a different RADIUS product.  Microsoft Network Policy Server (NPS) is very popular because it comes with Windows Server. ... View more

Try enabling hostname visibility so you can see greater detail.  It is under Network-Wide/General.   ... View more

@AhmedK wrote: Hi Philip! Do know what's the RADIUS attribute (RADIUS VSA Name/ Attribute Type) and vendor ID for Meraki MR as RADIUS client (authenticator )?   No sorry.  Never needed to use these fields in a RADIUS server.  I only ever use the standard RADIUS attributes. ... View more

What about using an accoustically dampened rack?   Do they perhaps have a roof space a small wall mount cabinet could go into?   What about a room that might contain other services, like an elevator or air conditioning service room?   Do they perhaps have a store room? ... View more

>The number of APs on that channel   And to build on @Jon_Hartman 's excellent answer, these don't even have to be your APs.  They can be APs from other nearby offices. ... View more

>First, there are absolutely comparable firewalls that produce less sound.   Of all the questions customers have asked me over the last 20 years - no one has ever asked about how much noise their firewall will make.  It is not a concern for the vast majority of users, and I doubt Meraki will make any product adjustments - especially in the MX100 family.  These are more of a DC level appliance rather than for use in an office. ... View more

The newer MX68 is good for up to 450Mb/s.   I doubt it makes much difference which media converted you use. ... View more

>Yes device is fast ethernet, I have changed the device to use 100Mbps full duplex instead of auto.   Make sure you change the switch port to match as well.  🙂 ... View more

There might not be anything wrong.  Any chance: * This device has a 100Mb/s port.  Perhaps something is mis-reporting on the unused pairs. * Is a modern device that supports EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet)?  It will probably drop its port speed when idle for a certain period of time if so.   Do you have a spare switch you could plug into that same wall jack, and the printer into that switch for a short trial? If the CRC errors dissappear between the two switches, and move to between the temporary switch and the printer then it is something to do with the printer.   I had a customer with an embedded Ethernet port on a manufacturing machine go flakey this year after a lightening storm.  It worked but had intermittent CRC issues.  Replacing the card resolved it in that case. Could just be a flakey Ethernet port on the printer.   ... View more