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BlakeRichardson · ‎Jun 15 2020

Congrats guys, top notch effort as usual!

Edgar-VO · ‎Jun 15 2020

Same with using deployment scripts..... 😉

Edgar-VO · ‎Jun 15 2020

Hi, Best practice for me was just create a small organisation for yourself.. Add some devices to it..(just claim devices) . After 30 days , unclaim and add the device (or you can make a script which does that) Think of what you want to achieve and just start programming in python which is a very easy language to master... Just like the good ole BASIC. Postman is good for simple API commonds, but not suitable for making batch and check/loops etc. Once you are familiar in Python and Meraki API, you never use the postman program, only the Postman/Meraki API guide https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/7928889/SVmsVg6K?version=latest#intro Basic start with Meraki API is : import meraki import apikey api_key = apikey.Get_Api_Key("COMPANY") dashboard = meraki.DashboardAPI(api_key) my_org = dashboard.organizations.getOrganizations() for org in my_org: org_id = org['id'] api_key is created in the dashboard. copy and save it Any other questions.... just post them here, and i am pretty sure you have answers soon. Many of us have created several scripts already to perform actions. My company has a 300+ network environment and we make scripts to make live so much easier. Enjoy the API Ed

Edgar-VO · ‎Jun 12 2020

Hi there, This usually works for me.... param = {} param['timespan'] = 86400 resp = dashboard.wireless_health.getNetworkLatencyStats("L_637822297226351454", **param) With the use of theis param , you can enter more variables like ssid, vlan or other stuff param['ssid'] = "My SSID" param['vlan'] = 710 Best regards Ed

Nash · ‎Jun 2 2020

@Edgar-VO wrote: Just wondering,.... What device are you configuring this on... MX84 or Z3 or..... Some devices can not be configured using the API... depends on the chipset of the devices This is not correct. What you can configure depends on functionality of the device and the network. I.E. If I try to getMalwareSettings on an appliance without an advanced security license, I get an error 400 Bad Request, "Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) is not supported by this network" If I have both an MX64W and actual APs in a network, I can't reach the MX64W's SSIDs via API once the APs are setup. The whole point of the API is to work across the entire range of a given device type, within licensing parameters or potentially specifically noted exceptions.

BrentG · ‎May 28 2020

Right now I'm just starting to learn Python so I'm trying to get a handle on that before moving on to the Meraki Dashboard API. Thanks for providing your script, I'll take a look at it and try it out.

thomasthomsen · ‎May 20 2020

Yep, that is also the only time I use products from Ubiquity. AirMax or AirFiber is the way to go. Just watch that fresnel zone (the higher frequency of your link, the smaller the zone. Do some calculations, and watch that landscape for obstructions 🙂 ). And please check your local regulations for allowed frequencies and transmit power, they are different around the worldm and from country to country.

diablo24 · ‎May 17 2020

@Edgar-VOThanks for the heads-up.

Edgar-VO · ‎May 14 2020

I know that feeling.... i wanna get rid of it too..... If you find a solution to that... please share

jwalls · ‎May 11 2020

Hey there, and thank you. I see what you're doing there. I'll give that a try!

CN · ‎May 11 2020

https://api.meraki.com/api_docs/v0#return-the-ssid-statuses-of-an-access-point This will return the channel and power. Even though it lists them for every single SSID, it will be the same for each band. For all of the 2.4 GHz band, the channel and power will be the same. Same thing for the 5 GHz band. (Target power currently does not have an API endpoint.)

MMoss · ‎May 11 2020

I've been working on learning it for awhile now. Unfortunately I can't seem to manage not being pulled in 100 different directions on a daily basis so it's not going as fast as I'd like.

BlakeRichardson · ‎May 5 2020

Congrats everyone. Top effort as normal!

DexterLaBora · ‎May 1 2020

"I know you can change MAC addresses on some devices (VMWare, etc)" is the exact reason why they are not globally unique. In addition, the current "clientId" is only unique to the network (for similar reasons). This is something we are still thinking about.

DexterLaBora · ‎Apr 30 2020

Good feedback on this endpoint. This one will need some love. Added to our ToDo list for v1. Cheers, API Team

rwiesmann · ‎Apr 21 2020

@PhilipDAth I like this! Thanks a lot for the great documentation to it. Gone try it!

JAIROJASH · ‎Apr 17 2020

Hello, I'm interested in learning everything you already do with the Meraki APIs. I wish I could count on your mentoring and how I can learn with small programs. Thanks for your help.

Edgar-VO · ‎Apr 8 2020

Just try..... It is so much more powerful than Postman (which is great for sending a few API calls). Python is very easy to learn, and you have so much examples on the net.... And of course members of this forum which are highly motivated and skilled

CCIE-Adam · ‎Apr 8 2020

If your API key is tied to multiple orgs, this will only get the devices of the last org it pulls back in the list. To get all serials in all orgs, you would need to put everything in the "for org in my_org: loop".

Greenberet · ‎Apr 3 2020

I've created the needed script. Please make sure, that you have the latest meraki api installed (released a few days ago). pip3 install meraki -U script download usage: usage: aio_list_used_template_ranges.py [-h] -o ORGANIZATIONS [ORGANIZATIONS ...] Analyze the usage of subnetPool templates optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -o ORGANIZATIONS [ORGANIZATIONS ...], --organization ORGANIZATIONS [ORGANIZATIONS ...] the name/id of the organization(s) you want to analyze Example Output: Analyzing organization Template_Demo Downloading Changelog Downloading templates Analyzing template Template_One Analyzing template Template_Two Analyzing template Template_Three Analyzing template Template_Four Analyzing template Template_Five Getting largest supernetworks: 172.16.0.0/21 mask 28 172.16.8.0/21 mask 29 172.16.16.0/21 mask 28 Downloading VLAN information 172.16.0.0/21 mask 28 subnetworks: total=128 used=34 free=94 -> usage 26.5625% 172.16.8.0/21 mask 29 subnetworks: total=256 used=20 free=236 -> usage 7.8125% 172.16.16.0/21 mask 28 subnetworks: total=128 used=32 free=96 -> usage 25.0% How it works: Step 1: Since we don't have access yet to the address settings in the network template, this script will download the organization changelog. Step 2: It will download all templates and map all network configuration changes to the templates. Which also means, that it can only detect networks of a template which got changed in the last 14 months or 2 years. see Meraki Documentation for details Step 3: It will search for the biggest standalone supernetworks and map the smallest possible mask. Step 4: It will download the vlan information of all networks and calculate their usage on their respective supernetwork. Step 5: Print results

PhilipDAth · ‎Mar 19 2020

You must have logging enabled somewhere. Turn it off. Look around the Meraki SDK init.

Edgar-VO · ‎Mar 6 2020

Solved it No issues, just a glitch in my programming

BrechtSchamp · ‎Mar 3 2020

Yup kind of. In python terms it's called unpacking. If you want more information about it have a look here: https://realpython.com/python-kwargs-and-args/#using-the-python-kwargs-variable-in-function-definitions

CptnCrnch · ‎Feb 26 2020

Looking at the API docs (https://dashboard.meraki.com/api_docs) there seems to be no API endpoint for that. Possibly based on the fact that only few MXs support Web caching.

Edgar-VO · ‎Feb 26 2020

Yup.... that worked, and i got much more information back from the API then using the REST Anyway..... Thanks.... this also solves some other issues i had with parameter parsing with python and Meraki API

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