Hello.   I have a (10) MR46's indoor and (2) MR76's outdoors. Everything works well except for one of the outdoor MR76's and wondering if I am expecting too much out of it, in terms of signal distance & strength.   There are VERY FEW users on that AP, the ground is basically flat and the only thing in-between the AP and the desired usage areas is a medium sized willow tree.  The desired usage distances are between 120 feet to 200 feet.   I've included a photo of the AP & antennas (of course this is not a photo of it installed; I brought it into my office to look at it closer).   I often time loose connection and need to walk closer to that AP... are my exceptions too much here?   If it's simply a matter of being too far away; do you think the newer MR86 would yield better results?   Thanks!! ... View more

Good evening,   I am so amazed by the level of help I’ve received from this community; thank you.   I am going to, again, ask for your suggestions on a few things but first, I think I should mention that my Meraki system is installed in my home, not a business (in case it helps with your response to my questions).   About me – I am mildly techie but I am not an IT professional like you all and Meraki is my first real network; so much of what I have read in the forums is over my head, so please keep that in mind too 😉   My Meraki system was installed on June 15th and other than a couple of remaining gremlins (mostly Crestron related), everything is working with everything on one subnet (192.168.1.x) and no VLANs. We decided to go this route to simply just get everything working, and then we would look at things like subnets, VLANS, etc.   So now I am ready to begin looking at best practices for security, ease of use & performance and at the same time I do like the KISS principal & I don’t want to needlessly make things overly complex if they don’t need to be.   Here’s my hardware overview: Internet = (1) 450 Mbps service from Charter Spectrum Router = (1) Meraki MX100 with the Advanced license Switch = (2) Meraki MS350-48, stacked with 40G cable Switch = (2) Meraki MS350-24 Switch = (2) Meraki MS120-8 AP = (10) Meraki MR46 (wifi-6) AP = (2) Meraki MR76 (wifi-6) Cameras = (3) Meraki IP cameras being tested now for consideration* Cameras = (12) Axis IP cameras in use Sec Storage = (1) QNAP NAS (65TB usable RAID-10) + QVR Pro Security Software Music Streamers = (23) Linn DSM network music streamers VoIP = (12) VoIP phones (make/model TBD)   Usage = Typical family of 5-6 usage (just a larger than normal house) and the only things that are not typical are:   the number of security cameras running 24x7 the number of music streamers VoIP phones several times a year, I host large fundraiser events than could have 200-300 present (it will be interesting to see how the Meraki Guest Network handles the next event lol).   I am evaluating VoIP phones right now and planning to implement something very quickly. I’ve read it is important to put them on their own VLAN, but that’s all I know. And I don’t know how to do it.   I've read I may want to also consider putting the IP cameras on their VLAN too but I don’t know how to do it.   Not sure about the various Crestron products that I have and if they should be on their own too or not.   So much to think about, that it’s overwhelming to me… however this community helped me get my Linn music streamers working; thanks again for that help!!   * more on this later but the only Meraki product I don't like are the cameras but with a new feature in the beta version, this make turn me into a Meraki camera fan ... View more

Hello,   I just purchased two Cisco 8841 VoIP phones to experiment with (to determine if I want to replace my current system with VoIP phones).  I am using a hosted service called Phone.com   My Meraki gear is: MX100, MS350 switches, Meraki WiFi-6 AP's   Even though I would eventually have a dozen or so Cisco 8841 VoIP phones, there would rarely be more than two people using the phone system at one time and those conversations are always less than 60-seconds.   I was reading some Meraki documentation, and it sounds like I need software running "TFTP Server" on a computer on my network. Most everything I've seen is for Windows PC's but I am all Mac here.   Typically, VoIP equipment will get a dynamic configuration from a TFTP server or other service on the network. This will commonly be levied by a DHCP server, where leases to VoIP endpoints will include voice-specific DHCP options. In the event that the phone fails to connect to the network/get a working configuration, consider the following recommended steps:   If a separate voice VLAN is being used, ensure that phones are being put on the appropriate VLAN by means of an access port, voice VLAN configuration on the port, or even configured on the phone itself. If this is being done, ensure that a DHCP server is up-and-running on that VLAN, and configured with the appropriate scope and options. If phones have a working IP configuration on the network (or a static assignment is given for test purposes) and are told to get their VoIP configuration from some other server, ensure that the server is online and reachable from the voice VLAN.   https://documentation.meraki.com/zGeneral_Administration/Tools_and_Troubleshooting/VoIP_on_Cisco_Meraki%3A_F.A.Q._and_Troubleshooting_Tips   Anyone have experience with this? ... View more