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Feb 5 2020
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Feb 3 2020
10:27 AM
so just to recap: I create a new wireless network with PSK authentication. Map it to a VLAN/subnet on the network, and make sure it can communicate via layer3 to the existing corporate wireless. then go into the policy on both wireless networks, enable bonjour forwarding, and specify that new printer VLAN?
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Feb 3 2020
10:09 AM
I want to allow my wireless clients to print to Bonjour printers, but here is my challenge: My corporate network is set up with 802.11x RADIUS authentication and MAC-filtering. Printers will not be able to join that network. So it looks like I have to create a separate wireless LAN for the printers. I looked at the document from Meraki https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Client_Addressing_and_Bridging/Bonjour_Forwarding but I am a little unclear on a couple things. Does this "service VLAN" need to be something I set up on my switches in advance? Should it be the same VLAN that the printers join? Or is this some logical thing that runs behind the scenes?
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Jan 31 2020
10:41 AM
yes, it looks like it is working. Unless the client is listed with a MAC association and policy, they get "packet filtered" errors when trying to do anything on the network--so it looks like they are blocked. thanks for your help. This was a bit counter-intuitive, but now it makes sense
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Jan 31 2020
7:08 AM
I have the SSID and MAC working (assigned a policy to my laptop), but I am a little unclear on the firewall blocking so I should go into the SSID and select layer 3 firewall rules and set the default action to block any to local LAN (or any) and simply leave it as that? wouldn't this block access to everything regardless of allowed MACs? Or does the individual group policy override that?
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Jan 27 2020
8:59 AM
I see the group policy creation screen, but don't see anywhere to add a list of MAC addresses
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Jan 27 2020
8:40 AM
I haven't tried that, but I would imagine that if you have Meraki access-points and a MX, the reporting would still work. You just wouldn't get any info about the switches
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Jan 27 2020
8:39 AM
I am building out a new network to replace an existing wireless network that used MAC filtering for clients. The old setup consisted of a pre-shared key and MAC list. I see that in dashboard, you can go to organization-->clients and add a client to the network, but after I put in the MAC and a name, and hit save, it simply says "changes saved" --I don't see that MAC listed anywhere. Will it not show up until the client actually connects? Also, to do MAC filtering do I have to use a Radius server? Or can I use the old pre-shared key with MAC filtering?
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Sep 12 2019
1:08 PM
If I use the external, dual-band antennae for my Meraki MR-74 AP, is it possible to put one antenna outside a building, and another inside? The requirement is to have people in the building, and outside, be able to associate with the wireless network. Is there a specific antenna I should use that is rated for outdoors?
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Aug 28 2019
10:16 AM
I have a stack of 3 MS-350s, and I have a SVI (VLAN interface) configured for my client network. This is also the network that the switch stack routes through to get to my MX security appliance. The logical address is set to 192.168.11.5 , and I can ping anyone from that address on the stack. But the other two switches have .6 & .7 addresses that cannot be directly pinged from the client machines, and when I go into tools to ping "from" and interface, I only get the .5 SVI. Is this by design? The only trouble I am running into is that a network monitoring server is on the network, and I'd like it to test if the second two switches are still online by pinging .6 and .7
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Jan 18 2019
8:15 AM
thanks for your help that removing from spare status would have really thrown me it is all good now 🙂
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Jan 18 2019
7:37 AM
Probably a pretty basic question, but I just put a MX security appliance out at a remote site for my company. We already have an existing Meraki network with MX appliances, switches, APs, etc. and this new MX shows up as a "spare" in my dashboard. I want to 1. Create a new network for the site 2. Move this spare device into it So my question is, when I create a new network by going to Network-->Create New Network , will it impact my existing setup? How do I then move the MX (and additional switches that haven't been configured yet) into it? (I want to make sure I don't mess anything up)
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Aug 22 2018
8:31 AM
That wasn't it remember that this switch had been added to the network weeks before as a stand-alone and was running the same firmware revision as the others.
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Aug 21 2018
1:25 PM
Yes, but in this case it was a bit different I was not creating a new stack: I was adding an already configured switch to an existing stack. I made sure the firmware was all the same, powered down the stack (and the third switch), and then added the new switch by re-arranging the stacking cables in the correct order. When the stack reloaded, I went to stack management and added the third switch to the existing stack. Problem is, because the MAC address was lower on that switch, it took over the master role
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Aug 21 2018
12:44 PM
Do I need to worry about this creating a problem if I add a 4th switch to the stack? What if it becomes master?
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Aug 21 2018
12:05 PM
I added a MS350 to an existing stack of two switches recently, and the new one became the master of the stack. This ended up creating issues, and I had to upgrade the firmware, power down the third switch, etc. in order to get things corrected. Is there any way to specify that a particular switch remains the master of the stack (switch 1 for instance--the one with the uplink port to the Internet)? If I have to add a 4th switch, I don't want the same thing happening.
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Jul 31 2018
2:48 PM
OK so it looks like I am on the right track here now I switched the mode, added a new VLAN (vlan 5 192.168.5.0 /29) to serve as a transit between my MPLS router and the MX. For the "MX IP" field when adding the new local VLAN I entered 192.168.5.2 I then put LAN interface 4 into that VLAN as an access port on the MX, and connected that to the router Does this sound correct? I shouldn't have to NAT in this case right?
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Jul 31 2018
2:21 PM
Is this going to affect my uplink interface and disconnect me if I turn this feature on?
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Jul 31 2018
2:16 PM
Under my routing tab I have VLANS: disabled: Use a single LAN what happens if I switch that to "enabled" ? Is that interface going to turn into a dot1q trunk?
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Jul 31 2018
1:49 PM
I have a MX84 that will have a link to a private MPLS cloud where some of our servers reside. It also has a traditional connection to the Internet I had a couple questions about this setup 1. I don't want to NAT traffic from my LAN going to that MPLS cloud if I can help it. I want to preserve the current private addresses. How can I do this? 2. I don't seem to be able to configure interfaces on the MX84 from the cloud --I have to do it from the local admin page (out-of-band). Is this correct? In other words, I can't select an interface and give it an IP address, start building rules around it, etc. from Dashboard
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Jul 31 2018
9:49 AM
It looks like combined network uses unified reporting for the whole environment so there is no need to set the MX to track by IP
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Jul 31 2018
9:14 AM
I have a MX84 Security Appliance that connects to a Meraki switch stack. The MX isn't handing out any DHCP addresses, and there is a transit layer-3 network between the switch stack (also operating in layer 3) and the MX. The MX has routes to other networks through the switch stack So I thought that enabling client tracking by IP address was the option to choose, but when I do that, I get an error saying it is unsupported "in a combined network and will break client tracking data" What does that mean exactly?
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Jul 23 2018
1:55 PM
The switch stack is in Layer-3 mode The switch I want to add to it is in layer-2 mode, but of course has a uplink/management IP address, and is registered with the cloud. Will it lose its IP address? --I am worried about it dropping out of the cloud
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Jul 23 2018
8:00 AM
There are 3 switches. Two are in a stack, and the third is trunked to them from a different room. I want to take that third switch and add it to the stack, but that switch does have configuration on it (ports, IP address, etc.)
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Jul 23 2018
7:50 AM
I have a Meraki switch that is already provisioned and connected to the cloud. It has its own IP (static) and configuration. Right now, it is trunked to another switch stack. I want to add this individual switch to an existing stack (with the stacking cables). Are there issues with doing this? What will happen to the configuration?
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Jun 29 2018
11:47 AM
We just purchased a MX84 to add to our existing Meraki network (that has switches and APs in it) I went into dashboard and added the order # and serial of the MX and claimed it successfully, but I don't see any new tabs for the MX, and I don't see the device in my existing inventory Is there something else I need to do to get this to show up in dashboard?
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