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JoeGoff · ‎May 6 2021

First, let me preface this by saying I'm not a networking guy, but am loving the Meraki equipment. My boss is wanting to set up him home and personal shop using Meraki equipment and I have already placed some wireless MR76 access points in his shop with a MS120 8 port switch to power them. He is currently using an old Netgear Nighthawk wireless ap/router for his home and is looking to replace it with something from Meraki as well. He doesn't really need the VPN functionality as pretty much 99% of our accessible data is in the cloud and not in our main business building. So I'm looking for what equipment you would recommend for his house. I'm assuming that the Telecommuter Z3C series is cheaper then a MX64W and I'm sure that not all of the features of an MX would be applied at his house. Would there be any speed limitations between the two devices when used on in a home environment where say he has a 300Mb connection? Any pros or cons between picking one or the other? And any recommendations for wifi access points to cover his two story house? That is one reason I'm looking at the wireless versions of these as it can be one access point to cover the basement and then just getting a couple of access points to cover the upstairs. Thoughts/Concerns? Your help is greatly appreciated.

JoeGoff · ‎Apr 21 2021

I ended up running a building to building bridge from Ubiquity.

JoeGoff · ‎Feb 4 2021

Doing the obligatory introduction post with a bow and wave. Hi, My name is Joe and I'm primarily a software developer. Mainly web (LAMP stack) but also currently develop some using Codesys for PLCs. I'm the only IT guy in our shop, so I get to fill all of the IT roles. We just did a network upgrade and added a second building so after investigating we went with Meraki for the WiFi and a couple of PoE switches. Very easy to use and seems decently easy enough to manage. Though now I need to add a few extra runs so I can VLAN those pesky VoIP phones. This will hopefully be an excellent source of support to help me when I eventually run off the cliff trying to figure something out in this crazy networking world. As far as a fun fact? Well I am a south-paw!

JoeGoff · ‎Jan 29 2021

Thanks for the responses. I cannot plug directly in from a laptop as I would need a PoE injector to power the AP. And yes, I did set up the device configuration as per the instructions, but to no help. I guess I'm just going to have to spend more money and go outside of Meraki to solve this. It truly is a disappointment that I did not get what I paid for. Guess that is what I get for trusting a salesman... I do appreciate all of the time and effort into trying to help me with this.

JoeGoff · ‎Jan 29 2021

Actually did that very thing this morning. It updated and showed correctly in the dashboard when I had it at my desk. The status light is orange when it is in the new building.

JoeGoff · ‎Jan 29 2021

Hi BrandonS, thank you for the reply. I have read the link you provided. This is where I found the device configuration setting that I was suppose to use to set it up. That is where my confusion lies. Right now, only the wireless equipment is set up so I should be able to see the switch in the new building but cannot. I know that I would have to segregate the wired devices on a VLAN in the new building which is fine in that they only need access to the printer in the new building. I'm just not understanding why I can't see the switch. It is going to suck to have to buy even more equipment because the salesman screwed us.

JoeGoff · ‎Jan 29 2021

First, let me preface this by saying that I am not a networking guy so I apologize if I do not understand some terms used in replies. My company has recently built a second building about 50 yards away from our current building so additional manufacturing can happen in it. At the same time we have done a complete wireless infrastructure refresh and went with Meraki equipment. After consulting with Meraki sales, they suggested using MR76 between the buildings for the bridge. So on the back of the main building I have a MR76 with two MA-ANT-25 attached to it pointing to the new building. On the new building I have a MR76 with two sets of MA-ANT-20 attached to it. In the new building I have the MR76 attached to a MS120-8LP-HW switch and also two MR70 access points to fully cover the new building for WiFi. I can see the three APs on the network working as repeaters, but the switch does not show up as accessible. I have both MR76 set up on the same channels and in the Network Wide -> General -> Device configuration section set the Clients wired directly to Meraki APs option set to a SSID that is set up in Bridge Mode. I will have to have Printers and VoIP phones connected in the new building, so I need the switch to recognize and direct traffic accordingly on the LAN. Any ideas what I am doing wrong here?

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