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12-13-2022
11:20 AM
You would think it would be something as easy as checking multiple boxes (AP's) and issuing a reboot command... lol. Then again, we can't see something as simple as AP uptime or even switch uptime. I've been making these kinds of wishes for years.
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12-12-2022
11:42 AM
I love how Apple is "fixing" this in macOS Ventura 13.1 ONLY. Forcing M series customers to be running Ventura. Not shocking or surprising.
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12-12-2022
11:37 AM
Well this has FINALLY made some traction... https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/12/macbook-wifi-issues-m1-m2-fix/ https://www.meter.com/mac-osx-awdl-psa https://systemstatus.ucla.edu/status?id=status_record&service=a8226ec01b1651509ca4a602b24bcb20
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10-19-2022
09:56 AM
Still trying to figure this one out... Many others are complaining in the Apple forums and other sites. This morning my laptop decided to roam several times to other AP's very far away (when I was directly under the AP in room). Tried disabling "Limit IP Address Tracking" in WIFI prefs as suggested in Apple forums. So far my laptop has remained connected for 3 hours. Also set IPv6 as Local Link Only. My co-workers Intel Macbook Pro in same office didn't roam all morning. Also had a Chromebook next to me that stayed connected to same AP all morning too. Time will tell I guess.
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10-19-2022
08:58 AM
3 Kudos
So I finally figured out the issue this morning. It was a Realtek driver update via HP Support Assistant. The model laptop is HP ProBook 455R G6. The driver version from Realtek is 2024.10.227.2 and dated 8/18/22. I'm seeing solid stable connectivity and ping times perfect. No more thousands of logs saying client has roamed to AP X every few seconds. Attached screenshot. Prior to this ping times would constantly time out. The laptop has stayed connected for hours since driver update (not seconds like before).
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10-04-2022
07:17 AM
LOL the awful fading blue LED light... All our MR32's are so bad you can't even tell they are on. All our MR33 lights are still bright.
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08-01-2022
12:56 PM
2 Kudos
Try testing with 28.7. I just tested a PC with realtek adapter and remained connected for 30 minutes stable.
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08-01-2022
12:54 PM
2 Kudos
I tested a PC with a realtek adapter just now and connectivity remained solid for over 30 minutes! Didn't have the hundreds of roaming events like before. Looks promising, need to test with more devices.
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07-28-2022
05:22 AM
1 Kudo
Also found this interesting.... Bug - AP performance may degrade over time (Wi-Fi 6 APs) is a "known issue" in Firmware 28.7 but "fixed" in 29.2. Guess those with wifi 6 environments should jump to the beta. I'm going to upgrade 201 AP's this evening from 28.6 to 28.7. The majority of the AP's are MR53's. We have only a handful of MR46E at the location. I've also seen that bug with channel 100 utilization specific to MR53.
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07-27-2022
07:06 AM
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Wonder if this fixes the realtek adapter issues... https://community.meraki.com/t5/Wireless-LAN/MR-28-6-Firware-Large-amount-of-connections/m-p/141400 https://www.reddit.com/r/meraki/comments/svq5yc/mr_286_and_client_connecting_every_second/ Will update one of my schools this week to 28.7 and test.
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05-28-2022
08:24 AM
Hey Brad, All the Meraki AP's in the building are connected to Meraki Switches which I don't believe support HSRP. While I was in the building yesterday I couldn't reproduce the issue. Connected to same AP for hours. So frustrating. Last three times I was at the building the roaming was constant and had to plug in ethernet.
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05-26-2022
05:24 AM
Nah, disabled. I'm literally the only one in the area and it will still roam constantly. I've even tried this when teachers and students weren't in the building.
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05-25-2022
12:37 PM
Definitely just a stationary laptop on a desk. I've been connected to an MR53 here at our High School for hours. The moment I connect to an MR42 the roaming issue happens. I'll probably have to open a case with both Apple and Meraki.
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05-25-2022
08:49 AM
So this is a weird one. I have an elementary school with MR42 and MR46 AP's. I've been using this 2020 M1 Macbook pro and noticed that I cannot keep a connection to an MR42 without the device roaming every minute or so. I'm fine in a room with MR46 AP's. I can go to our High School and be connected to a single MR53 for hours without roaming. All my networks are running firmware 28.6. Rebooting the AP's hasn't helped. On my Intel 2017 Macbook Pro there are no issues. Going to open a case with Meraki on Friday. I think it has something to do with the M1 wireless chipset and firmware 28.6. From my wifi signal app on my M1 Mac: Event Date BSSID Vendor AP Network Name Signal Strength (dBm) Noise (dBm) SNR (dB) Mode Channel Channel Width (MHz) Band Rate (Mbps) MCS Index Security Annotations Roam 05-24-2022 15:27:35 BE:17:D8:C8:AD:B5 Cisco Meraki Meraki:C8:AD:B5 admin -45 -93 48 802.11ac 40 40 5 GHz 130 7 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 08:59:27 EE:9E:38:70:B9:44 (null) EE:9E:38:70:B9:44 admin -80 -95 15 802.11ac 36 40 5 GHz 27 1 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 08:59:47 BA:17:D8:06:3D:3A Cisco Meraki Meraki:06:3D:3A admin -81 -92 11 802.11ac 153 40 5 GHz 14 -1 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:00:06 1A:8D:CB:70:4F:87 Cisco Meraki Meraki:70:4F:87 admin -48 -92 44 802.11ac 44 40 5 GHz 400 1 WPA2 (PSK) Join 05-25-2022 09:00:16 1A:8D:CB:70:4F:87 Cisco Meraki Meraki:70:4F:87 admin -48 -93 45 802.11ac 44 40 5 GHz 400 9 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:01:14 BA:17:D8:05:F6:C2 Cisco Meraki Meraki:05:F6:C2 admin -84 -94 10 802.11ac 149 40 5 GHz 400 1 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:01:35 1A:8D:CB:70:4F:87 Cisco Meraki Meraki:70:4F:87 admin -49 -96 47 802.11ac 44 40 5 GHz 400 9 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:02:25 BA:17:D8:05:F6:C2 Cisco Meraki Meraki:05:F6:C2 admin -84 -94 10 802.11ac 149 40 5 GHz 14 -1 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:02:46 1A:8D:CB:70:4F:87 Cisco Meraki Meraki:70:4F:87 admin -49 -94 45 802.11ac 44 40 5 GHz 19 9 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:05:02 BA:17:D8:05:F6:C2 Cisco Meraki Meraki:05:F6:C2 admin -83 -91 8 802.11ac 149 40 5 GHz 39 4 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:05:23 1A:8D:CB:70:4F:87 Cisco Meraki Meraki:70:4F:87 admin -51 -95 44 802.11ac 44 40 5 GHz 400 9 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:08:04 BA:17:D8:05:F6:C2 Cisco Meraki Meraki:05:F6:C2 admin -84 -94 10 802.11ac 149 40 5 GHz 26 3 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:08:47 BA:17:D8:06:3D:3A Cisco Meraki Meraki:06:3D:3A admin -81 -95 14 802.11ac 153 40 5 GHz 30 8 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:16:54 1A:8D:CB:70:4F:87 Cisco Meraki Meraki:70:4F:87 admin -46 -95 49 802.11ac 44 40 5 GHz 173 9 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:18:14 BA:17:D8:05:F6:C2 Cisco Meraki Meraki:05:F6:C2 admin -86 -89 3 802.11ac 149 40 5 GHz 54 5 WPA2 (PSK) Roam 05-25-2022 09:18:35 1A:8D:CB:70:4F:87 Cisco Meraki Meraki:70:4F:87 admin -49 -91 42 802.11ac 44 40 5 GHz 26 9 WPA2 (PSK) Disconnect 05-25-2022 09:22:11 1A:8D:CB:70:4F:87 Cisco Meraki Meraki:70:4F:87 admin -51 -96 45 802.11ac 44 40 5 GHz 400 9 WPA2 (PSK)
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03-10-2022
05:16 AM
Well it's been over a month and I've tested this on MR53 and MR42 AP's... no degraded performance. I'm considering this resolved with 28.6. Unfortunately, it took Meraki two years to fix LOL.
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02-14-2022
06:07 PM
1 Kudo
So far so good here on my end with 28.6. Haven't seen the degraded performance over time. There was a recent post in the Meraki reddit thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/meraki/comments/srvauq/mr_286_finally_fixes_slowdown_issue_with_ampdu/
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01-25-2022
05:06 AM
3 Kudos
I originally thought so. The MR33 is technically a wifi 5 wave 2 AP and isn't affected by the bug (per support). I asked if this ADDBA request bug fix was related to this case and they weren't sure. All I got was the following: Advised customer that from the internal issue tracking information, NSE is able to confirm that the development team mentioned the fix is included in the MR28.6 firmware version.
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01-24-2022
07:11 PM
2 Kudos
Stable release candidate MR 28.6 released today. Discussed with support and this specific bug wasn't mentioned in the changelog which annoys me. They assured me it was fixed. I just updated 201 AP's in my High School. Wireless firmware versions MR 28.6 changelog Important note Meraki APs use UDP port 7351 for cloud communication and TCP ports 80 and 443 for backup communications when running MR 27 and older firmware. When running MR 28 firmware, Meraki APs will now use TCP port 443 as the primary means for cloud connectivity. In order to maintain connectivity to the Meraki cloud on MR 28+ ensure that TCP port 443 is allowed to communicate with 209.206.48.0/20 on firewalls that are deployed upstream of your Meraki APs. (Wi-Fi 6 MRs) Legacy product notice When configured for this version the MR12, MR16, MR18, MR24, MR26, MR32, MR34, MR62, MR66, and MR72 will run MR 26.8.3. New Additional channel support in the Indonesia regulatory domain (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 MRs/Wi-Fi 6 MRs) Additional channel support in the Israel regulatory domain (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 MRs) NBAR blocked events are logged to the Event Log (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 MRs/Wi-Fi 6 MRs) Bug fixes MT stability and performance improvements (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 MRs/Wi-Fi 6 MRs) MT Sensors are unable to connect to gateway (MR42E, MR53E) Imagotag stability and performance improvements (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 MRs/Wi-Fi 6 MRs) Some Bluetooth Low Energy devices were not being detected as Bluetooth clients (Wi-Fi 6 MRs) 802.11k feature improvements (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 MRs/Wi-Fi 6 MRs) PMK updates now contain the MR’s management VLAN (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 MRs/Wi-Fi 6 MRs) MR could enter a state where ADDBA requests would not be initiated, resulting in reduced throughput (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 MRs) Performance improvements for MRs directly connected to an MX (Wi-Fi 6 MRs) Inconsistent LED behavior (MR30H, MR36H) General stability and performance improvements (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 MRs/Wi-Fi 6 MRs) Known issues Sporadic packet loss & instability on Layer 3 roaming & Teleworker VPN SSID's (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 MRs/Wi-Fi 6 MRs) No DHCP response error is seen after a client performs a successful L3 roam (Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2 MRs/Wi-Fi 6 MRs) Meraki Auth does not work when an SSID is configured to Tunnel data to a concentrator (Wi-Fi 6 MRs)
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01-19-2022
01:12 PM
7 Kudos
Huge news. My case number for those interested is 07376291 - Throughput and performance issues on APs. We took packet captures and logs on AP (specifically MR53) before and after reboot. There is an internal bug case with Meraki since April 2021. They started developing a fix in August 2021. There is a pre beta release 28.6 that is now available and I'm testing with on an AP in our IT Office. This new custom firmware became available January 13, 2022. Apparently, the issue is fixed. AP Models affected are MR42, MR42E, MR52, MR53, MR53E, MR84. I had a feeling this was the case since I wasn't seeing the issue on our MR32 or MR33 AP's. Fingers crossed!
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01-11-2022
11:24 AM
1 Kudo
Well after about a month now looks like our IT AP (the one I connect to and test on) is back to getting poor speeds. I was testing almost daily and getting 100+ Mbps speedtests from local status page. Currently getting 22 Mbps. Back to rebooting AP's. Lovely. This building has 201 MR53 AP's running 28.5.
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11-19-2021
08:50 AM
You've seen this issue on the MR33's? None of my three elementary buildings have reported issues (all MR33).
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11-19-2021
08:35 AM
Hey Nolan, Curious which model Meraki AP's you have? Weird thing is that I've not seen the issue at all on MR33 or MR46's. I'm hoping to get a few MR56's in soon. Moving to another platform like Aruba has been discussed internally.
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11-19-2021
08:17 AM
1 Kudo
I've been reading these forums for years and finally decided to make an account because of this thread. I have over 600 Meraki AP's (MR32, MR33, MR42, MR46, MR53, MR74). I'm in a school district and randomly get tickets or emails from teachers saying "internet is down or slow". We have one AP per classroom. A few weeks ago I was in a classroom with an MR42 and maybe 5 wireless devices connected. I went to the ap.meraki.com page and did a speedtest. I was getting 0.23 Mbps! Ping latency was very high. Checked the switches connected to AP and everything looks ok. Speeds were ok on another Meraki AP next classroom over. Upon reboot was now getting 136.02 Mbps. I've noticed this with MR42 and MR53 AP's. Running firmware 27.7.1. Next time this is happening I'm going to open a case with Meraki.
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