Well that was quick, the swag turned up this morning and I only confirmed the address on Thursday morning.   Thought I would set the new toys on an already crowded desk and take a photo in thanks.   ... View more

@BrechtSchamp wrote: A hidden SSID still sends out beacon frames, it just doesn't contain the SSID name. Note that hidden SSIDs don't add much security. You just have to wait untill an actual client comes by and connects to know the SSID name: https://ethicalhackingblog.com/uncovering-hidden-ssids/   The problem is (particularly for roaming) is that some drivers (some Intel ones for sure) will not send probe packets on DFS channels, so unless there is a device already using the channel in question the client device will simply never find the SSID on that channel. On it's own that's enough reason never use a hidden SSID, the fact that they are useless is (now to me) fairly minor compared with the strange issue they can cause. I think I still have my logs from back in 2005 when I used to log Access points (including the hidden ones) from the top deck of a London bus and that was when the hide your SSID and limit to known MAC addresses made you super secure. BTW the customer made up the bit about requiring the SSID to be hidden to get PCI compliance in the EU.   ... View more

What channel are you using.   If it's on a used on a 5GHz DFS channel then it may be worth moving to other channels.   A lot of clients won't send probes on DFS channels therefore the SSID won't be seen unless there is other traffic already there.   Of course this may not be your issue, but it's one worth being aware of and a quick thing to check.   I discovered this when a client insisted that their card payment terminal SSID had to be hidden for PCI compliance, but certain firmware versions simply wouldn't roam to APs using the DFS channels ... View more

Have you considered getting a hold of a Chromecast and checking if that behaves properly? It's really annoying as I am now running my XBox One and TiVo via wired connections and they work fine from my phone Wi-Fi (obviously) connected phone and I didn't have to do anything whatsoever (unless I put the Chromecast etc onto a different VLAN as I don't really like household appliances being on the same network as our 'proper' devices.) I added a Google Mini last week (Easter discound in the local supermarket) and it also can startup netflix, youtube and other services the Chromecast without any issues. ... View more

I'm somewhat surprised about winning anything.   Congrats to all who won anything and thank's for the additional responses from those who don't post too often (some of those have been quite useful.)   Also lots of thanks to the Meraki folks too. ... View more

I suspect the real question is; when is Apple going to unveil their phone management subscription service? ... View more

That's good timing as I just added a method to read the AP rfProfileId to the meraki.py imports yesterday   If only nobody had noticed that the implementations team hadn't made arbitrary changes to certain RF Profiles for another couple of weeks (1700+ sites to check <sigh>) ... View more

Back to MR 15.13 and so far there have been no issues in just under a week.   However it's really too early to tell as everything looked foe for a few days after the last beta release. ... View more

Can the wired machine cast to the Samsung TV? I also point to Philips query as to whether the SSID is definitely not running in NAT mode (it's good to have solid confirmation of such things.) I will be honest and say that I have issues with anything that runs Samsung versions of Android as Samsung have a habit of adding their own 'improvements' that only Samsung could ever consider an improvement, but it's what they do and they are too big to argue with. Bitter experience has taught me to check for where Samsung they diverge from other peoples specifications (TiVo are another company do the same thing, their products don't quite behave the same as a genuine Chromecast does.) Provided you are in Bridge mode and you have everything on the right VLANs it tends to work when using Meraki devices (*** see caviat below) I mention the following as I haven't simply once added a ChromeCast and sent stuff to it. The YouTube display devices I have tested so far are Chromecasts, XBox One, RPi running Android and the current model of TiVo (the small one) and the stream initiators have been Windows, Linux, Apple Mac, Android (both phones and an Raspberry Pi(s) running Linux and Android) and an iPhone. *** However the TiVo has always been horrible, it's always visible but simply hangs about 30% of the time you send a stream to it and it's a bit worse when using a multicast reflector (fails about 60% of the time) regardless of client source, network infrastructure or method of network connection (wired or wireless.) I did spend time setting up a 2nd VLAN and creating a multicast reflector to permit discovery and casting between VLANS them, the Chromecast worked like a dream, the TiVo was even less reliable than normal (it was visible but wouldn't actually stream the video more than 50% of the time) and the XBox One (unusually for a MS product) had absolutely no issues. ... View more

@MMoss Thanks for that.   I's an issue I have only encountered since mid/late January and was causing issues on my work supplied Samung, as updates rolled out other devices started joining in my Google Pixel, sons iPhone and now two laptops (both the same model all using  5GHz.   Everything has behaved for a few days since rolling back No doubt I will apply the next beta as it's the only way anybody is going to find out if the issues persist. ... View more

Is the user completely kicked off (no wi-fi symbol) or is the user connected to the AP but has no network access and all other devices are fine? I'm asking because I have had a few issues with our upstairs MR32 over the last 3 months or where the phone is connected to the AP but can't talk to anything (the dashboard says everything looks good.) It started with the awful work phone I have, happened once with my decent phone and since the last firmware update happened a few times to two windows laptops (I have since downgraded the firmware to see if the issue occurs again.) Rebooting the AP restores connectivity however I usually run on Beta firmware (it's at home so it's not a real issue.) ... View more

There's always fights in our office when these bags arrive into the office. In my case my useful items live in a pair of these bags on my laptop bag: One contains a Leatherman (UK laws mean locking blades shouldn't be carried on the person) The other contains Mini crowbars, jiggle keys, Mini Jim and a captive nut tool for those days when you are  fighting with cabinets (the jiggle keys are when the wrong keys are supplied for cabinets.) My regular bag has a Meraki bag with a fountain pen, pencil and a bottle of ink Gratuitous pics attached (DC cabinet work tools and EDC bag contents) Cabinet work bag Fancy things ... View more

If you are using DHCP for the AP's IP address check it makes a DHCP request. If the up time ribbon on the AP and the switch port are unbroken green then it's unlikely that the AP has rebooted. Having spent almost minutes proving that MX64s are not problem devices that lose connectivity for no reason I can say that simply checking the 'ribbon' and DHCP logs are hugely useful. Clarification: The MX64s were being accused of being problem children due to losing connectivity with the WAN, the fact that there was no power to any Meraki devices was ignored by a certain support team. ... View more

What way is your network configured NAT or Bridge? For me the content filtering via the L7 firewall section and the Group policies are simply logged as in the attached image. There are entries from the predefined ones such as Pay2Surf and stuff later in the logs so I know those are listed too. Not particularly useful and really there should be a script pulling the data out (but this is from my home network and it's not important enough to bother about.) ... View more

They don't appear to as the mac address remained consistent, the device did receive a valid IP address and could be pinged from any Meraki device within the network. It simply did not receive the splash page (WiFiSpark said they did see the request) but the handset simply sat there and said it didn't have internet connectivity. Also requested the 'engineer' to try the usual browse to a http: site which sometimes kicks the splashpage on Aruba setups into life ... View more