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Thanks everyone for the response. I'm now leaning heavily towards getting the 10GTEK version and save 40X. ($23 each compare to $999 each ) Anyone can justify why Meraki sells transceivers that cost 40X compare to a 3rd party compatible units?
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Sep 2 2020
7:32 AM
Hello Meraki Gurus, I'm planning to refresh our 5 departmental switches to Meraki MS225-48LP .The switch cost seems very reasonable but the 10 GbE SFP+ SR Fiber Transceiver cost $999 MSRP Each and i will need 10 of this which will cost me $10K MSRP before discount.A quick search on Amazon shows a compatible model from 10GTEK selling for only $22 each. Anyone using this 3rd party transceivers with their Meraki network? Any other ideas to safe the save on the ridicules transceiver cost ? https://www.amazon.com/10Gtek-SFP-10G-SR-Transceiver-10GBASE-SR-300-meter/dp/B00U8Q7946/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=10gbe+sfp%2B+sr+fiber+transceiver&qid=1599056676&sr=8-4
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Mar 4 2020
3:29 PM
Meraki makes great switches. Just don't buy them used. Their MSRP are ridicules priced. Try to work with your rep For a good price and hopefully you can stay with full stack Meraki for a single pane of glass control.
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Is it out or DHCP addressing on that vLan? Addressing and traffic Client IP assignment Try set your SSID To : NAT mode: Use Meraki DHCP Clients receive IP addresses in an isolated 10.0.0.0/8 network. Clients cannot communicate with each other, but they may communicate with devices on the wired LAN if the SSID firewall settings permit.
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Nov 30 2018
12:29 PM
Disabling AMP for 10 min and enable it works for me. Try that.
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Oct 25 2018
1:03 PM
Hi PhilipDAth, I bought the used Meraki Equipment from the previous owners (Not Stolen) and they did unclaimed it from their dashboard and I claim it on mine without any issue. I was also able to use it for about 5 weeks without noticing any issue. I also bought a full 3-year license which should include "warranty to the device". What I found out is Meraki will not honor the "Lifetime Warranty" part if the equipment if purchased from an unauthorized Meraki seller in this case the owner of the device. I still have the 48 port switch + 2+ years license with me in my office as decoration LOL. Hopefully, Meraki will change some policy and I can RMA the item in the future.
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Oct 25 2018
12:35 PM
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Ideally, we want Meraki to allow us to change of ownership even with a high premium. That's a win-win situation. Meraki earn a new customer + profit and the Used equipment doesn't get wasted in the landfill.
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Jul 25 2018
4:00 PM
I rather catch a cobra with my bare hand then setting up Meraki client vpn on hundreds of ever changing client. 🤣🤣🤣.. Hopefully 1 day Meraki will create a painless VPN app like Anyconnect.. 😁
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Jul 25 2018
1:49 PM
Thanks PhilioDath as usual for your quick and useful solution... Do i need a RDP gateway if i need to do 2fa since i only have 1 TS?
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Jul 25 2018
1:04 PM
Hi Everyone, I have a 1:1 NAT setup for my outside users to login to my remote desktop server. Recently I notice some Brute Force attack to that server. Any best practice anyone can share to prevent this? Here is what I did so far.... - Layer 7 group policy to only allow 1 country ( still some attack coming within that country) - Complex username / password ( users hate the complexity but a lot harder for a dictionary attack ) - ideally, I could set up only allow trusted IP but most clients do not have static IP / VPN. So anyway within MX that allows me to set maximum connection retry within 1 hours to prevent brute force etc? Any good 3rd party 2fa solution I could use? Thanks in advance..
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Jun 6 2018
11:26 AM
1 Kudo
Great to know all these additional SLA options... I do keep a bunch of Meraki hardware in-hand ( I'm currently managing 50+ Meraki Network) for a quick swap if needed.... and we setup hot spare / VRRP on all mission-critical hardware such as MX Firewall. Another great thing with MERAKI - Hot spare hardware does not require a license or in Cisco terms Smartnet.
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Jun 6 2018
7:11 AM
11 Kudos
I would like to share my 1st AP RMA experience with Meraki yesterday and it was quick, easy and painless 🙂 6-5-2018 1.41PM - Called Meraki Support - Cisco Meraki Technical Support answer the phone within 3 rings ( not a receptionist to route your call depends on severity like many other company does "including Cisco")... After few minutes of quick diagnostic we concluded the hardware needed RMA. Whole process took about 10 min. Same day at 8.21PM the item has been shipped to me via FedEx Priority Overnight ( I was able to unclaim the old AP from my dashboard and claim the new one and set them name / location etc from home) 6-6-2018 9.30AM i reveived the replacement AP from Fedex with a return lable. 6/06/2018 - Wednesday 9:21 am Delivered Fairfax, VA Delivered to address other than recipient 9:21 am Delivery exception HERNDON, VA Customer not available or business closed 7:59 am On FedEx vehicle for delivery HERNDON, VA 7:41 am At local FedEx facility HERNDON, VA 6:12 am At destination sort facility DULLES, VA 5:02 am Departed FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN 2:08 am Arrived at FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN 6/05/2018 - Tuesday 6:44 pm Left FedEx origin facility ONTARIO, CA 6:37 pm Shipment information sent to FedEx 4:27 pm Picked up ONTARIO, CA
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May 9 2018
12:31 PM
13 Kudos
Thank you so much for the shirt CarolineS. I'll surely wear this to Hawaii when the volcanos dies down... :
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May 7 2018
11:54 AM
1 Kudo
Medium 🙂
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Apr 17 2018
7:24 AM
Repost. Newer Dell laptops have a piece of software called "SmartByte" I found this piece of software was blocking our access to our VPN. Once I disabled this software I was able to successfully log in to the VPN. To fix the issue launch the "SmartByte" software from the Start menu. There is an on off toggle, turn off "SmartByte" and you are able to connect. You are able to uninstall the software and it does no harm to the system. This software is installed by default on all Dell laptop systems since about June of 2017. I have not tested this with any desktop models.
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Mar 19 2018
6:06 AM
1 Kudo
Hi MerakiDave, Thanks for your explanation. MS220-48P cost $1000 used on ebay the time i bought it ( now it's around $800) . If its only $100 I won't even bother posting this.. I understand everything Meraki does are legal but don't seem to be fair to me. My suggestion to meraki is if there is a change of ownership then meraki could provide a option to transfer the ownership for a premium cost. Thats a win win sutuation. Meraki earn a new customer + profit and the Used equipment don't get wasted in the landfill.
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Feb 23 2018
6:09 AM
1 Kudo
I spend eaily 20+ hours online and offline with Meraki support regarding this issue with no resolution. VPN just dont connect with those new Dell Laptop unless i format it and reinstall a clean OS. SmartByte !! Its you all along !!
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Feb 20 2018
9:54 AM
7 Kudos
I like to share with you guys my horrible experience buying my one and only used meraki equipment on ebay, MS220-48P POE Switch. So i bought this used switch from ebay and purchased a new 3 years license from meraki to go with it. All working fine after 1+ month later that switch fail. I created a ticket with meraki and they verified the switch is defactive and issued a RMA for me. 1 day later they call me back saying that the RMA team found out that the switch belongs to another organization and i told them i bought it from the other organization thru ebay since they no longer need it. Then Meraki told me that they are not able to sent me a RMA becasue that switch is registerd to original purchaser and that name cannot be change or transfer. They also told me im not able to return my 3 year license since its over the 30 days return policy. So i end up with a dead switch + 3 years lincense doing nothing. Warranties are Non-transferable Any warranty still valid on a Cisco Meraki device will not be transferred to a new owner if it is sold between third parties. As such, should the device fail, it will not qualify for an RMA. Cisco Meraki Warranty policies can be found here.
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Oct 18 2017
5:27 AM
We have the same issue. This seems to be a known problem with the MX100 only. I tried everything to find a workaround but no luck. Here is basically your option. 1) turn off AMP 2) upgrade to v13 firmware beta ( I did that on my environment with 500 users and multiple vpn etc and it works great so far.) worst case 1 click roll back to V12. I understand the word beta is scary but v13 already been around for a long time. V14 already available but Meraki support need to manually push it on their end. My suggestion is upgrade to V13 and keep your eye on it.
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Oct 13 2017
1:46 PM
Yes its a known issue i guess... just not happy with Meraki ignoring this major issue for so long... Its been going on for months... their only solution is by upgrading to the Beta firmware. Why is there not a stable version that has this issue resolved? Why does paid customer production network needs to be their lab rat? Anyway ill update to V14. Thank you for doing all this for me !!
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Oct 13 2017
1:36 PM
I saw it on my email and Im trying to reply and then its gone on the forum .. someone deleted it maybe for privacy issue? Its funny that it works for you but not me. I did not have the chance to look at your screenshot. I guess i have no choice but to upgrade to the new beta firmware... im sure it will work. Worst case Revert back to V12. Thank you again for all your help !!
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Oct 13 2017
12:56 PM
1 Kudo
Meraki support told me that V13 will not even solve my issue. I have to schedule a firmware update and they need to manually push V14 for this issue to be resolve. But its on Bata. Scary. I just dont understand why Cisco Meraki cannot make a windows update to work on a stable firmware?
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Oct 13 2017
12:52 PM
Yes as soon as i disable AMP everything work. When i turn it on then Windows update stop working again. I think is a knows MX100 issue. Here is what show up on the log but i dont think those are windows update Oct 13 12:19:22 IDS Alert 209.66.87.99.IPYX-073920-004-ZYO.zip.zayo.com 209.66.87.99:80 S Blocked BROWSER-IEMicrosoft Edge xlink type confusion memory corruption attempt Oct 13 12:09:00 IDS Alert a23-219-162-115.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com 23.219.162.115:80 S Blocked BROWSER-IEMicrosoft Edge xlink type confusion memory corruption attempt Oct 13 12:04:00 IDS Alert a23-219-162-115.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com 23.219.162.115:80 S Blocked BROWSER-IEMicrosoft Edge xlink type confusion memory corruption attempt
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Oct 13 2017
12:47 PM
yes 12.24 Sorry i cannot share my L3/7 rule here. preety basic..only blocking few /32 ip. CF blocking P2P, Video and Gaming
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