@Stevenjw0728 Negative, the pattern is not the "V" shape but tends to be rather spherical in nature and there will be a decent signal even behind the backplate of the AP.  There does tend to be more signal out the front side of the AP, but the Meraki APs do tend to be a bit more spherical than other typical APs, and that's somewhat by design and is also why the recommendations are not super fussy about ceiling vs wall mounting.  I have many customers using wall mounting and working great.  I will always argue that the ideal orientation is going to be horizontal ceiling mounted, but that's in general and there will always be corner cases.  But even vertical wall mounting with best practices being followed can also work great.  Let us know if you had any question on interpreting the azimuth and elevation charts on the data sheets. Hope that helps!   ... View more

Don't think that's possible with the built-in self-registration.   There's several things you could do though: Activate activation of guest accounts by an administrator. Have that admin reject al employee accounts. Prohibit the guest SSID via GPO or MDM on corporate devices. Dissuade guest usage of the network by setting a low enough splash frequency. Guests won't mind that it's only 2 hours, employees will get tired of it quickly. You could also set application and bandwidth limits. Blacklist individual users (devices) on the guest ssid. This is labour intensive and limited to 3000 entries. So scalability is questionable. Inform your employees about them not being allowed to use the guest network and periodically check the list of guest accounts. This could be combined with the blacklist from the previous point. Another option would be to just let them use the guest network... ... View more

Yup ... View more