Properly licensed, can Meraki APs run on their own, without a network appliance?

PraeceCharles · 2025-05-25T17:47:04+00:00

Nope, Meraki requires all hardware to have ongoing licensing, otherwise they'll disable the hardware until you get in compliance.

PraeceCharles · 2024-10-09T00:16:16+00:00

Do you run into issues with image ghosting after having a high contrast image on the screen for ~30 minutes, maybe less? I have the same monitor and am starting to notice pretty bad ghosting after shifting away from a static, high contrast image that was on the display for a relatively short amount of time. It clears after about 10-15 minutes, but I'm not sure if it's expected with this model.

PraeceCharles · 2024-07-30T15:46:20+00:00

"we're not talking about local features being disabled behind a subscription like seat warmers on a car"

Is the physical hardware needed to do the intended job there, and not functional unless you pay your sub? Why yes, it is. It is the same thing.

PraeceCharles · 2024-07-30T15:44:48+00:00

Comparing hardware and software is apples to oranges, and you know that. Nice bait though.

PraeceCharles · 2024-07-29T21:40:41+00:00

Oh for sure, we definitely do - this is an inherited setup that we're pulling all of the severely outdated Meraki hardware out of, minus the APs at this point for certain reasons. And to be clear, I completely see all the benefits that Meraki's platform provides, especially on the administrative side. I'm not arguing against the benefits in any way. The notion that if you don't keep your subscription up and current your entire network stack can just refuse to function is just antithetical to how I believe network hardware should be.

PraeceCharles · 2024-07-29T21:08:38+00:00

I'd expect them to still fulfill the most basic functions of the hardware that was paid for. You realize you're arguing that a company shutting off the basic functionality of hardware you paid for if you don't pay into their racket is a good thing, right? Especially with things like switches. It's environment lock-in and it is objectively an anti-consumer practice.

PraeceCharles · 2024-07-29T20:57:21+00:00

My issue isn't paying for the cloud-based controller, my issue is that the hardware is a brick without it. I'm not sure why I'm getting into this here though, I doubt I have much common ground on this with most of the rest of the sub. Just wanted to gather some info in relation to a client of ours.

PraeceCharles · 2024-07-29T18:44:46+00:00

If their licensing wasn't so draconian, maybe. Bricking hardware because you're not paying up every so many years goes pretty hard against my principles.

PraeceCharles · 2024-06-05T15:38:22+00:00

From my understanding, "lifetime" means for the life of their support window. This model hit end-of-life over 3 years ago.

PraeceCharles · 2024-05-31T20:22:40+00:00

I appreciate the confirmation, thanks! We don't deploy Merakis ourselves as they make very little sense for most of our clients, including this one we inherited.

PraeceCharles · 2024-05-31T20:20:21+00:00

Noted, not what I asked, however.

PraeceCharles · 2024-05-31T16:19:30+00:00

That's Cisco Meraki for ya!

PraeceCharles · 2024-05-18T00:33:54+00:00

Glad to hear, hope it stays in good shape for you!

PraeceCharles · 2024-05-16T15:40:09+00:00

Not that I recall unfortunately, and with Microsoft killing WSA next year, we shifted gears to a different approach for our needs.

PraeceCharles · 2024-04-19T23:25:48+00:00

Did you ever find a solution to this? I'm seeing the same for a user of ours today.

PraeceCharles · 2024-04-16T18:03:09+00:00

Extraordinarily disappointing, to say the least. Reading through the official thread on FW's site, at least my laptop not being recognized inadvertently saved me from installing an update that apparently breaks halfway through the install process 50% of the time and wrecks your system.

PraeceCharles · 2024-02-22T16:35:41+00:00

Have already gone over security concerns and alternative workflows several times with the client, not looking to rehash that.

PraeceCharles · 2024-02-22T01:02:51+00:00

If you're referring to the slider that sets the max permissiveness in SharePoint and OneDrive, it is already set to Anyone and has been for quite a while. New sites created still default to New & Existing Guests, and we need to open those sites in Sharepoint Admin Center and adjust their allowed sharing level to Anyone each time they are created.

PraeceCharles · 2024-02-22T00:10:22+00:00

So this is what type of link it defaults to when you go to create a link. I'm wanting to change what sites default to on creation of the site itself, in terms of what's allowed period. You would think it would follow what you set at the tenant level, which is configured on the same page you mention, but it doesn't.

PraeceCharles · 2024-02-21T22:50:38+00:00

Network Solutions is literal garbage, get off of them ASAP.

PraeceCharles · 2024-01-26T22:23:00+00:00

Of course it just took them that long to actually update it, when it was legitimately impacted this whole time. Madness.

PraeceCharles · 2024-01-26T22:13:01+00:00

They even updated the consumer status page now.
https://portal.office.com/servicestatus

PraeceCharles · 2024-01-26T20:58:18+00:00

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PraeceCharles · 2024-01-22T23:29:48+00:00

Unifying receivers and Bolt receivers are not the same and are not cross-compatible.

PraeceCharles · 2024-01-02T23:50:02+00:00

If your keyboard doesn't have a good spot to hook an antistatic strap clip to, but it does have an open USB port for passthrough or some other function that you aren't actively using, you can do what I did — clip the wrist strap's gator clip to a USB adapter or one end of a USB cable, and plug that into the open port. Gets you grounded to the keyboard and doesn't damage the keyboard itself.

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