Cisco Meraki Wireless - All Labs

Configure a new wifi ssid on the meraki dashboard, set authentication (open, passphrase, or radius), enable a splash page, and assign vlan and layer 3 settings for production networks.

Explore SSID availability controls in meraki wireless, including hiding specific networks for testing or per floor, and using ap availability with tags to apply configurations across APIs.

Explore how to monitor the RF spectrum in your environment using Meraki, view channel utilization for the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, and identify potential interference.

Use Air Marshal to detect rogue devices, enable wireless intrusion prevention, and trigger alerts. Create blacklists and whitelists to manage visibility and guard against malicious broadcast traffic.

Learn to navigate the Cisco Meraki wireless access points dashboard and view all APs, online status, and alerting. Plan naming, understand repeater behavior, and review last month reports for usage.

Claim devices from inventory using order numbers or serial numbers, then add them to your live Meraki network, managing used and unused units and viewing declines across devices.

Configure general network settings, including per-branch networks, network naming, location, and time zone, while enabling two-factor authentication and managing firmware updates and maintenance windows.

Configure critical alerts in Meraki wireless to email admins or designated users for config changes, VPN status, rogue APs, network usage, offline gateways, and security events.

Explore the topology section to view the complete network diagram, including the L2 setup and L3 routing on the switch for a small network.

Discover how the network wide clients option in Meraki shows wired and wireless devices, filters by status and type, analyzes bandwidth and application usage, and provides event logs for troubleshooting.

Use packet capture to troubleshoot wireless networks by selecting devices and the AP, choosing the wireless interface, and downloading the ECF file for analysis in Wireshark.

learn how to upload maps and floor plans in the Meraki Cloud Dashboard, locate and place devices on a map, and monitor status colors for quick network insights.

Tag access points and map tags to floor-specific configurations on the Meraki dashboard, enabling targeted management of APs across multiple floors.

Learn to configure the splash page for guest users in Cisco Meraki Wireless, including consent prompts, time- or billing-based access, and diverse authentication options like sponsored guest and cloud login.

Explore how to run PCI DSS compliance reports in the Meraki wireless environment, inspect the report output, and address violations identified in the report.

Learn best practices for planning and deploying the blue line wireless network with Meraki, covering traffic requirements, throughput, surveys, quality of service, tagging, and client naming for monitoring.