topic Re: SSID limitation in Wireless

SSID limitation

deesloop — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:10:34 GMT

Just FYI I'm from a cloudtrax/openemesh background

Also I have only 1 unit to trial so may not have the full picture.

We have 20+ construction sites.

Each site has 3 unique SSIDS - ClientXXX, StaffXXX, GuestXXX

XXX is a unique identifier for the site.

A 4th SSIS is common to them all - Tech but is hidden

I cannot see a way to replicate this in Meraki

It looks like we're restricted to 15 SSIDs.

I've created 2 networks but the SSID options remain the same regardless which network I choose.

Am I correct in my understanding and we're limited to 15 SSIDs for the organisation?

Can this be increased - I don't need 15 SSIDS per location, but I need more than 15 SSID company wide.

Thanks

Re: SSID limitation

ww^ — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:03:32 GMT

15 SSIDs per network. you should be able to editt/create them for each network.

Did you maybe clone the network or attach it to a template that sets the ssid?

Re: SSID limitation

Uberseehandel — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:21:40 GMT

Combined Dashboard Networks

This may suit your organisational/network structure.

Re: SSID limitation

deesloop — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:23:35 GMT

Genius! - You are a Star

Re: SSID limitation

GreenMan — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:59:41 GMT

So: yes, one Network per site... Not just because you then get 15 SSIDs for each site, but also:

A Network can only be in one time zone - if you have lots of APs in different countries, you will probably want accurate local time for each.

If you ever want to deploy the MX Security / VPN / SD-WAN appliance, you can only have one MX active in any single Network in Dashboard. (MR + MX and maybe MS switches too, all together, then suggests use of Combined Networks, per site, as @Uberseehandel mentioned)