topic Re: MR Subscription Expiry Behaviour in Wireless

MR Subscription Expiry Behaviour

flyingframes — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 21:39:23 GMT

If subscription & grace period expires, does it mean my MR APs will:

1. Stop beaconing SSID

2. They will beacon SSIDs but stop bridging traffic

3. They will beacon SSIDs, bridge traffic, but just the cloud management will be blocked along with cloud features e.g. radio management.

I got an email saying:

"If you choose not to renew, your Meraki systems will cease to provide network access."

I am not sure how to comprehend what will stop for these APs in question.

Re: MR Subscription Expiry Behaviour

MerakiGnome — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 21:53:03 GMT

Hi @flyingframes , basically your whole network will cease to function.

Re: MR Subscription Expiry Behaviour

Brash — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 01:20:08 GMT

As per the licensing FAQ:

"...This means that you will no longer be able to configure or make changes to your Meraki network device, and your Meraki network product will no longer pass traffic."

So at minimum no network traffic will pass through the device but I'd say it's likely the SSID's will also stop beaconing.

Re: MR Subscription Expiry Behaviour

Rasmus Hoffmann Birkelund — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:54:37 GMT

I seem to remember a few cases, I've had where the customer complained that their network was down. Turns out it was due to license expiry.

So I'm rather sure that SSID's will continue to beacon/broadcast, but your network won't be switching traffic, as @DarrenOC and @Brash are stating.

Re: MR Subscription Expiry Behaviour

Karsten Iwen — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:12:35 GMT

That is all really strange. I know of an Org (with per-device licensing) that was many months over the expiration date and nothing happened.

Personally, I'll work hard to never run into this situation.