topic Re: PacketFence with Meraki access points? in Wireless

PacketFence with Meraki access points?

tyshawn76 — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:05:17 GMT

Has anyone here deployed PacketFence with Meraki access points?

I’m considering the setup and wanted to get some first-hand experiences. Specifically:

How was the initial setup process? Any "gotchas" to watch out for?
How well does the captive portal work in practice?
Has anyone implemented IPSK with Meraki + PacketFence, and how smooth was that configuration?
If you know of any good video tutorials or walkthroughs, those would be really helpful too.

Any lessons learned, best practices, or pitfalls you’d share would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Re: PacketFence with Meraki access points?

aleabrahao — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 22:23:15 GMT

@tyshawn76 wrote:
Has anyone here deployed PacketFence with Meraki access points?
I’m considering the setup and wanted to get some first-hand experiences. Specifically:
How was the initial setup process? Any "gotchas" to watch out for?
How well does the captive portal work in practice?
Has anyone implemented IPSK with Meraki + PacketFence, and how smooth was that configuration?
If you know of any good video tutorials or walkthroughs, those would be really helpful too.
Any lessons learned, best practices, or pitfalls you’d share would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Packetfence is a radius server like any other and should work with Meraki without any issues. It also has very comprehensive documentation. Take a look at the documentation.
https://www.packetfence.org/doc/PacketFence_Network_Devices_Configuration_Guide.html

Re: PacketFence with Meraki access points?

tyshawn76 — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:03:53 GMT

Yeah, starting to review their documentation as we speak I only posted to to see if anyone had dealings with this software first hand is all.

Re: PacketFence with Meraki access points?

RWelch-USA — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:34:46 GMT

Maybe it would be worth asking if they have a short trial period to assess/evaluate their offerings?

Re: PacketFence with Meraki access points?

aleabrahao — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:53:45 GMT

It's free 😄

Re: PacketFence with Meraki access points?

aleabrahao — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:54:37 GMT

Take a look at this, this part explain the configuration for the Meraki.

https://www.packetfence.org/doc/PacketFence_Network_Devices_Configuration_Guide.html#_meraki

Re: PacketFence with Meraki access points?

aleabrahao — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:57:34 GMT

It's a video tutorial explaining the installation.

https://youtu.be/bXJkfxd-2QA?si=kBQPvLg_4gE7-qgm

Re: PacketFence with Meraki access points?

RWelch-USA — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 01:00:02 GMT

Trial away 😄

Re: PacketFence with Meraki access points?

tyshawn76 — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 02:01:05 GMT

You guys came in like the Dynamic Duo.... Thank you I got some work to do.... Will report back soon with my findings.

Re: PacketFence with Meraki access points?

nod366 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:28:40 GMT

Has anyone successfully completed a PacketFence integration with Meraki APs?