[CONTEST CLOSED] Community Challenge: Two Twosday Tips

[meredithw]

UPDATE: this contest has ended. Huge thanks to everyone for sharing your tips! Our three randomly selected winners are... @bboggs1, @JoshuaD, and @Stingburst. Congrats!

If there was ever a reason to have a Community Challenge, it's 2-2-22 Tuesday!

In honor of the rare occasion (the next Twosday challenge won't be held until 2422🙃), we want community members to share their TWO top tips for using Meraki solutions. These tips could pertain to any aspect of Meraki: they could be tips for folks just getting started, cool shortcuts to use in Dashboard, pointers for navigating the new occupancy analytics with MV, or how to keep your cats from warming themselves on your MX.

The key for this 2-22-22 Tuesday challenge, of course, is to be sure that you share TWO tips. As always, everyone who shares their Meraki tips will be entered to win sweet sweet swag!

How to enter

Submit your two tips in a reply to this post before 11 a.m. PT on Friday, February 25th (02/25/2022). We’ll then draw three entrants at random to win a wooden Meraki desk puzzle! Your entries will be public and visible throughout the contest.

Happy Twosday!

The fine print:

• Drawing will be held on Friday, February 25th at 11am PT
• One entry per community member
• Full terms, conditions, and eligibility information

[julien.guffroy]

Tip1:on Mx with only wan port, you can configure a second port with WAN role

Tip2:PRTG sensor are now available for meraki devices

[juniorpalomo1]

1-Separates the cases that were opened by organization

2-Already enabled no nat for mx67 version

[Stingburst]

1: You can paste emojis into your network name! Multiple ones if you like!

2: You can configure multiple uplinks to test connectivity to. We like to set two on a new install, 1 for the ISP gateway and another to something else like 8.8.8.8 so you can quickly flip and see if packet loss is likely due to ISP or something on upstream.

Best of luck everyone!

[ShahnMonson]

1. Utilize Network tags. Trust me it is better to use them at the start rather trying to add them later.
2. When building a Site-to-Site VPN utilize the IPv4 VPN subnet translation feature. This allows you to translate the local subnets allowed into another usable subnets you control.

[HosamHasan]

Tip 1 - Don't waste your time on manual ways of working on Meraki DB for enterprise Go and learn API, Postman is a good start, then better to learn python

Tip 2 - always read Meraki documentation before you do any change, especially when you work in a production environment

Best wishes all 🙂

[ldgutierrez@partnertech.com.mx]

tip 1: use umbrella integrations and strengthen the security of your organization, it never hurts and you can have more visibility of threats.
tip 2: make policies work together and have a centralized security approach.

[AdrianaArditi1668]

Voice over IP (VoIP) is a common technology used in enterprise networks, allowing users on a network to make internal and outbound phone calls over the network.

Last in our countdown, but certainly not least, is a how-to guide for installing software on managed clients in Systems Manager. Rather than going to each individual client in your network and performing a local installation, you can deploy software straight from the cloud to your devices.

[Ivanovych]

Hello Everyone!

Here my 2 tips for you. I know there will be more and better tips but I sincerely hope it helps a few.

Always install MXs with 2 WAN and power protection (and physical access if possible) will save you a lot of trouble

Use configuration templates (well defined and adjusted for your scenario), they really save work as the network extends 🙂

Best!

[JanLorinc]

Tip1: Meraki now integrates easily with Umbrella SIG Gateway with an auto-VPN.

Tip2: Do not forget to use the demo equipment from your CMNA, including the correct Rack mount, a.k.a. The Meraki Tower:

[alpinetim]

I have enjoyed the Meraki sensors. I use them for all kinds of things. Here are a two of my favorites.

1. I use the temperature sensor to monitor my small office. My building is older and the heat/cold goes out often. I'll get a text whenever it gets uncomfortable (it's HOT in the south). That day becomes remote work from home day! P.S. I have a MT10 and MT20 in my safe too to know the status of the contents at all times!

2. I've been selling the sensor/camera systems to current and new clients as an integrated upsale. They LOVE the door, temp/humity, water and Camera monitoring. I log them into my console for a live demo and they are amazed how everything triggers and sends notifications. They really go nuts when I choose an object like a purse on a seat and see when it's been moved in an instant. The water sensor is a shoe in for the gulf coast. I put them at location that may get water during Hurricanes!

[JackWhite]

Tip 1: don't bang your head on the wall, call Meraki support, they are amazing!!!

Tip 2: the app can save you a ton of time when you're on the road

[Isaac_Boyd]

1. When installing new hardware make sure your devices are up to date so you don’t spend 2hrs trying to figure out why your network isn’t working.

2. Take advantage of cloning/templated existing networks when you create a new one, it can save you a lot of time!

[ITSportbiker06]

Tip #1 - Setup alerts to go right to your ticketing system.

Tip #2 - Setup each network to auto-update and review quarterly to ensure no one disturbed any automated patch updates.

Bonus Tip - Sign up for available training and webinars to stay ahead on what's available and coming.

[oooo]

1# Monitoring of my school with Meraki Camera, New Mv22x
2# Keep my offices connected with two carriers from cisco Meraki SDWAN

[David Vaughan]

1. Templates ! - create a standard template FOR ORGS to make deployments faster (as an MSP)
2. Use SAML authentication ! Especially if using Meraki Dashboard as an MSP - Assists with accountability & security.