Meraki and Catalyst work together?

[cihatyanik]

Greetings,

I have Catalyst 9k switches and aps in my system. I used the meraki aps that I had in excess in a few regions. and this came back to me as a complaint. when I contacted my product supplier, he said to me that cisco catalyst and meraki aps had problems working in the same system. is this information correct?

[balaji.bandi]

Not sure the ask here, If you asking Can you able to connect to Meraki AP to cisco Switch (this works as expected)

But if you mixing Cisco AP and Meraki AP in same Area , that may have different outcomes.

we have many Cat 9K switches and Meraki AP connected working as expected.

[cihatyanik]

But Cisco AP and Meraki AP are working different VLAN. so I don't think it will have different outcomes

[balaji.bandi]

I mean to say if both are anouncing same SSID on the Floor.

If they are working different VLAN and Different SSID ( no overlapping space) - that should work as expected.

[cihatyanik]

Same switch, different VLAN but same SSID

My problem is this.
Sometimes
when I go to the area where catalyst and meraki aps are used together while connected to the internet in a different ap, the internet connection continues. but when I turn wifi off and on I cannot get ip on catalyst AP.

but the users connected to this ap are still connected to the internet. there is no problem with their connection

[balaji.bandi]

This what i was mentioned, in the Area where both AP Located in overlap space, you may see this Issue.

i suggest to replace in the area with all same AP models will be good to fix this issue, rather mixing the Meraki and Cisco AP

Client will decide which AP to connect - i am assuming the client disconnect and trying to connect (since the Client already connected and trying to Roam between Meraki and Cisco AP may see this issue.)

[cihatyanik]

"since the Client already connected and trying to Roam between Meraki and Cisco AP may see this issue."

The devices do not overlap with each other. 

this way there is no problem.

When you turn wifi off and on, you have problems getting ip.
The problem is not connecting to the AP. can not get IP

[balaji.bandi]

The problem is not connecting to the AP. can not get IP

how do you know the client connecting the same AP ?

what WLC and code running here ? what Ap Model ? - have you run the debug using client MAC address ?

[cihatyanik]

I will explain everything

I am using cisco wlc 5520. AP models are AIR-AP1815W-E-K9, AIR-AP1562I-E-K9 and AIR-AP3802I-E-K, my edge switch is Cisco C9200L-48P-4G.

I have been running it for 3 years without any problem. this year I installed 1 Meraki MR76 ap to this switch. to provide better coverage in a problematic area

under normal conditions there is no problem. but sometimes, 2 times a month

aps in this area stoped distributing ip. if there is an existing ip on my device, I continue the connection. but when there is a new ip request, I get an error that ip could not be received (you are connected. but you cannot get ip after turning off the wifi and turning it back on.)

The only log record I can see on the switch is below. I talked to my supplier. he informed me that the system gives this error because we use meraki and enterprise products together.

*Aug 24 05:43:33.965: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host a656.ff87.8469 in vlan 16 is flapping between port Po1 and port Gi1/0/7

*Aug 24 05:43:02.565: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host a656.ff87.8469 in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 24 04:57:45.706: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host f26a.ad21.e367 in vlan 16 is flapping between port Po1 and port Gi1/0/5

*Aug 24 04:51:49.138: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host f63c.9822.ec3e in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 24 04:51:26.625: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host f63c.9822.ec3e in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 24 04:19:18.461: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 1e1b.a981.ccf9 in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 24 04:16:34.648: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host e2bd.0928.37f3 in vlan 15 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 24 04:01:50.799: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host e2bd.0928.37f3 in vlan 15 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 24 03:52:04.584: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 7ecb.e482.4b9b in vlan 15 is flapping between port Gi1/0/7 and port Po1

*Aug 24 02:15:34.073: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 1496.e598.c041 in vlan 16 is flapping between port Po1 and port Gi1/0/7

*Aug 23 20:18:43.644: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host ca21.4bf4.3136 in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 23 18:58:17.335: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host b87b.c5aa.ef27 in vlan 15 is flapping between port Po1 and port Gi1/0/5

*Aug 23 18:23:06.204: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 1eff.02cc.40b9 in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 23 18:20:58.243: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host e49c.6776.6b17 in vlan 15 is flapping between port Po1 and port Gi1/0/5

*Aug 23 17:54:35.780: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host faaa.fe3b.16d3 in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 23 17:21:05.249: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 7a69.e8e1.1bc5 in vlan 16 is flapping between port Po1 and port Gi1/0/5

*Aug 23 17:19:17.883: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host f0d7.9391.33f6 in vlan 15 is flapping between port Po1 and port Gi1/0/7

*Aug 23 17:07:04.808: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 3a60.adb1.42bd in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 23 16:11:00.154: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host f63c.9822.ec3e in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 23 16:09:44.568: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host f63c.9822.ec3e in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 23 16:01:19.480: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host d6df.8f59.34aa in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

*Aug 23 16:00:05.626: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 8ecf.43dd.1bd0 in vlan 16 is flapping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1

pping between port Gi1/0/5 and port Po1