Welcome to the Cisco Community Ask Me Anything conversation. Submit your questions from Monday, February 2, 2026, through Friday, February 20, 2026. Our colleagues Amruta Navadagi, Anaya Kalawat, and Mohammad Mehtabuddin will be waiting to assist you...
hi all,just curious, is there a way to extend your network ie vlans etc to and from “site a” to “site b” using dark fibre without having a firewall in “site b”thanks,rob
Hi All,We have been experiencing frequent switch hangs and downtime on the WS-C3650-8PC-S switch.Observations:Power supply has been checked and is functioning properly.All switch LEDs remain stable, but the device is not reachable via ping.After a re...
What is the inrush draw of a MS130-48P ? I see the max Watts are 803W, and the idle is 49W. But whats the inrush?
Hello,I am looking at setting up an industrial Ethernet network comprising multiple Cisco IE switches connected using Device Level Ring (DLR). The network uses multiple VLANs so the ports used for the DLR links will be configured as dot1q trunks.My q...
Hi everyone,I’m planning how to approach fiber uplinks when upgrading a network, and I’m interested in how others usually make this decision.For example, when connecting switches between different floors or buildings, I usually look at the distance f...
How can you define the source interface of "service meraki connect" on a Catalyst switch you want to use for cloud monitor (Or cloud managed device config or what ever its called today).Its easy if you have a access switch with just one L3 interface ...
I am trying to connect to the PCB of a network switch that is currently in the R&D stage using a USB-to-console cable. However, the console session continuously displays garbled or random characters. Whenever I type a command, the input appears corru...
I have built a City Wide RadWin point to multi point wireless network to connect our facilities and equipment back to City Hall.Our Water Tanks are the central locations for each sector and connect to the Phillips Building then fiber to City Hall.We ...
We recently upgraded our switches and have started seeing issues with BPDU delays and consequential loop guard activations on switches. This is not impacting switches connected directly to our core, but only switches that are downstream of other Mera...
Hi everyone,I’ve been looking at different ways to troubleshoot slow network performance, and I’ve noticed that the hardest part is often figuring out where the problem actually starts.When users report that the network is slow, there can be several ...
Hello Meraki Community,I am trying to understand how the Block DHCP Servers policy is enforced by Meraki MS switches when a DHCP relay agent is involved.TopologySwitching: Meraki MS switches throughout.Routing & Relay: A Check Point firewall handles ...
Hi,What is the difference between FCS errors and alignment erros ? Both have a bad CRC ?Thanks,Navid
Over the weekend I upgraded a C9300-48UXM to 17.15.05. This switch is running Network Essentials license and does not have DHCP helpers, DHCP Snooping, or device tracking enabled. It is a downstream Layer 2 switch with a port-channel to a layer 3 tha...
Hi everyone,When comparing network switches, I often see people focus on port count, uplink speeds, and management features, but I think the PoE budget can be just as important.For example, a switch may have 24 PoE-capable ports, but that doesn't nec...
would like to get some information regarding CVE-2025-20334. I have a Catalyst 9200L switch running IOS-XE version 17.15.03, and I want to check whether this specific device is vulnerable to this security flaw
