Mac authentication for devices that cannot login

[networks5]

Hello,

How to configure authentication for wifi devices that are not able to login by itself.

Use a local user and password database in meraki dashboards? no radius.

Devices using its mac address as login.

Devices using its mac address as password.

Thanks for any help

[ww^]

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Encryption_and_Authentication/MAC-Based_Access_Control_Using_Microsoft_NPS_-_MR_Access_Points

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Encryption_and_Authentication/Creating_User_Accounts_in_Active_Directory_for_MAC-based_Authentication

[networks5]

Thanks for your reply.

[Philip D'Ath]

iPSK is also popular for this.

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Encryption_and_Authentication/IPSK_Authentication_without_RADIUS

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Encryption_and_Authentication/IPSK_with_RADIUS_Authentication

[networks5]

Thanks for your reply, PhilipDAth.

These devices only have the option of connecting to an SSID, then somehow i need to allow (default is to block anything on the SSID IOTDevices) them via its mac address.

They are not capable to have pre-shared/passphrase settings set.

Needs to work like this, i guess.

1) I need to manually add their mac address somewhere locally (or Meraki picks mac up connecting to the SSID, then allow in a policy etc).

2) IOT device connects to SSID IOTDevices.

3) Merkai looks up IOT device in a mac database.

4) Merkai then allows IOT device to connect.

Any ideas??

[aleabrahao]

The @Philip D'Ath's idea is better.