Setup meraki mr24

Show only Search instead for. Did you mean:. New here. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Getting noticed. Sorry bud, gotta have a license. In response to dlowery. Building a reputation. As others mentioned, the answer is: No. You will need your Meraki order number found on your invoice if you ordered directly from Meraki; it usually has nine characters or the serial number of each AP which looks like Qxxx-xxxx-xxxx and is found on the bottom of the unit.

You will also need your Enterprise Cloud license key, which you should have received via email from shipping meraki. Make any additional configuration changes under the Configure section of the dashboard network. If doing this for the first time, it is wise to disassemble the device and attach a serial console to enable intervention at the u-boot console, if needed. However, note that with the default u-boot environment, the serial console will not function after the tftp'd kernel boots. The MR24 uses a preconfigured ipaddr while in u-boot and tftp'ing, but the booted operating system will used DHCP to request a lease.

The DHCP leases will indicate which address it was allocated. This is your only chance to preserve the original configuration, you may need this later down the road to reconstruct state.

For some reason the DNS lookup for the name dest. Look for dhcp leases again and try ssh'ing into the device to confirm success. If something went wrong and you can't get access to the device, you will need to open the device to get access to the u-boot prompt.

Recovery should be possible from there, though that is left as an exercise for the reader. Hopefully, enough artifacts have been collected to recover. If the u-boot environment is lost or hopelessly mangled, you might be able to erase the blocks where the u-boot environment usually lives to recover note the address ranges, from dmesg : [ 1.

The screws are T-6 torx head screws, pretty small, don't lose them ;-. It is a little tricky to free the plastic covers, there are three catches on each long edge and two on each short edge. Starting near the ethernet connector on the long edge with a guitar pick or something similar eventually worked for me. Once the plastic is removed, you need to remove 4 phillips head screws holding the circuit board to the steel backing plate. Once freed, you will want to rest the board with the antenna down, but suspended in a way that the delicate antenna bits are not bent.

So that the devices do not succeed in phoning home to Meraki World Headquarters, it is recommended to not connect ethernet to the device until you have managed to stop the device at a u-boot prompt. With the antenna down, and the ethernet jack facing you, the serial console 3. Configure your serial console software. Russell uses GNU Screen from linux.

Plug in your USB-serial 3. If it's the only one, it will probably be ttyUSB0.