
Check if the device is connected to a working internet connection.Confirm the color of the status light on the device.Ethernet port or seen as a mesh neighbor.Confirm the device is establishing a link with the upstream device.AC adapter or from a device supplying PoE.Check if the device is receiving power from its power source.There are a few reasons why a device is unable to establish communication with the dashboard: The device reports the last time there was a successful connection to the dashboard.
#Packet sender pcap mac#

Take a packet captureon an upstream device to see what traffic the device is sending and receiving. A working internet connection will have access to the IPs, ports, and protocols defined under Help > Firewall info in the dashboard and would be able to successfully pass the connection monitoring testĬonfirm the device is receiving an IP address from the DHCP server or has a valid static IP assigned.Keep in mind if the network is configured for devices to run in dark modeĬonnect to a known working network connection with access to the internet.via AC adapter or from a device supplying PoEĬonfirm the device is establishing a link with the upstream device through its Ethernet port.Ĭonfirm the color of the status light on the device.The device is receiving power from its power source. This device has been added to a network but has not successfully contacted the Meraki dashboard to pull its configuration. There are a few things we want to confirm.

Device Has Never Connected to the Meraki Cloud
