Introduction

The SD-WAN page gives you full visibility and control of the Cisco Meraki next-generation firewall’s features, including WAN Connectivity status, Ports status and settings, and Web Application Control.

You can easily prioritise, set bandwidth limits or fully block network traffic for specific applications or an entire category.

Dashboard and Device summary

In the SD-WAN dashboard you'll be able to see the information about the device (Meraki MX) as below;

To view Dashboard and device summary;

1. Log on to your account
2. Navigate to SD-WAN;
   In here
   1. DEVICE TYPE
   2. SITE NAME
   3. SITE ID
   4. Reboot
   5. SERIAL NUMBER
   6. FIRMWARE
   7. WAN IPs
   8. HOSTNAME
      
      

Port Information

Port information sections will provide the information of all the ports of the Meraki MX device on your site.

WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)

In here you'll be able to view a detailed WAN port summary of the device,

To view WAN port information;

1. Log on to your account
2. Navigate to SD-WAN
3. Scroll down to the Port Information section
4. Expand the WAN port to view;
   • Status
   • Local IP
   • Gateway IP
   • Public IP
   • DNS
   • Addressing
   • Latency
   • Loss
   • Bandwidth Limit (up/down)
     
     

LOCAL NETWORK (LAN)

To view and edit LAN port information;

1. Log on to your account.
2. Navigate to SD-WAN
3. Scroll down to the Port Information section
4. Expand the relevant LAN port
5. Here you can view the current configuration
6. To edit click on the Port type
   
   

7. Select the port type;
   1. Access Port - access mode ports pass traffic for only one VLAN.
      1. Click Next
      2. Select the VLAN ID from the dropdown list
      3. Click Save
         
         
   2. Trunk Port - trunk mode ports pass traffic on multiple VLANs.
      1. Click Next
      2. Select the Native VLAN ID from the dropdown list
      3. Tick Allowed VLANs (multiple)
      4. Click Save
         
         
   3. Disabled - disabled ports do not pass any traffic.
      1. Click Save
         
         
         

Web Application Controls

To view and edit Web Application Controls;

1. Log on to your account
2. Navigate to SD-WAN
3. Scroll down to the Web Application Controls section
4. Search the application by typing the application name
5. Expand the relevant Application category to view more details
   
   
   
   
6. Click on the Firewall in any application to edit the firewall In the edit - Choose applications you would like to block.
   1. Block all advertising applications
      OR
   2. Block the selected applications
      1. Select single or multiple applications from the list
      OR
   3. Allow all advertising applications
   4. Click Save
      

6. Click on the Bandwidth Limit / Priority in any application to edit the Bandwidth Limit / Priority In the edit - Choose applications you would like to limit bandwidth and/or priorities.
   1. In the Bandwidth limit section select;
      1. Global limit (default)
         OR
      2. Unlimited
         OR
      3. Set a limit per client and enter the speed amount
   3. In Priority sections select;
      1. High
         OR
      2. Normal OR
      3. Low
         
         
      Priority can be set to High, Normal, or Low, allowing the MX to prioritise a given application relative to the rest of the network traffic.
      
      
   4. Choose the applications to apply the settings to.
      1. Apply to all Advertising applications
      2. Apply to the selected applications - Select single or multiple applications from the list

7. Click Save