Cisco Meraki Solutions Specialist 500-220 Release Date

The number of devices in an organization can not exceed the license limits. If this occurs, the organization will enter a 30-day grace period, during which the organization must be brought back into compliance, otherwise it will be shut down until proper licensing is applied to the organization.

If a Meraki Access Point does not have a configuration from the Meraki Cloud Controller it will instead broadcast a default SSID of "Meraki-Scanning."

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Cause: Similar to 'bad-gateway', an AP is unable to connect to its default gateway.

This is because the AP is broadcasting the default SSID “meraki-scanning” which is only broadcast when the AP has never connected to the Meraki Cloud Controller1.

This question is related to the topic of Wireless Access Points Quick Start in the Cisco Meraki documentation. You can find more information about this topic in the Wireless Access Points Quick Start article or the Using the Cisco Meraki Device Local Status Page page.