Creating an SSID

So, We need a wireless network.

First of all we need to create, or in Meraki world, actually, name and enable an SSID.

An SSID, you say? What is that?

Well, SSID stands for "Service Set IDentifier" and basically, it is what You would see in your wireless networks, when you are looking on your phone or on your PC. It is so much more than that, but I will try to make it simple.

In Meraki dashboard, once We have added an Access Point we can see on the left part it says "Wireless", hover on it and You will see "SSIDs"

Click on it and we will see the following:

Meraki, has a maximum of 15 SSIDs to be configured.

In here, just select one of them, click on rename, and type a name for your SSID, this will be name to be broadcast by your access point.

Once done that, click on the drop-down menu where it says "Disable" and you can actually enable this SSID.

With only these steps, by default, You can get a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), where you can connect with no password (Open authentication), and get an IP (NAT mode). 

So if you do not require any kind of security and you just want access to the internet, with only these simple steps you can achieve it.

The WLAN will be broadcasted in all the access point by default.

By the way, I have not found anyway to delete an SSID, you can always reconfigure it, but it would be nice to have a "make it default" button or something like that, so I will just make a wish for that, and who knows, maybe, I will be listened.

But if You require, a bit more settings and a ton more of security, check out our next entry.

As always here is the official Meraki doc.