Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting Flashcards
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What Meraki feature provides historical data on WAN uplink performance including latency, jitter, and loss over time?
Answer: WAN uplink performance history under Security & SD-WAN > Appliance Status
The Meraki dashboard graphs WAN uplink performance metrics including latency, jitter, and packet loss over 2 hours to 30 days under the Appliance Status page.
In Meraki troubleshooting, what information does the 'ARP Table' Live Tool on an MX appliance provide?
Answer: IP-to-MAC address mappings currently known by the MX from ARP cache
The ARP table Live Tool shows the current ARP cache on the MX, revealing which IP addresses have been resolved to MAC addresses, useful for verifying host reachability.
What does the Meraki MX 'Flow' data, visible in the traffic analytics section, represent?
Answer: Detailed per-application and per-destination traffic flows through the MX
Traffic analytics on the Meraki MX uses deep packet inspection to display per-application, per-client, and per-destination traffic flows, enabling visibility into bandwidth consumption.
What Meraki feature enables administrators to generate scheduled summary reports of network activity, clients, and device status?
Answer: Summary Report emailed on a schedule from Organization > Summary Report
Meraki's Summary Report feature generates and emails periodic reports on network usage, top clients, application traffic, and device health on a configurable schedule.
When troubleshooting a wireless client that is unable to obtain an IP address via DHCP, which Meraki tool provides the most direct insight?
Answer: Client detail page Event Log showing DHCP request and response events
The client detail page Event Log shows DHCP discover, offer, request, and acknowledge messages, making it easy to identify where the DHCP process is failing.
Which Meraki network health feature provides a single score summarizing the overall wireless performance experience for clients?
Answer: Wireless Health Score
Meraki Wireless Health calculates a health score based on association failures, DHCP failures, and DNS failures, giving a quick overall picture of wireless client experience.
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