Routed Mode vs VPN Concentrator / Passthrough

Hi all, I am wondering why there is a choice for the two modes of operation on the MX appliance and what happens at the device level when I choose Passthrough over Routed mode.

White Paper VPN Concentrator Redundancy

Concentrator Mode In one-armed VPN concentrator mode, the MX pair is connected only via their respective Internet ports. Only VPN traffic is routed to the MX, and both ingress and egress packets are sent through the same interface. Route Configuration To send traffic over the VPN tunnel, a new route must be added on the L3 switch. Here is a ...

Solved: VPN Concentrator design choice

Solved: Hi guys, I am totally new to Meraki and trying to learn how to deploy a hub-and-spoke network with 2 hubs: one is the physical "DC" Meraki Community ... Azure will use VPN concentrator mode. The two systems will use unique subnets. So Azure will have different subnets to on-premise.

VPN Concentrator Deploymnet

New Meraki Users; Tópicos em Português; Temas en Español; Meraki Demo; ... Configured as VPN Concentrator with 1 network cable to the core switch each. The MX75 have their physical IP each and a shared virtual IP, whoever served as primary will hold the virtual IP. ... setup as routed mode, WAN 1 connect to the Internet broadband and WAN 2 ...

Solved: Issues with AutoVPN (incident)

Tunnels dropped specifically to our VPN concentrator Hub (running 18.211.2) around 1:06am EST. MXs in routed mode don't appear affected. ... you can restore service by rebooting the appliance in Passthrough Mode via the Meraki dashboard. ... We have identified a proximate cause for the Meraki Auto VPN issues and are working on a remediation ...

Secondary MX Concentrator for MR Teleworker VPN

SSIDs configured in tunneled mode (VPN tunnel data to concentrator) allow you to specify both a primary and a secondary MX for failover. If you enable a secondary concentrator, there are a few additional parameters to configure for tunnel monitoring to ensure tunnel status can be detected and have failover occur.

VPN Concentrator Operating Mode Comparison

You would probably use One armed VPN concentrator mode if: You have an existing firewall. You have an HA Internet setup. You need BGP or OSPF support exchange …

Tunneling multiple SSIDS, VPN concentrator

If using routed mode I configure the upstream/WAN interface as normal, and then I configure an IP interface per SSID for the downstream unencrypted traffic. Q2. Is the IP subnet I configure on the MX the subnet of the hosts in this SSID (I notice the Meraki documentation shows a /30 subnet which suggest otherwise).

vpn concentrator or routed mode on HUB/DC location

MX on HQ will be connect to L3 switches. Plan is that L3 switches recieves route via OSPF from MX and also send routes/network from L3 switch to HQ MX and than finnaly to the spoke. On the spoke location plan is use routed mode, but what is advice for choosing mode for MXs in HQ (vpn concentrator or routed mode).

VPN Redundancy Whitepaper

Learn best practices, explore innovative solutions, and connect with others across the Meraki community. This solution guide describes how to deploy a redundant pair of VPN …

Meraki Auto VPN General Best Practices

Before deploying WAN Appliances as one-arm VPN concentrators, place them into Passthrough or VPN Concentrator mode on the Addressing and VLANs page. In one-armed …

Bridge Mode + VPN Concentrator

New Meraki Users; Tópicos em Português; Temas en Español; Meraki Demo; Documentation Feedback; Off the Stack (General Meraki discussions) Groups. ... Bridge Mode + VPN Concentrator Quick question! When running in L2 Bridge mode to filter outbound internet traffic, can it simultaneously be a VPN Concentrator? ...

Site-to-Site VPN Settings

The concentrator priority determines how appliances in Hub (Mesh) mode will reach subnets that are advertised from more than one Meraki VPN peer. Similarly to hub priorities, the uppermost concentrator in the list that meets the …

Cisco Meraki VPN concentrator configuration tips

One of the devices we moved was a Meraki MX84 being used as a VPN concentrator. A VPN concentrator works by extending the network the VPN concentrator is on …

MX64 as a one-arm mode VPN concentrator, dual WAN, and

We have an MX64 intended to act as a VPN concentrator behind a NAT mode Sonicwall NSA2600. We cannot get the MX to accept it as VPN friendly so autoVPN is not working (this was also tested behind an older Sonicwall TZ215 and worked, so maybe something in the newer Sonicwalls changed).

Solved: One-Arm VPN Concentrator

I have a Meraki network with one Data Centre and 5 branch sites with approximately 30 APs across the sites. Is there a Best practice design for this set up. The Data centre has an MX84 serving as a One- Arm VPN Concentrator. LAN and data centre access is required from the branch sites Guest acce...

SD-WAN VPN policies on MX in One-Armed Concentrator Mode

@whistleblower : An MX Security Appliance operating in one-armed concentrator mode sends and receives traffic on a singular interface. This interface will always be the the first Internet or WAN port on the unit. A secondary port is not …

vMX NAT Mode Use Cases and FAQ

All new vMXs deployed post October 31, 2022, will be deployed in Routed/NAT Mode by default, existing vMX deployments will not be effected. If you wish to use the vMX in passthrough mode, please change the deployment settings to Passthrough or VPN Concentrator mode from the Security & SD-WAN > Configure > Addressing & VLANs page.

Routed Mode vs VPN Concentrator / Passthrough

Most of the time you have a VPN Spoke ( MX ) in Routed Mode and a VPN Hub ( also a MX ) in Concentrator mode. Meraki Community. cancel. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. ... Meraki Demo; Documentation Feedback; Off the Stack (General Meraki discussions ...

vMX vpn concentrator/hub mode

I have a vMX in Azure which is configured in VPN concentrator hub mode with 2 auto-vpn spoke sites connected. All good there. The two spoke sites are also connected to umbrella SIG. The vMX is talking BGP to an azure route server to provide connectivity to back end servers in a handful of azure vnets.

Re: Passthrough or VPN Concentrator

The recommended use case for the MX security appliance in passthrough mode is when it is acting as a VPN Concentrator for the Cisco Meraki Auto VPN feature. Passthrough/VPN Concentrator mode ensures easy integration into an existing network that may already have layer 3 functionality and edge security in place.

NAT Mode VPN Concentrator Best Practice Config Guide

Is there any best practice configuration guide for NAT Mode VPN Concentrator? I need to use it in split-tunnel mode. What I understand I can only use static routing (not OSPF …

NAT Mode VPN Concentrator Best Practice Config Guide

@UmutYasar there actually is a way to run BGP out of the MX VPN Concentrator when it's running in NAT/Routed mode, however it would need to be enabled via Meraki Support and would be considered an exception, as the MX would essentially be acting as a 2-armed VPN Concentrator then. There isn't anything in the Dashboard UI to be able to configure it.

Solved: One Armed VPN concentrator Mode

One Armed VPN concentrator Mode From the vpn concentrator set up documentation says that when setting the local subnets to be accessed by the remote branches we use CIDR notation ... Welcome to the Meraki Community! To start contributing, simply sign in with your Cisco account. If you don't yet have a Cisco account, you can sign up. Community ...

MX as one-armed VPN Concentrator limitations

Then I can still use NAT mode, two WAN ports and SD-WAN. In each case, the inside of the MX goes to the inside of the network. If I can't do any of that then in desperation I use the MX in VPN concentrator mode. I also allocate a prefix (a supernet) for all the remote subnets and use static routing.

VPN Concentration Configuration Guide

Configuring an SSID to concentrate to an MX security appliance is simple for both Layer 3 Roaming and VPN Concentrator modes. SSIDs are automatically moved to 'Bridged' …

MX Addressing and VLANs

Passthrough or VPN Concentrator Mode. As a layer 2 passthrough device. Choose this option if you simply want to deploy the WAN appliance: In bridge mode for traffic shaping and additional network visibility. As a one-armed VPN concentrator.

VPN Concentrator Operating Mode Comparison

You need to support clients behind the MX accessing the Internet, or you want to be able to apply Meraki group to those users. ... You would probably use One armed VPN concentrator mode if: You have an existing firewall. You have an HA Internet setup. You have a layer 3 network core;

Re: vMX vpn concentrator/hub mode

I have a vMX in Azure which is configured in VPN concentrator hub mode with 2 auto-vpn spoke sites connected. All good there. The two spoke sites are also connected to umbrella SIG. The vMX is talking BGP to an azure route server to provide connectivity to back end servers in a handful of azure vnets.

Passthrough Mode on the MX Security Appliance and Z

The MX Series Security Appliance and Z-series Teleworker Gateway can be deployed in Passthrough or VPN Concentrator mode. In this mode, it will not perform address …