People Finding with Cisco Meraki on PlaceOS
How to locate people using Cisco Meraki
Cisco Meraki provides two interfaces for locating users:
- 1.
- PlaceOS uses version 1 of the API
- 2.
- Version 3 of the API is required
Ideally you collect the following:
- 1.Username to MAC address mappings
- Regularly polled via HTTP to learn who owns the devices on the network
- 2.MAC address to x, y map coordinates and SSID
- Provided by the Scanning API
- Cisco Meraki uses a webhook to post data to PlaceOS
- PlaceOS must be accessible on the public internet with valid TLS certificates
If devices authenticate against the network using certificates, the username is unknown to Cisco Meraki. In this case, you need to determine usernames another way.
- 1.Username to IP address
- You may have an established method for this process, which you may use
- 2.IP address to MAC address mappings
- Regularly polled to learn who owns the devices on the network
- 3.MAC address to x, y map coordinates and SSID
- Provided by the Scanning API
- Cisco Meraki uses a webhook to post data to PlaceOS
- PlaceOS must be accessible on the public internet with valid TLS certificates
If you use device certificates, you will need to have Step 1 in near-real-time to match usernames to MAC addresses
- 1.Cisco Meraki must be on Firmware R26 or higher
- 2.
- 3.PlaceOS microservices must be able to connect to Cisco Meraki
- 4.
- Provide PlaceOS integrator the validator code
- Provide PlaceOS integrator the secret code
- 5.
- Provide PlaceOS integrator with API Key
- 6.PlaceOS integrator to provide a webhook for posting logs
For locating users plugged into a wired network, possibly via a docking station.
- 1.
- PlaceOS uses version 1 of the API
- 2.
- PlaceOS requires Link Up and Link Down traps
- PlaceOS requires SNMP access to switches directly
- 1.Username to IP address
- You may have an established method for this process, which you may use
- 2.IP address to MAC address mappings
- Regularly polled to learn who owns the devices on the network
- 3.MAC address to Switch Port mappings
- Provided by polling the Network Switches (SNMP queries)
- SNMP Traps allow you to detect changes in real time
- PlaceOS must be able to receive traps originating from the public internet
- 1.Cisco Meraki must be able to connect to PlaceOS
- 2.PlaceOS must be able to connect to Cisco Meraki
- 3.
- Provide PlaceOS with API Key
- 4.
- SNMP Link Up and Link Down traps
- Direct switch SNMP polling configured
- Provide PlaceOS with community strings and credentials if using SNMPv3
- 5.Provide PlaceOS with list of Switch IP addresses
- 6.Provide PlaceOS with Switch Port to Desk ID mappings
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