Meraki - Minimum Basic Rates (MBR)

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Description:

The minimum basic rate is the lowest data rate that an AP will transmit to client devices. If a client device supports a maximum rate below the minimum basic rate, it will not be able to connect to the AP. This allows you to keep older devices off of a network to increase efficiency for current client devices.

Investigation:


/*
SSID: MicroFocus
BSSID: 40:E3:D6:C2:3B:B1
Vendor: Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Channel: 60,+1
Band: 5 GHz
Width: 40 MHz
Signal: -79
Recent DL Speed:
Recent UL Speed:
Last Seen: now
Mode: ac
Security: AES (CCM) / WPA
Clients: N/A
Streams: 3
Min Rate: 12 Mbps
Channel Utilization: NA
*/

Mitigation:

Set the minimum bitrate to 12mbps for a standard environment and 24mbps to a higher density environment.

Meraki Solution:

  1. Login to your Meraki Dashboard
  2. Navigate to “Wireless” tab on the left-hand column
  3. Under “Configure” click “Access Control”
  4. Choose the SSID you would like to use
  5. Scroll down to “Wireless Options”
  6. Find “Minimum bitrate”
  7. Set bitrate to desired minimum output
  8. After the changes have been made, click “Save Changes”
  9. Go back to your WiFiScanner software and do another scan.
  10. Check to see if the issue has been resolved.