How to Configure VLANS for Meraki MX Appliances

July 30, 2026

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If you find your network growing and you need to start segmenting users based on physical locations, you may want to start using virtual networks, or VLANs.

Here’s a quick setup:

Step 1: Enable VLANs by navigating to Security & SD-WAN > Configure > Addressing & VLANs > Deployment Settings > Mode

Step 2: Configure VLANs. The subnet will be expressed using CIDR notation. The MX IP field is the local MX VLAN interface IP.

Step 3: Configure the uplink ports as trunks to carry VLAN traffic.

Step 4: Configure the access ports for specific VLAN traffic. Multiple ports can be edited at once under Per-port VLAN Settings by selecting the check boxes next to the port numbers

Alison Wallick, PEI

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How to Configure VLANS for Meraki MX Appliances

Here’s a quick setup:

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