RE: OT - Anyone using OpenDNS Umbrella DNS security product?
We are also investigating OpenDNS as a possible replacement for expensive URL filtering costs integrated into our firewall. Would also love to hear feedback. Gregg Heimer Sr. Network Engineer Montgomery County Community College From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeffrey D. Sessler Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 11:18 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] OT - Anyone using OpenDNS Umbrella DNS security product? Bit off topic, but I’m in the process of evaluating OpenDNS’ Umbrella DNS security product and looking for others that may have it deployed. So far it seems like a good addition to end-point security, but the devil is in the details. If anyone on the list is using it, I’d sure appreciate comments/feedback. Jeff -- Jeffrey D Sessler Director of Information Technology Scripps College ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. Montgomery County Community College is proud to be designated as an Achieving the Dream Leader College for its commitment to student access and success. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco Wireless AP's Radio Down
:52 AM, Danny Eaton mailto:dannyea...@rice.edu>> wrote: I've seen them on 3502's, and 3702's. We're running WiSM-2 in HA with 8.0.110.11 code. Saw it on the previous code (7.6.130.0). We're upgrading our access layer, so I just have been resetting the APs that show that, and don't think I've seen them again. From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] On Behalf Of Gregg Heimer Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 11:32 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco Wireless AP's Radio Down Anyone with Cisco APs and Cisco Prime get these odd alerts from PI that state the radio is administratively up but operationally down with a reason of unknown? I have been getting a slew of these lately. We have introduced quite a few 1702's into our environment and I am wondering if there is some issue with recalculation, or something that triggers a radio reset to resolve a different issue? Below is the alert notification. Cisco forums haven't been much help, so I figured I'd take a shot at the group. Thanks! Virtual Domain: ROOT-DOMAIN PI has detected a change in one or more alarms of category AP and severity Critical in Virtual Domain ROOT-DOMAIN. The new severity of the following items is Clear: 1. Alarm Condition:Radio administratively up and operationally down Message: '802.11a/n/ac' interface of AP 'AP01-' associated to controller 'XX (172.X.X.X)' is down. Reason: Unknown - Device Name: 'X Failure Source: AP AP01-, Interface 802.11a/n/ac ___ Gregg Heimer Sr. Network Engineer Montgomery County Community College 340 Dekalb Pike Blue Bell, PA 19422 ghei...@mc3.edu<mailto:jsta...@mc3.edu> 215.641.6442 Montgomery County Community College is proud to be designated as an Achieving the Dream Leader College for its commitment to student access and success. !DSPAM:911,55f1b0a7312755505785440! ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -- Randy Mahurin Office of Information Technology Boise State University 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725-1249 Phone: (208) 426-4003 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco Wireless AP's Radio Down
Excellent feedback. All of my switches support PoE+ so I know I am good there, plus they are all Cisco and CDP should be in harmony between the AP and the switch. I may try the pre-802.3af checkbox to see if that does anything as well. Tonight I am performing my PI 2.2.1 backup and will restore to PI 3.0 tomorrow. Thanks for your help with this. It is good to know many others are experiencing the same issue. ~Gregg From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Janicki,Thomas S Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 2:06 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco Wireless AP's Radio Down There is a bug on this if you are using Prime 2.0. I just upgraded to 3.0 and now they are usually preceded with a Radio Channel Set Message. Here is the bug info. Critical Alarms on PI 2.0 for the AP radio, with the message "Administratively UP and Radio Down". This is behavior is CSCup98951 seen even for an AP that is Admin down. Conditions: After the background task "Lightweight AP Operational Status" is run on the PI Workaround: Disable the background task "Lightweight AP Operational Status" Further Problem Description: Customer Visible Save Bug Open Support Case Was the description about this Bug Helpful?(0) Details Last Modified: Jan 13,2015 Status: Terminated Severity: 4 Minor Product: Network Level Service Support Cases: 1 Known Affected Releases: (1) 2.0(0.0.294) Known Fixed Releases: (0) No release planned to fix this bug Download software for Network Level Service Community Discussion on CSCup98951 - Cisco Support Community From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Kevin McCormick Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 12:41 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco Wireless AP's Radio Down Check POE. If they are not getting enough power the radio will be up administratively sine you did not disable, but will be down operationally because there is not enough power. Go to the AP on the controller and look at the Advanced tab, in the upper right there is Power Over Ethernet Settings. If the power injector or switch is Pre-standard 802.3af switches check the box. For the AP to Power Injector State check the box. For Power Injector Selection either choose Installed, or if you know the injector has more than enough power choose Override to force the radios on. If you choose Installed, you should see the power inject MAC appear and the AP should be able to communicate with the power inject to see how much power is available. Kevin McCormick Western Illinois University On 9/10/2015 11:32 AM, Gregg Heimer wrote: Anyone with Cisco APs and Cisco Prime get these odd alerts from PI that state the radio is administratively up but operationally down with a reason of unknown? I have been getting a slew of these lately. We have introduced quite a few 1702's into our environment and I am wondering if there is some issue with recalculation, or something that triggers a radio reset to resolve a different issue? Below is the alert notification. Cisco forums haven't been much help, so I figured I'd take a shot at the group. Thanks! Virtual Domain: ROOT-DOMAIN PI has detected a change in one or more alarms of category AP and severity Critical in Virtual Domain ROOT-DOMAIN. The new severity of the following items is Clear: 1. Alarm Condition:Radio administratively up and operationally down Message: '802.11a/n/ac' interface of AP 'AP01-' associated to controller 'XX (172.X.X.X)' is down. Reason: Unknown - Device Name: 'X Failure Source: AP AP01-, Interface 802.11a/n/ac ___ Gregg Heimer Sr. Network Engineer Montgomery County Community College 340 Dekalb Pike Blue Bell, PA 19422 ghei...@mc3.edu<mailto:ghei...@mc3.edu> 215.641.6442 Montgomery County Community College is proud to be designated as an Achieving the Dream Leader College for its commitment to student access and success. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
Cisco Wireless AP's Radio Down
Anyone with Cisco APs and Cisco Prime get these odd alerts from PI that state the radio is administratively up but operationally down with a reason of unknown? I have been getting a slew of these lately. We have introduced quite a few 1702's into our environment and I am wondering if there is some issue with recalculation, or something that triggers a radio reset to resolve a different issue? Below is the alert notification. Cisco forums haven't been much help, so I figured I'd take a shot at the group. Thanks! Virtual Domain: ROOT-DOMAIN PI has detected a change in one or more alarms of category AP and severity Critical in Virtual Domain ROOT-DOMAIN. The new severity of the following items is Clear: 1. Alarm Condition:Radio administratively up and operationally down Message: '802.11a/n/ac' interface of AP 'AP01-' associated to controller 'XX (172.X.X.X)' is down. Reason: Unknown - Device Name: 'X Failure Source: AP AP01-, Interface 802.11a/n/ac ___ Gregg Heimer Sr. Network Engineer Montgomery County Community College 340 Dekalb Pike Blue Bell, PA 19422 ghei...@mc3.edu<mailto:jsta...@mc3.edu> 215.641.6442 Montgomery County Community College is proud to be designated as an Achieving the Dream Leader College for its commitment to student access and success. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Internet Service Provider Options
I agree, use a WISP… or Find the nearest location that may have high speed cable / DSL and use www.ubnt.com<http://www.ubnt.com> Ubiquiti P2P wireless to backhaul the network to your building. Cheap, low latency, amazing results. Just don’t violate any ToS. Gregg Heimer Montgomery County Community College From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Britton Anderson Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 3:27 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Internet Service Provider Options Finding a WISP or a cellular carrier that would take you on doesn't sound difficult, but it comes down to SLA services. I don't think you'll find one that will guarantee the bandwidth that you'll be subscribing to, but perhaps they will have a minimum CIR or something specific to guarantee at least some level of service... I liked Jason's suggestion about joining forces with the airport's IT shop. Bummer they don't have on site support. Is it a city airport? Might be worthwhile figuring out which governing body oversees the airport and reaching out to them and get some ideas. Britton Anderson<mailto:blanders...@alaska.edu> | Senior Network Communications Specialist | University of Alaska<http://www.alaska.edu/oit> | 907.450.8250 On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Jeffrey D. Sessler mailto:j...@scrippscollege.edu>> wrote: Ah, this must be Cable airport. I work at the Claremont Colleges just down the road. It’s really odd that Verizon and TWC are not there. FiOS is all around the airport as is TWC business. We actually have a tertiary 1Gbs backup link via TWC. I could swear that the coffee shop at Cable has TWC cable TV, meaning it should be possible to get Internet from them. Jeff From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] On Behalf Of Stewart, Joe Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 10:06 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Internet Service Provider Options They are in Upland, CA. There is no airport IT group unfortunately which is why they reached out to me. I found a WISP provider nearby and they said they will be able to help us and for cheaper than the monthly cost of the T1 with almost 4 times the speed . They use (FiberToWireless)point to point microwave fixed hardware. Installation turnaround time is only 5 days. This WISPA URL helped me out if anyone else is interested http://www.wispa.org/Directories/Find-a-WISP Thanks, Joe From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Benedick, Jason Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 6:49 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Internet Service Provider Options Does he have any contacts with the airport’s IT group? Find out what provider(s) the airport uses and contact them to see if they’d be willing to provide them with service or see if they can figure out a way to buy internet directly from the airport. Another option would be checking to see if there are any WISPs that operate in the area that he could get service from. Thanks, Jason R. Benedick IT Generalist Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Office: (717) 391-6957 Cell: (717) 587-9065 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stewart, Joe Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 5:17 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Internet Service Provider Options A friend of mine has a small business housed within a small airport. They currently have a T1 transport that they’ve outgrown. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations on other options within Southern California that wouldn’t cost an arm and a leg. They only have about 5 computers and 5 VOIP phones but 3Mbps is hard to deal with when large files are being downloaded/uploaded simultaneously. They’ve tried calling to get DSL and Cable and they are striking out on all site surveys through Verizon and Time Warner. Thanks, Joe Stewart Network Specialist II Claremont McKenna College 325 E. 8th Street Roberts South # 12 Claremont, CA 91711 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. *This electronic communication from TSCT is confidential and intended solely for use by the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the named recipient do not forward, propagate or replicate this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you hav
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Site Survey
Vendor: TTI Wireless (Sayreville, NJ) Equipment: Ekahau Site Survey Software / Tool Recommend: Yes, for agnostic survey Services: Request site survey during active time of year with heat maps, then ask for recommendation and placements for new design. Gregg Heimer Montgomery County Community College From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hector J Rios Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 3:35 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Site Survey See my answers below. Hope they help. Hector Rios Louisiana State University From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of David Blahut Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 11:49 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Site Survey Greetings, I am writing today to ask if anyone on the list has successfully engaged with a vendor to preform a wireless site survey. The particulars of my question are: Who did the survey for you? Fluke Networks. They were easy to work with, reasonable pricing, did exactly what they say they were going to do, and had a very knowledgeable engineer. Would you hire them again? Yes What type of equipment did they use? Airmagnet Surveyor and AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer Were the results useful? Very. We implemented their recommendation within months and it has worked really well. What should we look for in the results? It’s all in how you set the scope of work. For our deliverables we wanted a site survey assessment with a detailed report. This included a wireless LAN design with AP placement and location photos, AP channeling map, AP model and power recommendations, antenna specs (If needed), and spectrum analysis. What type of testing should we ask the vendor to preform? Same as previous answer. Should the RF environment be busy during the site survey or should it be preformed during a low use period? We asked them to do it for both situations. A busy environment is always helpful. Any thing else to look out for, be aware of, or ask for? Thanks, David ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. Montgomery County Community College is proud to be designated as an Achieving the Dream Leader College for its commitment to student access and success.
