RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Bandwidth utilization and IOS7 upgrade

Doesn't Apple do any staggering? Frank -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Todd M. Hall Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 1:35 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WI

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11k

Note the distance between RIM's headquarters and Dennis's work. =) Frank -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ian McDonald Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:15 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LIS

RE: configuration script

There's three options you can take: Windows Policy Editor, ZWLANCFG, and Aruba's configuration utility. See here: http://www.networkcomputing.com/blog/dailyblog/archives/2007/03/wireless_pro pag_9.html for more details. Frank From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listse

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] FW: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiSM 5.2.193

You would think there should be a near-hitless upgrade process. Could be as simple as temporarily restricting APs from downgrading. And that doesn't even have to be done the AP side, that could be done via a setting on the WLC. Frank -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issu

RE: iPad Experiences

More here: http://www.fiercemobileit.com/story/apple-ipad-users-report-wifi-connectivit y-problems/2010-04-06?utm_medium=nl &utm_source=internal Frank From

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco Wireless Controller Feature Gaps

AFAIK Aruba doesn't insert itself in the IPv6 path, just like Cisco, but it does bridge the traffic fine (using it right now). I'm sure Aruba has more in the works, but I haven't asked/sought for that. In terms of IDS/IPS vendors, I just engaged TippingPoint on this and they wrote that "the N-Fam

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] K-12 listserv?

For all things K-12, or wireless for K-12? Frank -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Rich Fulton Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:30 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIR

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Detecting clients.

Try AirMagnet's handheld edition of its software...   Frank>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, January 05, 2004 10:23:59 PM >>>looking for recommendations...We just spent a couple of hours trying to locate a machine misconfiguredfor interface bridging. The wireless interface was the bad boy, and allthe

Controlling viruses

Those of you who have been using Perfigo or Cranite's solution, it would be nice to hear from you how this solution helped control/manage this new MyDoom/Novarg virus outbreak in your Resnet.  Did anyone use a plugin to NetReg/Bradford Campus Managers plugins to de-register students and then re-s

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Management Software

Joe:   The ones that I am aware of include Cisco's WLSE (Cisco specific), Airwave, Wavelink's Mobile Manager, and Cirond's WiLAN Manager.   Frank>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, February 10, 2004 9:35:46 AM >>>I am looking for what software or appliances others are using to helpmonitor, manage and

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] locate the rogue AP from wired side

If you want to do some distributed wireless security monitoring, you might want to look at a solution from AirDefense or AirMagnet.  Network Chemistry has a cheap monitoring solution.   As for wire side detection, it's rather difficulty because the Ethernet MAC may or may not be the same as the w

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] locate the rogue AP from wired side

I don't believe that Netstumbler catches devices that hide their SSID.   While Cisco's WLSE 2.5 identifies rogues, it's not a solution I would get just to identify rogues.  WLSE remains primarily a configuration system for AP's.  Of course, if you already have Cisco AP's, then WLSE is a no-braine

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WLAN Operating costs

I just read in a Cisco PowerPoint slide that according to a META Group 2003 report, 15% of WLAN's TCO is CapEx, while the last 85% is OpEx.  These numbers are probably more accurate for for-profit corporations, but there is probably some truth for schools, too.  If an organization spends $750 per

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] locating 'hidden' SSIDs etc.

AirMagnet, both handheld, laptop, and distributed can do the same thing.    Frank>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, March 12, 2004 9:19:06 AM >>>Hi,Has anyone found a method of identifying the presence of hidden (nonbroadcast) SSIDs? NetStumbler locates all broadcast SSIDs but not hidden ones.The alt

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] AP Bandwidth Question

Eric:   That is not the case.  Each client can talk to the AP at different speeds.   Frank>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, March 26, 2004 3:22:22 PM >>> Hello,   I’m new to the listserv.  I read somewhere that the AP’s maximum speed for all clients is equal to the lowest connected speed, i.e. if o

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] [WIRELESS] Most un-wired campuses

The study includes several aspects, if you look at the bottom of the link: "The "Most Unwired College Campuses" survey findings are based on the number of hotspots, the number of undergraduates, number of computers and the computer to student ratio. The results were also based on the

Fwd: [Wi-Fi Net News] T-Mobile Launches Semi-Private Hotspots at American University

For this list's interest   Frank>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, April 16, 2004 10:42:48 AM >>>By Glenn FleishmanSpecial to Wi-Fi Networking NewsPermanently archived item < http://wifinetnews.com/archives/003223.html >[1] T-Mobile installs its service at Washington's American University: This un

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless site survey tool

Title: Wireless site survey tool Nas:   I've tested Surveyor, and it works quite well.  It's based on the concept of active and passive surveys.  The active survey associates to an AP and record packet loss, signal strength, and connection speed.  The passive site survey listens for all APs and t

Cisco's new WLSM

Cisco released their new WLSM module for the Catalyst 6500 a few weeks ago.  I work for a magazine and we are examining this product and it's related components.    Is anyone on this listserv actually planning on deploying the WLSM?  Is the requirement of a SUP720 a limitation for it's considerat

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco's new WLSM

Matt:   That's a good question about the SUP720 requirement, the same one that we had. - From what what we were told, previous SUP's did not have support for hardware-assisted Multipoint GRE tunnels.  There is a tunnel for each mobility group associated with an access point.  Mobiltiy groups are

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco's new WLSM

f you happen to know. Can you do any monitoring of users with it? I don’t see how that would happen. Also using GRE there is no way to rate limit traffic at the IP level has it passed through your other routers. What does the solution do for Rogue detection and other goodies? -Matt   From: Frank B

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco's new WLSM

irespace -alike features when the only clients on the network are authenticating with EAP-TTLS/PAP"?   Regards,   Frank>>> Thursday, July 01, 2004 3:20:15 PM >>>On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 07:58, Frank Bulk - iNAME.com wrote:> Yes, a lot of people feel the same way. There a fe

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless AV Equipment- Any Success Stories?

Lee:   Are you asking for non-802.11 wireless AV stuff?  I'm not familiar with that space, but I'm sure a tech head theatre arts would know...supposedly that stuff is regularly used for rock concerts, tours, etc, anything where there is a lot of travelling.   Frank>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sunday, Ju

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] anyone try an ap-8 yet?

Chris:   This URL: http://wifinetnews.com/archives/004024.html reviews some recent rulings from the FCC concerning antennas, and talks a bit about a relaxing in the 5 GHz spectrum that allows antennas in all three UNII bands (4th last paragraph)   Frank>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, July 26, 2004

Syllabus article

I received the following SBC-sponsored link in a Syllabus (a higher education magazine) electronic newsletter. http://www.syllabus.com/connectedcampus/index.asp   While I found two technical inaccuracies, the most interesting thing I took away from the article was that the network folk continue

Kansas State highlighted

For all those interested, Kansas State's wireless network was highlighted in the latest Syllabus e-newsletter. http://www.kstatecollegian.com/article.php?a=2395   Frank ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http:/

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless DHCP Server

Clark:   Did you ever consider an appliance like InfoBlox's DNS One or BlueCat Networks' Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance?  I believe that both of these provide high availabilty via failover, and both have good front ends for management.   Regards,   Frank>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, September 02, 20

Fwd: [Wi-Fi Net News] University of Texas Forbids Independent Wi-Fi

My reading of the FCC document leads me to things that student residence halls and dormitories are exempt from the FCC's recent clarification.  Housing is not leased in such a way as the student owns it, rather, it's rented.  In fact, it seems that most schools reserve the right to enter the prem

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Authentication/Encryption revisited

Don't some SSL VPN's require some kind of ActiveX control to provide encryption for non-web-based applications?  That would neccesitate a Windows computer.   Of course, if the service being provided is web-based and can do SSL, then it's a nice easy way to secure your traffic Layer-3.  But your L

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Fwd: [Wi-Fi Net News] University of Texas Forbids Independent Wi-Fi

# Regards,   Frank Bulk >>> "Frank Bulk - iNAME.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thursday, September 09, 2004 2:05:00 pm >>> My reading of the FCC document leads me to things that student residence halls and dormitories are exempt from the FCC's recent cl

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Fwd: [Wi-Fi Net News] University of Texas Forbids Independent Wi-Fi

I found the answer, they are privately held: http://www.utdallas.edu/utdgeneral/utdmaps/waterview.html http://www.utdallas.edu/student/slife/housing/ http://www.utdallas.edu/student/slife/housing/general/   Frank>>> "Frank Bulk - iNAME.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thursday

Interview about the OPEN1X project

About our own Chris Hessing's work http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/09/21/open1x.html   Frank ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Vanderbilt Residential Housing RFI

I guess what my concern is that if you make 48 Mbps your minimum rate you'll need an access point in each room. ;) Even at 36 Mbps, I'm guessing an AP in every second or third room.   VoWLAN can be accomplished via several means.  One way is to use one band for it, ie 802.11a for voice, and then

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Vanderbilt Residential Housing RFI

John:   I'm impressed that you get the higher rates that you do, but drywall likely helps a lot.  When you mention the 60 to 80 foot radius, what do you consider the higher 11a date rates to be?  24 and up?   I know of one other Meru implementation at a university, but they are not on this listse

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WLSM- Anyone tried it?

According to the documentation found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/prod_bulletin09186a00802252ba.html#wp1002247 it only works with the 1100 and 1200 series APs.   Frank>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, December 20, 2004 9:48:05 AM >>>Will the WLSM work with 350 series ac

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Management

The 'brains', if I understand what you are describing, are already offered by the wireless switch vendors.  They are past L2-roaming and on to L3-roaming, and if you use Cisco's stuff with CCKM, you'll get fast secure L3 roaming.    How big is everyone's L2 wireless domain getting?  The nice thi

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Guest Access On Wireless

With Cisco's APs you can only broadcast one SSID, and you only have one BSSID.  It's in situations like you are describing that this becomes a weakness in comparison to vendors such as Airespace, Aruba, Symbol, Trapeze, etc that support multiple BSSIDs.   Frank>>> Robinson, Ronald<[EMAIL PROTECTE

Mobilepipeline: Big WLAN on Campus

A worthwhile read about university wireless: http://www.mobilepipeline.com/56900296   Glenn hits all the relevant issues about lack of device control, flexibility, and heterogeneity.  No mention was made of wireless switch players, so either this hasn't take hold in the higher-ed sector, or they

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Guest Access On Wireless

By 'user' security, do you mean on a per IP address, or dynamically tied back to an authenticated session?  That's what Aruba Wireless' system seems to do more clearly than most others.   Frank>>> Ruiz, Mike<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:25:05 AM >>> I would add to this discuss

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Single mode/single fiber connectivity options?

I know that a service provider vendor, Calix, also has a GBIC to do this. It's not an uncommon thing to do anymore. Frank -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of acarl...@hot.rr.com Sent: Fr

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Seeking recommendation for wireless bridge product

I second the QuickBridge. The Alvarion B-series of products should be looked at, too. Frank From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel Eklund Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:58 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSE