Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] [External] Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WLAN onboarding

2021-04-07 Thread Norman Elton
securew2 or not ... you have to make lots of important decisions up front (particularly around your CA structure) and then live with them, basically, forever. Talk to a number of other institutions about how they’ve named & labeled things before beginning to onboard users. Norman Elton William &a

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Upgrade Project

2020-12-31 Thread Norman Elton
mpus-wide upgrades! I'd love to talk to other Aerohive customers who are riding out the Extreme acquisition. Feel free to respond here, or privately. Norman Elton Director, IT Infrastructure William & Mary On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 12:31 PM Nadim El-Khoury wrote: > Hi Everyone, > &

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Status of Wi-Fi 6 Client Drivers?

2020-09-23 Thread Norman Elton
connect, albeit at substantially reduced data rates. There may be some inner workings of 802.11ax that I don't recall, but this worked for us! This was on our Mist AP43s, limited to a single building. The rest of campus is running 802.11ac access points from Aerohive. Norman Elton William &

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] MAC authentication bypass on Freeradius

2020-08-28 Thread Norman Elton
g to do. > We used to have an open hidden SSID using a WEP key to connect loaner laptops > (Windows, Macs), iPads, and Chromebooks. > We upgraded our wireless network to MIST and we decided to only advertise > eduroam. > We want to connect the above devices to eduroam using Mac addre

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] MAC authentication bypass on Freeradius

2020-08-27 Thread Norman Elton
Do you mean authenticate non-802.1x clients based on MAC address? Yes. It works fine. We have an Open Access SSID, with "MAC address authentication by RADIUS lookup". We provide our RADIUS server IP & secret. Our FreeRADIUS server takes the request and responds with an Accept/Reject, and the follow

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] MAC Randomization, a step further...

2020-08-07 Thread Norman Elton
Just a Friday afternoon update ... I upgraded to Beta 4, and noticed that I was back to my physical MAC address. This was also the case when I first went from iOS 13 to Beta 3, it took a few days to start randomizing my address. I’ll keep an eye on things over the next few days and let you know wh

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] MAC Randomization, a step further...

2020-07-21 Thread Norman Elton
that were configured before upgrading to iOS 14? Fun times, Norman Elton On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 2:55 PM Rios, Hector J < hector.r...@austin.utexas.edu> wrote: > I just finished reading the “Apple Beta Software Program Agreement”. > Interesting information: > > > > “Don’t

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Who has transitioned away from Aruba, and why?

2020-01-10 Thread Norman Elton
has it turned off on the 2.4 radio, so that at least those users can connect someplace. Leave 5 GHz for those that can support AX. I don't like the compromise, but the alternative ("hey we're trying out a brand new wireless network that won't work for random people") is equal

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Who has transitioned away from Aruba, and why?

2020-01-09 Thread Norman Elton
The wireless-lan mailing list is always interesting, but this is by far the best thread yet :) We are a longtime Aerohive customer, and are aware of Extreme’s plans. Happy to talk about my feelings regarding Aerohive off-list. Whomever explained that startups are responsive at first, and start to

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Onboarding Android devices

2018-08-08 Thread Norman Elton
seful in a Higher-Ed environment. > > Bruce Osborne > Liberty University > > -Original Message- > From: Norman Elton [mailto:normel...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 3:25 PM > Subject: Onboarding Android devices > > We've got an encrypted n

Onboarding Android devices

2018-08-07 Thread Norman Elton
? Or is there a recipe for a user to setup 802.1x securely (with some sort of certificate validation) on Android devices pre-8.1? Thanks, Norman Elton ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Photos of outdoor APs on building

2018-05-09 Thread Norman Elton
For those folks doing creative installations in light poles (very cool pictures), how are you uplinking the AP? And how about power? If you're using fiber, does the light pole have constant power to supply the AP? Thanks! Norman On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 3:20 PM, Steven Wrinkle wrote: > Working w

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Helpdesk Troubleshooting of Wireless Issues

2017-03-01 Thread Norman Elton
ay also coordinate to have a network engineer meet us in the > field for additional troubleshooting or analysis. > > > > -- > Bryan Sherwood > > End-User Computing Specialist, Sr. > > Student Technology Center > > Information Technology Services > > N

Helpdesk Troubleshooting of Wireless Issues

2017-02-27 Thread Norman Elton
pport organization before an issue is escalated? Who communicates with the end user? What tools, resources, and training are made available to techs? Are all support techs qualified, or just a "wifi strike team"? Lessons learned? Thanks! Norman Elton William & Mary ** Participati

WLPC in Phoenix

2017-02-13 Thread Norman Elton
o see you there! Norman Elton William & Mary ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Annual Conference (Anaheim) Wireless-LAN session notes

2016-12-06 Thread Norman Elton
I agree, all look like good "trending topics". >> I’m not going to include all of my notes from the session or this email will >> be painfully long. To the contrary, I've love to review your notes. If they're already electronic, would you mind sharing a copy

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] College Sports Venue Wireless- In-House vs 3rd Party

2016-11-08 Thread Norman Elton
Just following up on this, were there any additional responses? Norman Elton William & Mary On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Lee H Badman wrote: > Thanks, TJ- great input. > > > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > WIRELE

Wireless LAN Professionals Conference in Phoenix

2016-02-17 Thread Norman Elton
Anyone going to the WLPC in Phoenix this year? http://wlanpros.com/WLPC2016 I'd be happy to line up a higher ed get-together if anyone else is going. Norman Elton College of William & Mary ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group d

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] NAT tracking question

2015-02-24 Thread Norman Elton
k to an > internal IP. > 6. based on the internal IP reservation, you know the student. > > Anything that I have missed? Do I assume that you clear your reservations on > a yearly or semester basis? > > > Cheers, > Jeff > > > -Original Message- > From:

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] NAT tracking question

2015-02-24 Thread Norman Elton
Here's a write-up I did a few months back. I'm happy to elaborate as needed! Norman Elton College of William & Mary = We recently converted to NAT, to solve two issues. The obvious is the growth in wireless devices. Our five /21s simply couldn't keep up with the deman

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] NAT tracking question

2015-02-23 Thread Norman Elton
little bit shuffling, and calculate the corresponding public IP. This calculation is extremely light-weight, allowing the whole system to scale quite well. The heavy lifting occurs when the device is on boarded the first time, at which point a "group of four" is allocated for the user. N

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] NAT tracking question

2015-02-23 Thread Norman Elton
the right student. I'm happy to share the gory details if someone wants to wrap their head around it. Norman Elton College of William & Mary On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Danny Eaton wrote: > We've got our Juniper SRX 5800 doing our NAT for all wireless, plus all > s

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Network Engineer Position at Syracuse University

2014-11-24 Thread Norman Elton
Well, good thing "competent at sending email" is not on the list of requirements. Apologies for the spam. Norman Elton Network Engineering College of William & Mary On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Norman Elton wrote: > Lee, > > I'm not in a position to apply for th

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Network Engineer Position at Syracuse University

2014-11-24 Thread Norman Elton
Lee, I'm not in a position to apply for this job, but I do keep an eye on what such jobs are paying. I know the pay band (S6) is somewhat wide. Are you able to share any details here? Just curious. Thanks, Norman Elton Network Engineering College of William & Mary On Mon, Nov 24, 201

Macs Dropping EAPOL Frames

2014-11-12 Thread Norman Elton
ualifies as a "key frame". So, question is... If you have MS-CHAPv2 authentication running, do you ever see this error in your logs? Suggestions on how to poke at it? Thanks for any advice, Norman Elton College of William & Mary ** Participation and subscription information for

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] SSID Naming & 5ghz

2014-08-18 Thread Norman Elton
n, clients had to be set to prefer your turbo network. This wasn't always the case. I don't think think the second SSID really helped the overall adoption of 5 GHz. Hopefully your mileage will vary :) Norman Elton College of William & Mary On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:56 AM, Jason Coo

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless "Fix" in Apple Update

2014-07-10 Thread Norman Elton
More interesting, to me anyway, is that you seemed to have found intelligent life at Apple that is willing to talk to you. Care to share your experience, and how you went about finding them? Thanks, Norman On Monday, July 7, 2014, Travis Schick wrote: > I'll double check - I know I was gettin

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Epitiro StreetWise, 7signal

2014-07-10 Thread Norman Elton
stifies the product. I'm happy to answer other questions or jump on a call. Norman Elton p.s. I'm really convinced that 85% of their statistics could be gathered by the AP directly. I'm pushing our vendor, Aerohive, to implement SFlow with 802.11-level information. Instead of colle

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Epitiro StreetWise, 7signal

2014-07-10 Thread Norman Elton
Lee - Just saw your email. We have 7Signal at William & Mary. Would love to chat about our experience. Let me know if you're still interested. Thanks, Norman Elton College of William & Mary On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Lee H Badman wrote: > Greetings to the list- > &g

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 11ac migration question

2014-03-17 Thread Norman Elton
>> We are using directional patch antennas to keep the coverage to the auditorium as well as use a higher mandatory rate. Mind sharing what antennas you use? Thanks Norman On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 3:12 PM, McClintic, Thomas < thomas.mcclin...@uth.tmc.edu> wrote: > We have installed in a few a

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Aerohive

2014-03-10 Thread Norman Elton
We have ~1400 Aerohive APs and have been a customer since early 2009. I'm happy to talk to folks about our experience, and would love to talk to other large .edu deployments. Email and we can setup a time. Norman Elton College of William & Mary wne...@wm.edu / 757-221-7790 On Mon, Mar

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] How many drops 802.11ac phase 2

2014-02-13 Thread Norman Elton
clients will actually be pushing multi-gig traffic through a single AP. Norman Elton College of William & Mary On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Ron Walczak wrote: > You are correct... Sorry for any confusion > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Peter P Morrissey wrote: >>

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] OS X 802.1x auth issue

2014-01-31 Thread Norman Elton
Sorry for the spam today, one last question for those that have experienced the cert issue. What was the client symptom? That is, what does the user see during the 10 second delay? Wifi icon is all grey, laddering up and down, all dark? Thanks, Norman Elton ** Participation and

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] OS X 802.1x auth issue

2014-01-31 Thread Norman Elton
steering. The cert issue coupled with band-steering and/or > load-steering make the Mac's very unhappy. > > > > Jeff > > >>> On Friday, January 31, 2014 at 10:05 AM, in message < > CAPCnwUdAuZqKuFwOycKrGmXgiKCrb_Wy82=o5xc3be+o7an...@mail.gmail.com>, > Nor

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] OS X 802.1x auth issue

2014-01-31 Thread Norman Elton
test things out over the weekend. Norman Elton College of William & Mary On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Norman Elton wrote: >> It also appears specific to certs based on 2048 bit keys. Also there is no >> cert validation delay upon initial connect... only when attempting to &g

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] OS X 802.1x auth issue

2014-01-31 Thread Norman Elton
isted anywhere in Apple's release. It's an interesting twist. Thanks! Norman Elton College of William & Mary ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WPA and Wireless LAN Server Certificate?

2008-11-19 Thread Norman Elton
solution. This was two or three years ago. Has anyone managed to find a cert that XP/Vista will accept without prompting? Thanks Norman Elton ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Logging into a Active Directory domain via wireless & 802.1x

2008-07-21 Thread Norman Elton
The computer should first authenticate to IAS with its machine credentials. Assuming your IAS server is properly setup, the machine get on wireless to authenticate a user. When a user logs in, it will re-authenticate with the user's credentials. Norman Elton College of William & Mary On

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Support headache of WPA2 Enterprise

2008-07-10 Thread Norman Elton
ions available. If I remember, I'll post a URL once ours are publicly available. Drop me a note if I forget! We actually found that googling for "site:.edu wpa2" pulled up lots of useful information :). Thanks again! Norman Elton College of William & Mary ** Partic

Support headache of WPA2 Enterprise

2008-07-09 Thread Norman Elton
g a tidal wave or trickle. Thanks for any advice, stories, etc. Norman Elton College of William & Mary ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.