Ahh, I'm sure multivendor solutions are great so long as Apple aren't involved in them anywhere, as servers or clients ;)
-- ian -----Original Message----- From: Mark Duling Sent: 10-10-2013, 22:17 To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] For those of you on Cisco code 7.5, supporting Bonjour, etc... >> ... Cisco going above and beyond to accommodate Apple’s shame. Cisco is overjoyed at the opportunity to provide themselves a competitive advantage. Users are overjoyed at the capability. I suppose most IT workers are happy to have the job security that solving visible user-centric problems like this provides. Lee, if I didn't know better I'd think you've suddenly lost faith in multi-vendor solutions. :) On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu> wrote: > I’m still seeing a lot of potential drawbacks to this, despite Cisco going > above and beyond to accommodate Apple’s shame. I also have to wonder- is > anyone willingly doing what we all know is also undesirable- popping up > one-off topologies for isolated AppleTV and AirPrint (and Chromecast for > that matter), outside of the controller environment, and just living with > the limits and interference? > > > > Fess up now, you’re among friends. J > > > > -Lee > > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Albano > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 12:47 PM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] For those of you on Cisco code 7.5, supporting > Bonjour, etc... > > > > I am also running 7.5, utilizing the mDNS AP feature. This allows the > devices (AppleTV's) to be plugged into a wired connection. Much less channel > util. when screen-sharing is only going over Wireless in one direction. It > works well. The simple guide is here: > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/technology/bonjour/7.5/Bonjour_Gateway_Phase-2_WLC_software_release_7.5.html#wp44530 > > > > You can designate an mDNS ap at the distribution layer, or choose an ap in > ea. building, if your need crosses distribution routers. > > > > Mike > > > > -----The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> wrote: ----- > > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > From: Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu> > Sent by: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> > Date: 10/10/2013 08:10AM > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] For those of you on Cisco code 7.5, supporting > Bonjour, etc... > > Hi Rick- > > > > Thanks for the response. > > > > I guess I knew Prime wasn’t involved in Bonjour per se- I should have asked > the question with more clarity. Wondering if PI was helping in any way with > the management of zones, etc, as given our size we could have lots of them. > > > > If you don’t mind sharing (could do a call if you’d rather), what is your > typical “bring a Bonjour zone to life scenario”? Someone says they want to > use AirPlay or AppleTV where you don’t yet have a zone, and then…? Are you > seeing cases where it’s being relied on for classroom use, has a hiccup, and > becomes an emergency response because instruction is disrupted? And which > version of Cisco’s cookbook are you using- the one with Broadcast enabled on > the WLAN or the one with Unicast? > > > > > > Again, Thank you. > > > > > > -Lee > > > > > > From: Rick Coloccia, Jr. [mailto:coloc...@geneseo.edu] > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 11:02 AM > To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv; Lee H Badman > Subject: Re: For those of you on Cisco code 7.5, supporting Bonjour, etc... > > > > Bonjour first comes to the party with 7.4. I had a long talk with the Cisco > people (many hours over several days inside a tac case regarding bonjour and > print servers) about the differences between 7.4 and 7.5 with regard to > Bonjour. 7.5 introduces a "zone" concept, where only certain Bonjour > sources are repeated to certain place. The core functionality is the same, > though, between 7.4 and 7.5. If you go to 7.5, you can't go to prime 2, > you'll need to wait for prime 2.1. > > Now, all that said, we're running 7.4.110.0, with almost 900 APs on 7 > controllers, and Bonjour is working. Yep. I wrote that. Apple tvs and > printers "just show up." Users are happy. Yep. I wrote that, too. > > Prime isn't involved at all in Bounjour, not in the very least. > > Feel free to shoot questions over. > > -Rick > > > On 10/10/2013 10:54 AM, Lee H Badman wrote: > > I have heard tangentially that 7.5 helps the cause of supporting AppleTVs > better than last couple of versions (no discredit to Cisco for trying to > solve Apple’s shortcomings). Is there anyone running 7.5 on a big, prod WLAN > that can say they are having an acceptable, > low-support/low-confusion-for-users experience with lots of Apple > Bonjour-dependent devices in use? Is PI helping with this in any way? > > > > Just trying to get a read before we go to 7.5. > > > > (I am aware of Bonjour gateways and what other vendors are doing, hoping to > keep answers limited to Cisco 7.5) > > > > Thanks very much- > > > > Lee Badman > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > > > -- Rick Coloccia, Jr. Network Manager State University of NY College at > Geneseo 1 College Circle, 119 South Hall Geneseo, NY 14454 V: 585-245-5577 > F: 585-245-5579 > > ********** 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/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
