What is the ARM OTA setting called? We're on 6.1.3.9. Thanks, - Don
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Kurtz, Eric <ku...@susqu.edu> wrote: > Interesting. - We are also experiencing the same issue with PS3. > Turned off OTA and now the PS3 works. > > > > > > > *Eric Kurtz Network Engineer* > > Office of Information Technology > Susquehanna University > 514 University Avenue > Selinsgrove, PA 17870-1164 > 570.372.4537 > ku...@susqu.edu > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Turner, Ryan H > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:29 PM > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] Ripley's Believe it or not, wireless edition > > > > I am hard pressed to explain this. We've had a good number of reports of > PS3s not being able to connect to wired or wireless in our residence > halls. This corresponded to a pervasive wireless initiative that resulted > in all new switches and Aruba access points installed for about 8,000 > resident students. The PS3s would not show any wireless networks > available, but more surprisingly, they would not establish a physical > connection to switch ports, either. I brought a PS3 back to my office, and > completely ignoring the wireless side, attempted to figure out what was > happening to the wired side. I connected it, with success, to every type > of switch I could find, new and old. I sent it back. We got more reports, > and now I was forced to go into the field to look at the issue. I went to > a dorm with a troubled unit, reset it, and configured it for a wired > connection. It would not establish a link. Could it be a switch > negotiation incompatibility issue? I turned off negotiation and manually > set the config on both sides to no success. I then used an old hub that I > knew would work to bridge the PS3 to our network. No link to the hub from > the PS3. At this point, we took the same device and hub to a new location > on campus. Booted up the PS3, with it ONLY connected to the hub (the hub > wasn't connected to anything), and we got a physical link. I went into > network settings to see if I could see wireless networks (I saw a good > number). But then it dawned on me that we were in a significantly less > dense wireless environment in the environment where the device was > working. It should have no effect on the device since we were configured > for wired, but I was grasping at straws. Was it possible that the density > of Aps (and subsequent beacons) back at the original dorm was throwing the > PS3 into a bad state caused the wired port to not work? > > > > So, we went back to the dorm, shut down ALL of the access points in the > building that were near it, and then booted it up. LINKED FIRST TRY. It > linked directly to the switch, and then indirectly through the hub. I > started to power back on access points, and about halfway through, the > physical link went away. We then reversed course, turned the Aps back off > and rebooted the PS3 to verify it would get a link again. It did. I then > turned all the Aps back on, to lose the PS3 link. We then rebooted the PS3 > with all Aps back on, and it would not establish a link. There was no > bridging occurring through the PS3 that would cause a spantree lock > (verified). > > > > I am at a loss to explain this. > > > > Ryan H Turner > > Senior Network Engineer > > The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > > CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 > > +1 919 445 0113 Office > > +1 919 274 7926 Mobile > > > > ********** 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/.
