The first line of my response was also tongue-in-cheek. I have met Lee and he seems to be a decent guy.
Bruce Osborne Wireless Engineer IT Network Services - Wireless (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 From: Brian Helman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 12:08 PM Subject: Re: NERCOMP Conference -- Wireless-LAN/NETMAN session summary Bruce, I certainly was not intending to insult anyone. I’m not an Aruba user. It was meant completely tongue-and-cheek because of the volume of Cisco-related topics that pop up on here .. and rightly so considering their dominance. I also found it very odd that there were so many Aruba users and so few Cisco in the session. To address what I wrote, if you look over the archives you’ll see a considerable number of Cisco-centric threads and very few other vendors specifically discussed. No disrespect was intended to Lee. I am not a Cisco user either, but I could not hold Lee in any higher level of respect for his wireless knowledge, opinions and leadership . Lee, if you were insulted by what was intended to be a joke, I absolutely apologize. I considered only sending this to you and Lee, but I want the group to see this apology in case anyone else felt as you. Sincerely, Brian From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Osborne, Bruce W (Network Services) Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 7:35 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] NERCOMP Conference -- Wireless-LAN/NETMAN session summary Brian, Thank you for offending Lee. This is a WLAN list, not a *Cisco* WLAN list. Although there are many Aruba customers here, you do not see us debating the latest bugs, etc. Perhaps that is a compliment to Aruba’s Engineering & TAC Support teams. Bruce Osborne Wireless Engineer IT Network Services - Wireless (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 From: Brian Helman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 2:46 PM Subject: NERCOMP Conference -- Wireless-LAN/NETMAN session summary (cross-posted to NETMAN group) As promised, here is a summary of the combined Wireless-LAN/NETMAN session from the NERCOMP Conference last week. In preparation for these sessions, I review the hot topics (based purely on number of comments) from the listservs that occurred over the previous year. I keep a running PowerPoint on these topics (1 slide per year). I’m happy to post that PowerPoint, if there is a good place to do it. I believe DropBox has a bandwidth cap, so I’d prefer not to distribute that way. Also, I tend to avoid vendor-specific topics .. so you won’t see the billions of discussions on Cisco WAPs (sorry Lee). This year I tried to mix up the conversation a bit and gave a quick (10 minute) demonstration of the JDSU OLP-820p fiber scope/power meter. In the session I said I thought it was around $7,000 (give or take). I see it on Amazon for $5,132. While I don’t want to recommend specific products, I would recommend acquiring this unit or another that performs the same core functions. When I demo’d my JDSU with an old multimode ST connection we recently replaced, the comment “you still had light passing through that!?” says a lot. Overall, the session went well. There were 17 people (a good number for a small conference!) from 15 different institutions. Hot topics: · NAC just doesn’t want to go away. · There are still a large number of people who don’t know these lists exist · We did discuss vendors on the lists as well as other means of communication between members · Gaming networks · And wireless networking did dominate the discussions. Interestingly, of the 15 institutions, TEN (I had to type that to stress the point) were Aruba shops and only 1 Cisco shop. I’d have lost the farm on that bet. I hope both of these groups gained some members from the session. If I left out any topics, let me know! I will be at the Miami Connect next week. If you’ll be there and would like to talk Wireless/Networking, stop by the sessions or send me an email. I’m hoping to drop anchor in a local bar one night. If anyone has recommendations, let me know. I’d like to get an email out to these lists. We did this at the annual conference a couple nights and it was a lot of fun. 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