That’s more than nothing, thanks. Jason Watts | Senior Network Administrator
PRATT INSTITUTE Academic Computing > On Aug 25, 2017, at 10:19 AM, Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu> wrote: > > I can only preface it as 3rd hand info: > > 8540s on 8.2.160, some unidentified condition making the APs flap once a > certain load of clients was reached. Beyond that, I can’t say much. > Lee Badman | Network Architect > > Certified Wireless Network Expert (#200) > Information Technology Services > 206 Machinery Hall > 120 Smith Drive > Syracuse, New York 13244 > > t 315.443.3003 f 315.443.4325 e lhbad...@syr.edu > <mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu> w its.syr.edu <http://its.syr.edu/> > SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY > syr.edu <http://syr.edu/> > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > <mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] On Behalf Of Jason Watts > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2017 10:11 AM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > <mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Move In/Opening Week- Any Problems? > > Lee, > > Without identifying the school can you give any more detail about what sort > of catastrophic issues they are having? What controllers/APs? We just moved > to 8.2.160.0 on 5520s and I haven’t noticed anything yet that I would deem > catastrophic. We are on a mix of 2802i, 3502i, 1142n APs. > > Jason Watts | Senior Network Administrator > > PRATT INSTITUTE > Academic Computing > > > > On Aug 25, 2017, at 9:56 AM, Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu > <mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu>> wrote: > > Not that I advocate it, but there are incredibly easy ways to shut down the > wireless side of the printers if you chose to. That’s all I’m saying. > > I have heard in private that another school is having catastrophic issues > with 8.2.160.0, so this may emerge as one to watch closer. > Thanks for sharing- this sort of information is valuable as we all go through > this rather unique exercise. > > > > -Lee > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > <mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] On Behalf Of T. Shayne Ghere > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2017 9:42 AM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > <mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Move In/Opening Week- Any Problems? > > Here’s our setup > > Running 8.2.160.0 on a pair of 8540 in HA mode > 796 1810w > 472 3802i > Mix of 1142, 702 totaling 220 that will soon be replace with 3802i > Total AP’s will be close to 2015 when new wiring is pulled > > Home grown registration for one SSID that’s used for devices that won’t work > on secure or web-auth networks > > I’m running Flexconnect on the wireless along with an Rlan for the wired > ports for the 1810w’s (dorms) and local switching where applicable. > > So far, we have identified 5 bugs with the 160.0 code which Cisco is working > on. They aren’t service impacting but more of a pain than anything. (Kernel > panics and watchdog resets) > > We have identified the Lenovo Yoga series laptops (and other models from Best > Buy) having issues with enterprise networks with no solution since the last > Windows 10 update. If the users go an buy a small form factor wifi adapter, > everything works. Without it, they aren’t able to connect to our secure > network and open networks are slow. > > Dell laptops seem to be the most stable followed by Macbook Pro’s. > > We have already surpassed most connected clients from last year on the second > day of classes this year. I’m seeing a LOT of wifi enabled TV’s, IoT devices > (ugh), tablets, phones, smartwatches and wireless cameras/doorbells for rooms. > > Our biggest concern is the amount of wireless printers that have shown up. > We don’t allow wireless printers on our network, but when trying to get the > wireless cards shut off for each one is becoming a problem. > > If anyone is handling wireless printers differently, I’d be interested in > talking offline with you. > > Thanks > ---------------------------------- > T. Shayne Ghere > Bradley University > Network Engineer/Wireless > 1501 W. Bradley Ave, Jobst 224A > (309) 677-3094 (ofc) > (309) 863-5738 (cell) – Emergency only > sgh...@fsmail.bradley.edu <mailto:sgh...@fsmail.bradley.edu> > ---------------------------------- > UPCOMING OUT OF OFFICE > Wednesday, August 30th – PM (no phone/e-mail access) > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > <mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2017 8:22 AM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > <mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Move In/Opening Week- Any Problems? > > It might be beneficial to share notes in case other schools are hitting > common problems. I’m wondering how everyone who is in the thick of it is > faring with back-to-school? > > On this end, we are doing OK halfway to our expected total daily peak clients > (we’re at 15K now high water mark). > > Our significant WLAN-related changes since end of Spring semester > Running 8.2.151 on our 8540s > Significant quantities of Wave 2 APs > ISE as RADIUS (only, no NAC, no onboarding) > > No changes to: > our guest WLAN (Clearpass/an Aruba controller pair) > onboarding (Cloudpath Wiz) > overall topology > open network in dorms for gadgets > non-use of AVC, it crapped out and never got solved after hundreds of hours > with TAC > > Fears: > We haven’t yet hit the scale that will reveal problems with any of the newer > stuff listed above > > Anyone else care to share? > > -Lee > > > Lee Badman | Network Architect > > Certified Wireless Network Expert (#200) > Information Technology Services > 206 Machinery Hall > 120 Smith Drive > Syracuse, New York 13244 > t 315.443.3003 f 315.443.4325 e lhbad...@syr.edu > <mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu> w its.syr.edu <http://its.syr.edu/> > SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY > syr.edu <http://syr.edu/> > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss <http://www.educause.edu/discuss>. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss <http://www.educause.edu/discuss>. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss <http://www.educause.edu/discuss>. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss <http://www.educause.edu/discuss>. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss <http://www.educause.edu/discuss>. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
