We do AP placements, (and more) in Ekahau. It imports nicely into DNAC (with a rare horizontal to vertical map flipping problem that we are working on with Cisco). Since Cisco has done the work to map from ekahau .json files with x,y coordinates and AP names and model numbers - it seems logical that they can also go the other way (export from DNAC to Ekahau). We are working with some programming resources from Cisco on this right now. Our goal is to be able to use Ekahau reports for cable installers, and AP name configuration then import to DNAC and then export at anytime from DNAC to Ekahau to generate a new installation report complete with x,y coordinates, AP Names and model numbers. I think we will achieve this goal soon. Once that happens - only adjustments to existing buildings require moving APs on any maps -never one for one placements again.
Thanks, -- Curtis K. Larsen Wireless Network Engineer III Infrastructure Ops The University of Utah Office 801-587-1313 Mobile 801-425-7528 ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> on behalf of Smith, Nayef <nayef.z.sm...@emory.edu> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2021 8:05 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] [External] [WIRELESS-LAN] Placement mapping of APs To the point of "hours of remapping everything", we were very successful leveraging intern/work study for this type of work several years ago. When we have to do this again, i'll be running the same playbook. 4-6 student workers knocked it out over the summer. You can do something similar over the school year, but it will likely take a little longer. They enjoyed the work including the opportunity to visit locations and do site surveys as needed. Nayef Z. Smith | Network Services | Voice: 404-727-6019 [cid:166b6de8-b664-4646-ba56-7ea0f42e810f] ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> on behalf of Christina Klam <ck...@ias.edu> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 2:52 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [External] [WIRELESS-LAN] Placement mapping of APs All, For the upteenth time, we will need to re-map all of our access points in a Cisco GUI. Originally they were in Prime. Then we got DNAC and were told to migrate them there. But, just found out that you cannot export the mappings (blank maps yes, mappings no) from DNACv1 to DNACv2. And as the sync is only one way, Prime to DNAC, we cannot seamlessly return to Prime. Until Cisco gets their act together, we will do the re-mapping in Prime and have that be our source of truth. My question to the community is this. How do you handle the AP placement mappings? If there is a better way that manually dragging the images to the proper location, I would love to hear it. I see that you can use GPS coordinates but how can you get accurate coordinates inside a building? Ideally, I would like to create a spreadsheet of AP and locations and then upload it to said system. This way if Prime database gets corrupted (which has happened) or DNACv2-v3 also is not seamless, we do not have to spend the hours remapping everything ... again. Christina Klam Network Engineer Institute for Advanced Study 1 Einstein Dr Princeton, NJ 08540 (m) +1 609-751-7899 (o) +1 609-734-8154 ck...@ias.edu ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.educause.edu%2Fcommunity&data=04%7C01%7Cnayef.z.smith%40EMORY.EDU%7C0f68dd04e9f34486b7ac08d930f7e5d1%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C637594663534825532%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=FDFa3WLv1gMi%2FBulJtUY12fIcpzhFfu%2B4O4dXnBcsOY%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
