Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

[David Milholen]

Its likeable for the monitoring of E400/500 and R200/R201 series but not 
much more.


I am just getting used to the templates to upload to make changes if needed.

I still use it in the cloud. We are also able to give clients their own 
account for viewing their system and seeing real time stats on


their APs.



On 4/12/2017 1:21 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
I feel they haven't even taken a few steps on that road in the last 
couple of years =/



Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
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Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net 
<mailto:af...@ics-il.net>> wrote:


It has a long road ahead of it.



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*From: *"Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com
<mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>>
*To: *af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Sent: *Wednesday, April 12, 2017 11:27:04 AM
*Subject: *[AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

Is anyone actually using this thing? There's *SO MUCH* potential
and it's been dormant since what appears to be a late beta.  I
still can't configure ePMP or cnPilot stuff with a GUI. I'm not
teaching tier 1 people to download/edit a config to change the
SSID or PSK, that's just asking for hell.  The search box comes up
with things but you can't actually select them, duh. I'd have to
spend consistent time correcting all of the devices, parents, etc.

I've been over a lot of these things with Cambium multiple times
over the years so I feel like they've fallen on deaf ears or have
no interest in adding them.  Does anyone agree with me on these
changes?

Is the virtual appliance more updated than the publicly available
cloud.cambiumnetworks.com <http://cloud.cambiumnetworks.com> ?

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:%28937%29%20552-2340>
Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:%28937%29%20552-2343>
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373




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Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

[Steve Jones]

We use it for firmware management of EPMP and historical reference.

Ive found it to be handy in my side gigs, If I install a link using EPMP
for somebody, I register it to my personal cloud account, so even though I
may not have access into that network, I still have visibility and limited
control over the radios, plus the historical reference. I added my work
account as a sub account on my personal one, so i can check my side
customers without authenticating to the cambium cloud at work

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Carl Peterson 
wrote:

> We use on-prem for 450s.  Mostly just for visibility for support staff but
> our programmer has been able to do some fun magic for batch config changes
> that used to take weeks.  i.e moving all subs that match a particular set
> of variables from being on one VLAN to them all being on SVLANs with unique
> CVLANs.
>
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Josh Baird  wrote:
>
>> We use it.. mainly for ePMP uprgades, but yeah, from a usability
>> standpoint, it can be pretty bad.  It's downright cumbersome to find
>> stuff.  The 'configuration' portion, as you said, definitely needs an
>> overhaul.
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Josh Luthman <
>> j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is anyone actually using this thing?  There's *SO MUCH* potential and
>>> it's been dormant since what appears to be a late beta.  I still can't
>>> configure ePMP or cnPilot stuff with a GUI.  I'm not teaching tier 1 people
>>> to download/edit a config to change the SSID or PSK, that's just asking for
>>> hell.  The search box comes up with things but you can't actually select
>>> them, duh.  I'd have to spend consistent time correcting all of the
>>> devices, parents, etc.
>>>
>>> I've been over a lot of these things with Cambium multiple times over
>>> the years so I feel like they've fallen on deaf ears or have no interest in
>>> adding them.  Does anyone agree with me on these changes?
>>>
>>> Is the virtual appliance more updated than the publicly available
>>> cloud.cambiumnetworks.com ?
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340 <(937)%20552-2340>
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <(937)%20552-2343>
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> Carl Peterson
>
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>
> 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553
>
> Baltimore, MD 21202
>
> (410) 637-3707
>

Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

[Carl Peterson]

We use on-prem for 450s.  Mostly just for visibility for support staff but
our programmer has been able to do some fun magic for batch config changes
that used to take weeks.  i.e moving all subs that match a particular set
of variables from being on one VLAN to them all being on SVLANs with unique
CVLANs.

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Josh Baird  wrote:

> We use it.. mainly for ePMP uprgades, but yeah, from a usability
> standpoint, it can be pretty bad.  It's downright cumbersome to find
> stuff.  The 'configuration' portion, as you said, definitely needs an
> overhaul.
>
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Josh Luthman <
> j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
>
>> Is anyone actually using this thing?  There's *SO MUCH* potential and
>> it's been dormant since what appears to be a late beta.  I still can't
>> configure ePMP or cnPilot stuff with a GUI.  I'm not teaching tier 1 people
>> to download/edit a config to change the SSID or PSK, that's just asking for
>> hell.  The search box comes up with things but you can't actually select
>> them, duh.  I'd have to spend consistent time correcting all of the
>> devices, parents, etc.
>>
>> I've been over a lot of these things with Cambium multiple times over the
>> years so I feel like they've fallen on deaf ears or have no interest in
>> adding them.  Does anyone agree with me on these changes?
>>
>> Is the virtual appliance more updated than the publicly available
>> cloud.cambiumnetworks.com ?
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340 <(937)%20552-2340>
>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <(937)%20552-2343>
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>
>


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*PORT NETWORKS*

401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553

Baltimore, MD 21202

(410) 637-3707

Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

[Josh Baird]

We use it.. mainly for ePMP uprgades, but yeah, from a usability
standpoint, it can be pretty bad.  It's downright cumbersome to find
stuff.  The 'configuration' portion, as you said, definitely needs an
overhaul.

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Josh Luthman 
wrote:

> Is anyone actually using this thing?  There's *SO MUCH* potential and it's
> been dormant since what appears to be a late beta.  I still can't configure
> ePMP or cnPilot stuff with a GUI.  I'm not teaching tier 1 people to
> download/edit a config to change the SSID or PSK, that's just asking for
> hell.  The search box comes up with things but you can't actually select
> them, duh.  I'd have to spend consistent time correcting all of the
> devices, parents, etc.
>
> I've been over a lot of these things with Cambium multiple times over the
> years so I feel like they've fallen on deaf ears or have no interest in
> adding them.  Does anyone agree with me on these changes?
>
> Is the virtual appliance more updated than the publicly available
> cloud.cambiumnetworks.com ?
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340 <(937)%20552-2340>
> Direct: 937-552-2343 <(937)%20552-2343>
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>

Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

[Josh Luthman]

I feel they haven't even taken a few steps on that road in the last couple
of years =/


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote:

> It has a long road ahead of it.
>
>
>
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> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/>
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> *From: *"Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
> *To: *af@afmug.com
> *Sent: *Wednesday, April 12, 2017 11:27:04 AM
> *Subject: *[AFMUG] cnMaestro usability
>
> Is anyone actually using this thing?  There's *SO MUCH* potential and it's
> been dormant since what appears to be a late beta.  I still can't configure
> ePMP or cnPilot stuff with a GUI.  I'm not teaching tier 1 people to
> download/edit a config to change the SSID or PSK, that's just asking for
> hell.  The search box comes up with things but you can't actually select
> them, duh.  I'd have to spend consistent time correcting all of the
> devices, parents, etc.
>
> I've been over a lot of these things with Cambium multiple times over the
> years so I feel like they've fallen on deaf ears or have no interest in
> adding them.  Does anyone agree with me on these changes?
>
> Is the virtual appliance more updated than the publicly available
> cloud.cambiumnetworks.com ?
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340 <(937)%20552-2340>
> Direct: 937-552-2343 <(937)%20552-2343>
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
>

Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

[Mike Hammett]

It has a long road ahead of it. 




- 
Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 




- Original Message -

From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> 
To: af@afmug.com 
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 11:27:04 AM 
Subject: [AFMUG] cnMaestro usability 


Is anyone actually using this thing? There's *SO MUCH* potential and it's been 
dormant since what appears to be a late beta. I still can't configure ePMP or 
cnPilot stuff with a GUI. I'm not teaching tier 1 people to download/edit a 
config to change the SSID or PSK, that's just asking for hell. The search box 
comes up with things but you can't actually select them, duh. I'd have to spend 
consistent time correcting all of the devices, parents, etc. 


I've been over a lot of these things with Cambium multiple times over the years 
so I feel like they've fallen on deaf ears or have no interest in adding them. 
Does anyone agree with me on these changes? 



Is the virtual appliance more updated than the publicly available 
cloud.cambiumnetworks.com ? 





Josh Luthman 
Office: 937-552-2340 
Direct: 937-552-2343 
1100 Wayne St 
Suite 1337 
Troy, OH 45373 

Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

[Jon Bruce]

You can say that again.

I'm sure the updates will follow the same path as BAM, BAM2, Prizm, and 
Wireless Manager ...




On 4/12/2017 12:57 PM, Darren Shea wrote:


I’ve got a bunch of units on the On-Premises OVA, and it’s pretty 
neat, but yeah, configuration is not easy. There are two tasks I’ve 
tried to build templates to configure ePMP to do: adding an SNMP trap 
server worked well, but disabling the extraneous user accounts did not.


It certainly would be much simpler if it gave a GUI-type access to 
build a template for the configuration options, and then showed you 
the fields and values you were setting on a confirmation screen before 
saving. All this manual JSON configuration is for the birds!


*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
*Sent:* Wednesday, April 12, 2017 11:27 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* [AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

Is anyone actually using this thing? There's *SO MUCH* potential and 
it's been dormant since what appears to be a late beta.  I still can't 
configure ePMP or cnPilot stuff with a GUI.  I'm not teaching tier 1 
people to download/edit a config to change the SSID or PSK, that's 
just asking for hell.  The search box comes up with things but you 
can't actually select them, duh.  I'd have to spend consistent time 
correcting all of the devices, parents, etc.


I've been over a lot of these things with Cambium multiple times over 
the years so I feel like they've fallen on deaf ears or have no 
interest in adding them.  Does anyone agree with me on these changes?


Is the virtual appliance more updated than the publicly available 
cloud.cambiumnetworks.com <http://cloud.cambiumnetworks.com> ?


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

[Darren Shea]

I’ve got a bunch of units on the On-Premises OVA, and it’s pretty neat, but 
yeah, configuration is not easy. There are two tasks I’ve tried to build 
templates to configure ePMP to do: adding an SNMP trap server worked well, but 
disabling the extraneous user accounts did not. 

 

It certainly would be much simpler if it gave a GUI-type access to build a 
template for the configuration options, and then showed you the fields and 
values you were setting on a confirmation screen before saving. All this manual 
JSON configuration is for the birds!

 

From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 11:27 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

 

Is anyone actually using this thing?  There's *SO MUCH* potential and it's been 
dormant since what appears to be a late beta.  I still can't configure ePMP or 
cnPilot stuff with a GUI.  I'm not teaching tier 1 people to download/edit a 
config to change the SSID or PSK, that's just asking for hell.  The search box 
comes up with things but you can't actually select them, duh.  I'd have to 
spend consistent time correcting all of the devices, parents, etc.

 

I've been over a lot of these things with Cambium multiple times over the years 
so I feel like they've fallen on deaf ears or have no interest in adding them.  
Does anyone agree with me on these changes?

 

Is the virtual appliance more updated than the publicly available 
cloud.cambiumnetworks.com ?


 

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

[AFMUG] cnMaestro usability

[Josh Luthman]

Is anyone actually using this thing?  There's *SO MUCH* potential and it's
been dormant since what appears to be a late beta.  I still can't configure
ePMP or cnPilot stuff with a GUI.  I'm not teaching tier 1 people to
download/edit a config to change the SSID or PSK, that's just asking for
hell.  The search box comes up with things but you can't actually select
them, duh.  I'd have to spend consistent time correcting all of the
devices, parents, etc.

I've been over a lot of these things with Cambium multiple times over the
years so I feel like they've fallen on deaf ears or have no interest in
adding them.  Does anyone agree with me on these changes?

Is the virtual appliance more updated than the publicly available
cloud.cambiumnetworks.com ?

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373