RE: PoE Load Tester Recommendation

2021-09-09 Thread Floyd, Brad
GkE0tcaCX4I3ewuGl1xCs-AiLHa8JVeOlv4qFbrnE_Kj4qA7JamA9LsxL1dVeiuYz4S0M8c52Ogzv5qvYFlAF8JuNralLvDzkssIDMihGJ9dvV6lXBnWiNykCOLyZFNkgtAPi6HzrNAOXO4YxJBTReJ3JsPNEI4sBXdtdO95XLuRCoDAk0iMn69co0FsacXOzYsDgpbkHs88xW9gZSsB-tFwwky7Py_hMxxCbM1WB6_9t3Ag/https%3A%2F%2Fzc.vg%2FK5Fzk> From: Floyd, Brad mailto:bfl...@mail.smu.edu>> Sent: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 5:43 PM Subject: PoE Load Tester Recommendation Can anyone recommend a device to PoE load test ne

PoE Load Tester Recommendation

2021-09-07 Thread Floyd, Brad
Can anyone recommend a device to PoE load test network jacks? I have some jacks that pass the installer's Category Certification, but are not passing the appropriate PoE to bring the APs online. I would like to be able to load test for 802.3af, 802.3at, and 802.3bt (at both 60W and 90W), as

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Scanning Apps

2021-09-03 Thread Floyd, Brad
David, Aruba Utilities by Peter Thornycroft in the CTO Office at Aruba Networks works very well. It's free in the Play Store. Thanks, Brad Original message From: Lee H Badman Date: 9/3/21 1:53 PM (GMT-06:00) To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN]

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] [External] Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Anyone else seeing any issues in the fall with large classrooms and delayed connection times (Aruba 8.5.0.13)

2021-09-02 Thread Floyd, Brad
JD, If we wrap each of them along with their devices in an aluminum foil bubble, each user would have their own collision domain. The MIMO reflections would be awesome, we wouldn’t need more than a single channel architecture, and any channel contention would be self-imposed. Here’s hoping we

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Anyone else seeing any issues in the fall with large classrooms and delayed connection times (Aruba 8.5.0.13)

2021-09-01 Thread Floyd, Brad
Ian, iOS 14.0 introduced private MAC addresses. It was broken and devices spoke with both their real MACs and their private MACs. This caused the controllers to blacklist the devices for ARP spoofing. Once the timer expired, the device reconnected again for a while... 14.0 and 14.1 were broken

RE: Fortinet Wireless?

2021-07-16 Thread Floyd, Brad
Lee, You may want to ping Amy. I'm sure she would point you towards some. Let me know if you need her contact info. Thanks, Brad -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv On Behalf Of Lee H Badman Sent: Friday, July 16, 2021 10:32 AM To:

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple product antenna strength vs other?

2021-06-04 Thread Floyd, Brad
Aaron, Your post worked! If you ever get a chance to meet Jerry in person, please take the opportunity. He’s a WiFi Rock Star and a really nice guy. Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv On Behalf Of Hindermeier, Aaron Sent: Friday, June 4, 2021 10:34 AM To:

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple product antenna strength vs other?

2021-06-04 Thread Floyd, Brad
Tim, I’m assuming on the AP-225s, you are using both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios? If so, please also check (besides which AP the clients are connecting to) which radio the devices are connecting to. I have found that Apple devices love to connect to the 2.4 GHz radio if they think the signal

RE: Rogue ssid mitigation features

2021-05-19 Thread Floyd, Brad
Jason, We chose to just alert on those and physically investigate. We found active containment / mitigation strategies (while available) too problematic. Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv On Behalf Of Becker, Jason Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 11:57 AM

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] WPA3/OWE as campus solution?

2021-04-22 Thread Floyd, Brad
We as IT people can discuss the merits of captive portal / no captive portal, authentication / reasonably knowing if a device is doing something bad, etc. We are asked all of the time what our recommendations are in these circumstances and we should weigh in with our opinions. However, it seems

RE: Museum WiFi Stealthing

2021-04-12 Thread Floyd, Brad
WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of Floyd, Brad mailto:bfl...@mail.smu.edu>> Date: Monday, April 12, 2021 at 3:58 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> Subject: [

RE: Museum WiFi Stealthing

2021-04-12 Thread Floyd, Brad
e wall or ceiling. Chuck Enfield Manager, Wireless & Cellular Penn State IT 814-863-8715 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> On Behalf Of Floyd, Brad Sent: Monday, April 12, 2021 4:58 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTS

Museum WiFi Stealthing

2021-04-12 Thread Floyd, Brad
I would be interested in hearing from fellow Higher-Ed WiFi Wizards about any stealthing wizardry you might have employed for a museum deployment on your campus. Think about warehouse height ceilings of ~25', but a much prettier environment. Any links to photos would be highly appreciated. As

RE: Elite form WiFi workout machines using tp link archer t6e cards

2021-04-07 Thread Floyd, Brad
1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000=oogX3PO1NJnRcyi96jSwWnemxsD7gAveLFGm3y8KJCg%3D=0> Sent from my mobile device. Trent Hurt 5028521513 University of Louisville From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.E

RE: Elite form WiFi workout machines using tp link archer t6e cards

2021-04-07 Thread Floyd, Brad
Trent, >From your wireless PCAPs, any data rates that you have trimmed out, but they >require? I can send you the wireshark filters if that would help. Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv On Behalf Of Hurt,Trenton W. Sent: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 5:31 PM

RE: Android 11 Manual Profile Configuration Variable

2021-02-10 Thread Floyd, Brad
. tim From: Floyd, Brad<mailto:bfl...@mail.smu.edu> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 17:03 To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Android 11 Manual Profile Configuration Variable Tim, So the subject of th

RE: Android 11 Manual Profile Configuration Variable

2021-02-10 Thread Floyd, Brad
Variable Which profile are you referring to? Android does not have a generic profile construct. Domain refers to the subject of the EAP server certificate (e.g. networklogin.mydomain.com) and yes subject matching is required for a proper supplicant configuration. tim From: Floyd, Brad<mailto:

Android 11 Manual Profile Configuration Variable

2021-02-10 Thread Floyd, Brad
>From the ongoing discussion about Android 11 (Google Pixel) configuration, I >see a variable named "Domain" in the profile configuration. I have not seen >this variable with previous versions of Android 802.1X profiles. Does this >field need to be filled in with this new version? If so, should

RE: Aruba Clearpass Voucher System

2021-01-28 Thread Floyd, Brad
Aaron, Please define what you mean by a voucher system. Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv On Behalf Of Aaron D. DeVall Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 9:03 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Aruba Clearpass Voucher System

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Android 11 and Cert Verification

2021-01-14 Thread Floyd, Brad
[EXTERNAL SENDER] Please see my previous response. No part of that statement is accurate. tim From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of Floyd, Brad mailto:bfl...@mail.smu.edu>> Date: Thursday, January 14, 2

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Android 11 and Cert Verification

2021-01-14 Thread Floyd, Brad
Angelo, What do you mean “Android phones don’t allow manual setup”? Are you saying you can no longer manually create a wireless connection config on the device? Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv On Behalf Of Angelo Santabarbara Sent: Thursday, January 14,

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Android 11 and Cert Verification

2021-01-14 Thread Floyd, Brad
Eric, Been having this problem for a couple of years with some Android updates. You have to reinstall the root cert every time you forget the network. You can't just select it from a drop down menu, you jave to re-add it to the cert store on the device to be able to select it for use again.

RE: Weak Security

2020-12-01 Thread Floyd, Brad
Bruce, We removed TKIP (and WPA) in favor of AES (CCMP) (and WPA2) from all of our configs a little over 7 years ago. We faced zero challenges and gained the increased connection rates (HT). The IEEE 802.11n standard prohibited using high-throuhput if WEP or TKIP is configured. This limited

RE: Aruba 8.7 code.

2020-10-13 Thread Floyd, Brad
Kevin, What type of problems is it causing? I suspect a wireless device IP change and a hard roam. What does your architecture look like (AP-575 vs non-575)? Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Kevin

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Transitioning from older controller to new controller

2020-10-09 Thread Floyd, Brad
Mike, Per our recent conversation about this topic, yes please add me to the invite list. Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Atkins Sent: Friday, October 09, 2020 9:08 AM To:

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Mac wireless issue

2020-10-06 Thread Floyd, Brad
How or what process will I write down and implement to destroy the data or file once it is no longer needed? From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> On Behalf Of Floyd, Brad Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 3:37 PM

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Mac wireless issue

2020-10-06 Thread Floyd, Brad
Stacey, Are you using the validuser ACL? Do the devices in question show up in the station-table? Thanks, Brad Original message From: Stacey Frye Date: 10/6/20 2:04 PM (GMT-06:00) To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Mac wireless issue [EXTERNAL

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Status of Wi-Fi 6 Client Drivers?

2020-10-01 Thread Floyd, Brad
AUSE.EDU >> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Status of Wi-Fi 6 Client Drivers? >> >> >> >> Hi Eric, >> >> >> >> One more thing that I forgot to answer. We elected to keep Wi-Fi 6 enabled and just disabled it in the vicinity of our Tec

RE: Status of Wi-Fi 6 Client Drivers?

2020-09-23 Thread Floyd, Brad
Eric, I have deployed almost 200 of the Aruba 530 series APs so far in the last 2-3 months. I saw, first hand, what happens with the 802.11ax enabled SSID and the flawed Intel drivers. The SSIDs don't appear to those devices. When we were discussing whether or not to deploy the ax APs vs stick

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Android 11 and WPA-Enterprise

2020-09-22 Thread Floyd, Brad
Fishel, We have run into this on some versions of Android OS and the solution that works for us is to import our CA’s root certificate into the device. Once we import the root certificate and select it during the profile setup, the connection is established. Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] [EXT] Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Article: Android 11 tightens restrictions on CA certificates

2020-09-11 Thread Floyd, Brad
Jamie, Not getting an IP address (assuming no IP infrastructure / routing failure) could definitely be a result of a certificate failure during the 4-way handshake, therefore causing an 802.1X failure. I believe there is a particular step in the 4-way handshake that likely indicates a

RE: Antenna mounting suggestions

2020-08-28 Thread Floyd, Brad
Brian, Take a look at this base. It's 25.5" x 37.5". The URL is: https://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=NP-6000 Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of owner-wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu Sent:

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] 2.4Ghz channel designations

2020-08-26 Thread Floyd, Brad
it is recorded at https://my.westmont.edu/it_emails "God-fearing faith... is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God." - Martin Luther On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 12:31 PM Floyd, Brad mailto:bfl...@mail.smu.edu>> wrote: John, Have you ever heard of the bathroom urinal analogy? I

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] 2.4Ghz channel designations

2020-08-26 Thread Floyd, Brad
John, Have you ever heard of the bathroom urinal analogy? It’s rather crude and gross, but it explains why exactly to not use any channels other than 1, 6, and 11. If you haven’t heard it, I’d be happy to share it with you offline. Get a new consultant! Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE

RE: XPS 15 Laptop - Killer Networking NIC Experience

2020-07-17 Thread Floyd, Brad
Christopher, We have had a group of users for years that have Alienware laptops with the Killer Wireless chips in them. The only wireless connection / reliability issue we have seen were due to a couple of settings in the "Killer Control Center" (KCC) that manages wireless chip settings /

Label Barcode Scan App

2020-07-16 Thread Floyd, Brad
Can anyone recommend an application that could scan 3 barcodes (AP serial number, wired MAC address, and BLE MAC address) on a single AP label and dump each scan to a row in a comma delimited file or a row in an Excel spreadsheet? Android or IOS via camera scanning would be fine. Free would be

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] MAC Randomization, a step further...

2020-07-10 Thread Floyd, Brad
zation, a step further... We're all going to need to check the TTL on DHCP leases... some of our scopes will get eaten alive otherwise. From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of "Floyd, Brad" mailto:bfl...@m

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] MAC Randomization, a step further...

2020-07-10 Thread Floyd, Brad
EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of "Floyd, Brad" mailto:bfl...@mail.smu.edu>> Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> Date: Friday, July 10, 2020 at 3:42 PM To: "WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIREL

RE: MAC Randomization, a step further...

2020-07-10 Thread Floyd, Brad
Thanks Tim. I just started a conversation with my SE. Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Cappalli Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 2:07 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re:

RE: MAC Randomization, a step further...

2020-07-10 Thread Floyd, Brad
Tim, Anything in the works from Aruba about how best to deal with ClearPass Guest MAC Auth? Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Cappalli Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 2:01 PM To:

RE: Joining Sonos to a campus network

2019-11-27 Thread Floyd, Brad
Paul, I'd be interested in hearing the details (no matter how convoluted the process) of how you were able to get them on. I have someone who has a few Play:1's I've been unsuccessful with so far Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv

RE: SMS gateways

2019-11-13 Thread Floyd, Brad
Bruce, We do the same thing and we have not had any issues with the ClearPass / Red Oxygen integration. Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Entwistle, Bruce Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 5:26 PM

RE: Feasibility of an open SSID for student use

2019-09-12 Thread Floyd, Brad
Kurtis, If students are using an open SSID as a general purpose wireless network, you may want to require them to fire up a VPN session to get to trusted resources (LMS, scheduling, bursar, etc). Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv

RE: Samsung S8 DHCP Failure

2019-09-11 Thread Floyd, Brad
Ron, We had a few issues with Android somewhere around the Oreo or Pie updates where devices that did not (by default) trust our CA (InCommon) and were not able to connect to our 802.1X network. On those devices, we had to manually install the root certificate. Like I said, it was only a few

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Locating forgotten WiFi auth enabled systems

2018-07-18 Thread Floyd, Brad
John, The bottom line is: How much effort do you want to spend to address this? On the time intensive end, these "forgotten devices" are likely to not move much and should be able to be physically found. In the middle effort level, you probably could blacklist the MAC address to fail the

RE: TimeClocks Plus

2018-07-02 Thread Floyd, Brad
Lee, Sorry, but we require all of our time clocks to be wired. We have some building uplinks that are fed via a wireless mesh shot, but the clocks at the client / mesh point end are still wired. Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv

RE: TimeCLock Plus Wireless Clocks

2018-06-19 Thread Floyd, Brad
hurt my feelings today on twitter. He's not getting a picture from me, I tellya. He micro- AND macro-aggressed me. From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> On Behalf Of Floyd, Brad Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 3:16 PM To: WI

RE: TimeCLock Plus Wireless Clocks

2018-06-19 Thread Floyd, Brad
Lee, If the NIC's surrounded by metal, make sure to send a picture to Eddie for inclusion in bad-fi.com. Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 1:07 PM To:

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Photos of outdoor APs on building

2018-05-15 Thread Floyd, Brad
Hector, Hopefully no student taking a “midnight stroll in an impaired state” on the roof mistakes the hand rail for its original purpose and reaches for it! Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hector J Rios

RE: devices not connecting to open network

2018-01-10 Thread Floyd, Brad
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Floyd, Brad Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 12:05 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] devices not connecting to open network Mark, We've found some devices (

RE: devices not connecting to open network

2018-01-10 Thread Floyd, Brad
Mark, We've found some devices (gaming consoles) in our dorms that freak out if they see multiple APs (BSSIDs) broadcasting the same ESSID and refuse to connect. Our solution is to give them a patch cable and tell them to wire in (if possible). Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Particulars about Aruba bracket JY705A AP-200-MNT-W3

2017-10-25 Thread Floyd, Brad
Issues Constituent Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of "Floyd, Brad" <bfl...@mail.smu.edu<mailto:bfl...@mail.smu.edu>> Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LA

RE: Particulars about Aruba bracket JY705A AP-200-MNT-W3

2017-10-25 Thread Floyd, Brad
; on behalf of Floyd, Brad <bfl...@mail.smu.edu<mailto:bfl...@mail.smu.edu>> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 5:19 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Particulars about Aruba bracket JY705A AP-200-MNT

RE: Particulars about Aruba bracket JY705A AP-200-MNT-W3

2017-10-25 Thread Floyd, Brad
Paul, Do you have a way to share pictures? We've started ordering these because the W2 mounts were discontinued and in the pictures, they look just like the W2s did. If they are this complex, we may need to have a discussion with a product manager. Thanks, Brad From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless