Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] solar panel powered AP: pictures

2010-10-07 Thread Hanset, Philippe C
DIY on the power side! I didn't write details on the AP config: -With the Proxim AP-4000 we use WDS or Mesh the 5 GHz radio for uplink, the 2.4 GHz radio for Wi-Fi -With Aruba our intention (we need to test this) is to interconnect with an ethernet cable and AP-60 with an AP-61. The AP-60

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] solar panel powered AP: pictures

2010-10-07 Thread Rick Brown
Got any pictures of it put together and mounted? 0/6/2010 9:59 PM, Peter P Morrissey wrote: Very cool! So it is a home-made, DIY solar powered AP kind of a thing then. Pete M. -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues

AppleTV/ Campus WLAN

2010-10-07 Thread Lee H Badman
Apple has dropped prices on their AppleTV, and we're wondering if it will end meaning anything in the grand scheme from the WLAN support perspective. The unit itself can get network connectivity via Ethernet or wireless (probably not Enterprise security, but I don't know that), and users can

Student Wireless Satisfaction Survey

2010-10-07 Thread Fleming, Tony
Crew, We are in the process of evaluating two vendor wireless solutions. At this point we have take two very similar dorms and deployed one vendor solution in each location. After performing a technical evaluation by IT staff, we thought it might be worthwhile sending a survey to the students

RE: Student Wireless Satisfaction Survey

2010-10-07 Thread Watters, John
We also will be doing a student wireless satisfaction survey soon. Would you mind sharing the collection of questions asked that you collect? -jcw [cid:image001.jpg@01CB65FA.71ABE070] - John WattersUA: OIT 205-348-3992

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple and wireless connectivity issues?

2010-10-07 Thread Johnson, Neil M
We also see lots of problems with Macs being unable to obtain DHCP addresses properly eventually ending up with a self-assigned IP address. Attempts to engage Apple have not been helpful. -Neil -- Neil Johnson Network Engineer Information Technology Services The University of Iowa Work: 319

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Student Wireless Satisfaction Survey

2010-10-07 Thread James J J Hooper
--On Thursday, October 07, 2010 08:17:50 -0500 Fleming, Tony t.flem...@tcu.edu wrote: Crew, We are in the process of evaluating two vendor wireless solutions. At this point we have take two very similar dorms and deployed one vendor solution in each location. After performing a technical

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple and wireless connectivity issues?

2010-10-07 Thread Reynolds, Walter
We have found that many of these are fixed by disabling IPv6 on the Airport interface for the client. --- Walter Reynolds Principal Systems Security Development Engineer ITS Communications Systems and Data Centers University of Michigan (734) 615-9438 -Original Message- From: The

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple and wireless connectivity issues?

2010-10-07 Thread Russ Leathe
We started disabling IPv6 (during Freshman Orientation) on both platforms due to the issues it causes with wifi and certain applications. Russ Leathe Gordon College -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple and wireless connectivity issues?

2010-10-07 Thread Deke Kassabian
On 10/7/10 11:00 AM, Reynolds, Walter wrote: We have found that many of these are fixed by disabling IPv6 on the Airport interface for the client. I'd be very glad to hear a cohesive theory (from the list, from Apple, whoever) on why that might be. ^Deke -Original Message-

RE: Student Wireless Satisfaction Survey

2010-10-07 Thread Voll, Toivo
We haven’t sent out a survey per se, but we do have a feedback form including a freeform comment box that follows our captive web portal registration as well as an email alias. We’ve gotten some pretty decent information from the form, especially about where faculty and students want to see

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple and wireless connectivity issues?

2010-10-07 Thread Jeffrey Sessler
Chris, Specific to Apple, the Airport wireless service as listed in the Network panel will occasionally become hosed. When this happens, the Mac may not get an IP address or exhibit other odd issues on one wireless network while it is perfectly fine on another. The fix so to speak is to

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple and wireless connectivity issues?

2010-10-07 Thread Mark Linton
On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Deke Kassabian wrote: On 10/7/10 11:00 AM, Reynolds, Walter wrote: We have found that many of these are fixed by disabling IPv6 on the Airport interface for the client. I'd be very glad to hear a cohesive theory (from the list, from Apple, whoever) on why

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] AppleTV/ Campus WLAN

2010-10-07 Thread Patrick Goggins
The only real issue will be the HD content streaming depending upon the available bandwidth for students. Also they will also need to be whitelisted in most NAC/NPS environments. ~Patrick On Oct 7, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Lee H Badman lhbad...@syr.edumailto:lhbad...@syr.edu wrote: Apple has

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple and wireless connectivity issues?

2010-10-07 Thread Patrick Goggins
Ditto. ~Patrick On Oct 7, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Reynolds, Walter wa...@umich.edu wrote: We have found that many of these are fixed by disabling IPv6 on the Airport interface for the client. --- Walter Reynolds Principal Systems Security Development Engineer ITS Communications Systems and

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple and wireless connectivity issues?

2010-10-07 Thread Jeffrey Sessler
Mark, There is a bug in 10.6 where it will under certain circumstances prefer 6-to-4 IPv6 over IPv4. Apple has fixed the problem in the 10.6.5 betas. Jeff Mark Linton mhl...@psu.edu 10/7/2010 9:38 AM On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Deke Kassabian wrote: On 10/7/10 11:00 AM, Reynolds, Walter

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple and wireless connectivity issues?

2010-10-07 Thread Mark Linton
On Oct 7, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Jeffrey Sessler wrote: There is a bug in 10.6 where it will under certain circumstances prefer 6-to-4 IPv6 over IPv4. I thought it was a feature! ;-) Sincerely, Mark Linton mhl...@psu.edu personal.psu.edu/mhl100 814-865-4698 ♻ Please don't print this e-mail

RE: AppleTV/ Campus WLAN

2010-10-07 Thread Schomer, Michael J.
I haven't seen any on our campus yet. We would probably handle them similar to game consoles and other Internet connected devices without a web browser. Not sure if it would work on the WLAN with 802.1x, it's iOS based and the iPhone/iPad work great. Depending on how your WLAN is setup (i.e.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] AppleTV/ Campus WLAN

2010-10-07 Thread Chris Murphy
In addition to the remote control issue, the box may not be able to find iTunes shares either. These protocols just aren't designed with large-scale networks in mind. If I get a chance I'll bring my ATV in from home and see how it works on campus. -Chris On Oct 7, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Schomer,

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple and wireless connectivity issues?

2010-10-07 Thread Holland, Ryan C.
Jeff, Do you have any more information on this bug? Is it documented/published? My experience is that Apple will silently 'fix' wireless issues while rarely explaining them to IT professionals. === Ryan Holland (sent while mobile) On Oct 7, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Jeffrey Sessler

RE: AppleTV/ Campus WLAN

2010-10-07 Thread Sullivan, Ryan
Per Apple Support, the ATV supports WEP, WPA WPA2 - both PSK. Ryan Sullivan Univeristy of California, San Diego From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Schomer, Michael J. Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 11:52 AM

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple and wireless connectivity issues?

2010-10-07 Thread Jeffrey Sessler
Ryan, I don't have access to the Apple bug number. If you a little info on the issue, see here: Post mentions the fix in 10.6.5. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.operators.ipv6/3902 http://www.fud.no/ipv6/ Monash University IPv6 deployment (great read) See slide 29+ which covers windows ICS