RE: Cisco WLC / Home router

[Yahya M. Jaber]

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From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris Toth
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 18:51
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WLC / Home router

We have a cisco 2504 WLC with 8.2.161 code (can change) going into a special 
situation were need to provide several SSIDs with one SSID that acts and 
operates just like a home router. I am trying to find information on settings 
to change and profiles to create to recreate the feel of a home router.  My two 
areas of concern are mDNS and gaming.

For mDNS we currently have to define individual services to permit.  This SSID 
has to be open to any device / service that they want to connect: Apple 
product, Chromecast, speakers, cyborg guinea pigs, whatever... and I'm not sure 
how to provide that.  As for gaming I know devices like the Nintendo Switch use 
PtP hosting mechanisms to establish some multiplayer games.  We opted to 
dedicate 1-1 public IPs to resolve those issues on campus.  At this location 
there will only be one IP to PAT, but I will still need to ensure devices like 
the Switch still work.

I would appreciate any information or documentation that anyone can provide to 
point me towards this goal.

Thank you,

Chris Toth
Senior Network Technician
Bowling Green State University
(419) 372-8462

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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WLC / Home router

[Mike King]

I'm not sure if you need to put your insititueion SSID's on there.  If you
don't, why not just run a home wifi solution designed for a large house?
https://www.pcmag.com/roundup/350795/the-best-wi-fi-mesh-network-systems


On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Chris Toth  wrote:

> Actually we just got or first 1810W to poke and prod, but we have many
> 702W spread throughout campus.
>
>
>
> Let me provide a bit more detail.  This is a large fully wired house.  The
> uplink is a cable modem -> ASA router/firewall/VPN -> 48 port switch, 2504
> WLC, and 6 APs.  Other than the cable modem, there is no home router and
> home SSID must span all the APs / the entire house.  The APs are 2600s but
> could really be anything.
>
>
>
> Chris Toth
>
> Senior Network Technician
>
> Bowling Green State University
>
> (419) 372-8462
>
>
>
> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <
> WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> *On Behalf Of *James Helzerman
> *Sent:* Friday, May 4, 2018 2:05 PM
> *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WLC / Home router
>
>
>
> Have you looked at the oeap1810w or 1815?  I have used the oeap1810 and
> can place one ethernet port into a remote lan that is tunneled back the
> controller.  You can also allow up to 4 controller ssids on the device.  In
> addition to this the home user can have a seperate ssid combined with he
> remaining ethernet ports in the local NAT of the router.  This allows
> multicast for games etc to work without needing MDNS or multicast on the
> controller side.  The down side is it works for only one AP and all
> multicast stuff needs to be on the user network.
>
>
>
> We use this method in the classroom to isolate multicast for apple TV _
> bonjour and use channel 165 only so we dont compete with the main
> wireless.  Professors connect to the room ssid via PSK and they get access
> to apple TV for mirroring.  The scaling of this is not great but we dont
> have more than 20 of these so far and for us it's better than managing the
> mdns or turning on multicast.
>
>
>
> I've used the oeap1810w at home as well with a VOIP phone. I used the
> ethernet port to tunnel back to the campus controller.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
>
> Jimmy
>
> University of Michigan
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 4, 2018, 10:26 AM Chris Toth  wrote:
>
> We have a cisco 2504 WLC with 8.2.161 code (can change) going into a
> special situation were need to provide several SSIDs with one SSID that
> acts and operates just like a home router. I am trying to find information
> on settings to change and profiles to create to recreate the feel of a home
> router.  My two areas of concern are mDNS and gaming.
>
>
>
> For mDNS we currently have to define individual services to permit.  This
> SSID has to be open to any device / service that they want to connect:
> Apple product, Chromecast, speakers, cyborg guinea pigs, whatever… and I’m
> not sure how to provide that.  As for gaming I know devices like the
> Nintendo Switch use PtP hosting mechanisms to establish some multiplayer
> games.  We opted to dedicate 1-1 public IPs to resolve those issues on
> campus.  At this location there will only be one IP to PAT, but I will
> still need to ensure devices like the Switch still work.
>
>
>
> I would appreciate any information or documentation that anyone can
> provide to point me towards this goal.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> Chris Toth
>
> Senior Network Technician
>
> Bowling Green State University
>
> (419) 372-8462
>
>
>
> ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE
> Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/
> discuss
> .
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> ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE
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