Isn't that a massive pain to block list them in the first place?

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

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:30 PM, Nathan Babcock <[email protected]>
wrote:

> What we do in this situation is setup an MAC ACL deny list on the AP.  We
> back our AP’s up nightly, so in the event we have to replace an AP, we just
> pull the latest config, flash the new radio and go install.  This works
> well for us and we do not have any real issues with this.  On your
> situation, you could do the same and force a split between your AP’s.
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> Regards,
>
> Nathan Babcock
>
> President – Straight Shot Wireless
>
> O: 575-208-7915 <(575)%20208-7915>
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> *On Behalf Of *Randy Cosby
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 6, 2017 9:49 AM
> *To:* 'Ubiquiti Users Group' <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [Ubnt_users] Multiple APs with same SSID
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> We’ve done same SSID everywhere for some time, but need to have a
> combination of ACL on the APs, and / or WPA-EAP that would only auth on the
> correct AP, along with scripts to enforce everything. We’re now moving to
> unique SSIDs on each AP after weighing the pros and cons.  As far as same
> SSID on every AP:
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> Pros:
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>    1. Generic config works everywhere. Our backend systems can lock them
>    to an AP, or leave them unlocked as needed.  We initially leave them
>    unlocked until installed then lock them.
>    2. If an AP dies, easy to unlock and let them roam to another AP.
>    3. Once an AP comes back, we can re-lock them and scripts will kick
>    them from the “incorrect” AP.
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> Cons:
>
>    1. Initial association times can get long as they try multiple APs
>    before finding the “correct” AP. With AC and GPS/Fixed Frame, the
>    association time grew immensely – like 15 minutes or more in some cases.
>    2. Someone kindly pointed out that WPA-EAP is not designed to be a
>    “door,” but rather a “lock and key.”
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> Our install procedures have changed so we’re always getting into the web
> interface and choosing the best SSID now. Overall, the transition has been
> smooth, and the very fast association times are saving the installers and
> support technicians lots of time waiting for radios to associate. It’s not
> as convenient in an outage, but we’ll try to avoid those however we can.
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]
> <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
> *Sent:* Monday, June 26, 2017 8:06 AM
> *To:* Ubiquiti Users Group <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* [Ubnt_users] Multiple APs with same SSID
>
>
>
> I had an AP with a bit too many people on it and we put up a second AP to
> overlap the coverage.  The customers all rebooted and they've been
> appropriately connected to the correct AP for the last few days.
>
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> Has anyone ever changed the SSIDs to make sure they're locked to the right
> AP?  (I'm not willing to do lock to MAC).  Or have you just left multiple
> APs with the same SSID and things turned out all right?
>
>
>
> 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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