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. > > > > Regards, > > Nathan Babcock > > President – Straight Shot Wireless > > O: 575-208-7915 <(575)%20208-7915> > > > > *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 > > > > 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: > > > > Pros: > > > > 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. > > > > 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.” > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > *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. > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Ubnt_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users > >
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