Sorry to jump in on the thread, but I took a slightly different approach to the AppleTV and 802.1x worth mentioning. Instead of using wireless we wired the AppleTVs. We are using a raspberrypi running Avahi right now to re-broadcast the bonjour advertisements over wireless. It’s just a test at the moment, however, The AppleTVs don’t necessary have to use wireless. I haven’t seen this idea mentioned before, and of course there are other scaling issues.
Jason p: (814) 865-1840, c: (814) 777-7665 Systems Administrator Teaching and Learning with Technology, Information Technology Services The Pennsylvania State University On Jul 25, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Lee H Badman <[email protected]> wrote: > It's this sort of support nightmare that keeps us waiting for Apple to fix > their problem. It's great that WLAN vendors are creatively coming up with > work-arounds but I have yet to find gadget/method/paradigm/unicorn dust that > both satisfies the technical and administrative challenges of devices that > just aren't ready to play on business networks. But like everyone else, I'm > hoping for sunnier days soon:) > > Lee H. Badman > Network Architect/Wireless TME > ITS, Syracuse University > 315.443.3003 > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [[email protected]] on behalf of Scott Allen > [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 11:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WLC 7.4.100.60(Beta Version) > > Trent, > Sorry for the delay – my response to your question: > > “On your apple tv’s are you connecting them to WPA/enterprise ssid? If so > how are you dealing with the time sync issue when the apple tv loses power?” > > Is that we don’t deal with it very well. > I met with our technical team yesterday and we are planning to limit the mDNS > service to our 802.1x SSID only. > As you know, to bootstrap the device to an 802.1x network, you need to plug > in an Ethernet cable first to get the time set and then unplug the cable to > switch over to WIFi. > If the device loses power, you need to repeat the sequence. There is no > current workaround that I’m aware of. > Either we find a way to make the device happy to think it is living at the > dawn of unix epoch or we wait for apple’s promised fall 2013 ATV code upgrade > to fix change things. > > -Scott > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Hurt,Trenton W. > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WLC 7.4.100.60(Beta Version) > > I have been running it on 5508’s with over 2500 aps, no real major issues > that I am seeing or that anyone is reporting to me. > > > > Scott, > > On your apple tv’s are you connecting them to WPA/enterprise ssid? If so how > are you dealing with the time sync issue when the apple tv loses power? > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Scott Allen > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WLC 7.4.100.60(Beta Version) > > We’ve been running for about two weeks on it, about 700 APs on four Wism2s > with no issues reported yet. > I wanted it to get the latest Bonjour configuration running. Apple TV pilot > project is going well. > -Scott > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Legge, Jeffry > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 12:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] WLC 7.4.100.60(Beta Version) > > Is anyone running this release? Is it stable? > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found > athttp://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
