We moved from 5.4 to 5.8 back in January. The process was as smooth as normal upgrades. The reporting interface has a drastic overhaul. I haven't figured out wildcards in the searches, but I haven't been pressing to research it either :)
One thing we did find was an issue authenticated domains. In 5.4 it didn't support sub-domains and just looked in the root. This wasn't an issue for us, however after the upgrade we had users with issues connecting. It was found that the same username was used in multiple domains within the forest and the other account was disabled. You would think by adding the domain users would authenticate, but it seemed to confuse it either way. We kindly asked the domain admins to clean up duplicate usernames across the forest (since all of them were disabled) and the issues subsided. On the positive side we now support user accounts from separate domains within the same forest. Hope this helps! TJ McClintic From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Boardman Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 11:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco Stable ACS version Looking for insight as to a stable (non-buggy) ACS version. We use Cisco ACS version 5.4..46 for RADIUS and TACACS. After finding that this version includes a bug that allows unsupported browsers to corrupt the ACS database, we are going to upgrade. Cisco TAC has recommended version 5.5 and 5.8, in two separate TAC cases. Both require pre and post patches as well as all the usual Cisco mind field of upgrade instructions. I'd appreciate any feedback regarding experience with either 5.5 or 5.8. thanks Bruce Boardman Networking Syracuse University 315 412-4156 Skype [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.educause.edu_groups_&d=CwMFAg&c=6vgNTiRn9_pqCD9hKx9JgXN1VapJQ8JVoF8oWH1AgfQ&r=rYfqH_8oTvcXxRxUI3x3m3Y7Nwgir7tnuoGbdZsrUM4&m=Ov5OFArbRdxHeubWLEKhaENBsfaWEbf9VCHhWQwPleE&s=B4IzPRp3nj_Cz6RssYz1CxYEb2blosJhvWpfJFb3usk&e=>. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
