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 <[email protected]> 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 < > [email protected]> *On Behalf Of *James Helzerman > *Sent:* Friday, May 4, 2018 2:05 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *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 <[email protected]> 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 > <http://secure-web.cisco.com/1ME9lr-8wAqpeaDr1FS-3KSLSNXHa-pFct9x4EYvnMpbTYoXSzSRe2TAsW6SNktyuxu-DK378wWBJa9C_O_a6gUJLvLUOBrlKLdK2F0h95OUBqOcmRgR0lSXi7Qiyl5j5w-_mYRNdJi8oyZtmswhWb6jqQmTXUDHF3-ZSFD5hb5uC9kjsI_OscHEB9iG3N4Xy0WuELm0GbhOWHxXqFdczRME7-Yz_WzSXk2-Hs5zJBdXNF3YJ2rMYTITD9K8c2XB_XpLEGV0fsXZMT25gRtgmnU2hiiItprXVA0Ba7Edv8j1FuHwchkCwR9CKFJLrkmgYnup2dXOPA78TnjsdU9xsgel9dD_kN3RtdW54IeXOf-RPaEI7BMS6L2ypDwupVWRh5PmLO4cqw0m9-l_fdgO9o_4GB1leKmMcgvjZJ3jWsShT0u9nmlehcsBZazfmbNdDSuD-7exNsC1L2_bRDAhhabK6gEqB659IhoxZh7v94sY1QokptgWGtJaahVYSE4APCV1CWrzs--qI_VRLTxpOkg/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educause.edu%2Fdiscuss>. > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/ > discuss > <http://secure-web.cisco.com/1ME9lr-8wAqpeaDr1FS-3KSLSNXHa-pFct9x4EYvnMpbTYoXSzSRe2TAsW6SNktyuxu-DK378wWBJa9C_O_a6gUJLvLUOBrlKLdK2F0h95OUBqOcmRgR0lSXi7Qiyl5j5w-_mYRNdJi8oyZtmswhWb6jqQmTXUDHF3-ZSFD5hb5uC9kjsI_OscHEB9iG3N4Xy0WuELm0GbhOWHxXqFdczRME7-Yz_WzSXk2-Hs5zJBdXNF3YJ2rMYTITD9K8c2XB_XpLEGV0fsXZMT25gRtgmnU2hiiItprXVA0Ba7Edv8j1FuHwchkCwR9CKFJLrkmgYnup2dXOPA78TnjsdU9xsgel9dD_kN3RtdW54IeXOf-RPaEI7BMS6L2ypDwupVWRh5PmLO4cqw0m9-l_fdgO9o_4GB1leKmMcgvjZJ3jWsShT0u9nmlehcsBZazfmbNdDSuD-7exNsC1L2_bRDAhhabK6gEqB659IhoxZh7v94sY1QokptgWGtJaahVYSE4APCV1CWrzs--qI_VRLTxpOkg/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educause.edu%2Fdiscuss>. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/ > discuss. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
