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RE: Wireless Tools - Ekahau vs Hamina

Posted By Mike Atkins 03-20-2024 09:45:18 AM
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We are a Ekahau shop, but we have an eye on Hamina like many/most others. One of our engineers won a "lifetime" aka 5 year licnese to Hamina at WLPC, so he is taking a deeper look for us. We plan to get the Oscium Nomad for comparison to Sidekick2 devices that we are currently using for survey. (assuming ...

Geant WiFiMon Infoshare Session

Posted By Mike Atkins 03-01-2024 07:25:35 AM
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I saw this on Twitter and shared it with our team. Looks like it's been a few years since it's been mentioned on the list so I'm sharing in case someone else wants to get up early to participate. (6AM EST Friday, March 21st) https://events.geant.org/event/1635/ Wi-Fi Mon description is here ...

Endpoint segmentation?

Posted By Mike Atkins 11-16-2023 07:56:00 AM
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I apologize if this is a duplicate but I don't think my original was sent a few weeks back. I have a question for the community on how your institutions segment endpoints. The question stems from discussion(s) about what capability our information security group is going to need in the future. For example, ...

RE: PoE to parking lot light poles

Posted By Mike Atkins 08-03-2023 08:49:05 AM
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We have used the Corning media converter solution for a call box. It's exactly what you would think, except the one we had was for 1G/10G solutions and it didn't work with the 100Mb 2N device in the call box. I believe Corning has newer hardware and software to better support that 100M applications. ...

RE: UPS Resilience

Posted By Mike Atkins 08-02-2023 09:52:06 AM
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We had a similar experience for stacks of 3850P and 3850U switches. There seemed to be a point at which the stack could not share enough power across the stack cables. (typically when we had a lot of PoE devices connected) In our case we would put one leg into utility power and one leg into UPS, however ...

High Failure Rate on USB-C to Ethernet Adapters?

Posted By Mike Atkins 05-18-2023 11:09:00 AM
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Has anyone ever run into a problem with USB-C to Ethernet adapters failing? I have a ticket for eight USB-C to Ethernet adapters failing. I'm told 8 out of 16 have failed in the last six months. The eight failures are across multiple brands/models: Belkin, Startech, Trendnet. These particular adapters ...

RE: NetMan and WLAN invite you.....

Posted By Mike Atkins 05-18-2023 10:43:58 AM
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By chance did the Zoom for Cyber Insurance, IPAM, and Networking tools get finalized? (last I saw was tentative May 18th 4PM) ------------------------------ --- MikeAtkins Infrastructure Architect University of Notre Dame matkins@nd.edu 574-631-7210 ------------------------------

RE: 2023 Higher Ed WLAN Survey

Posted By Mike Atkins 03-15-2023 01:51:58 PM
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One last request, and I'll stop bugging everyone for a while. Thank you again to everyone that has filled out the survey. If you are interested and just have not had the opportunity, here is the link again for that quick survey. https://forms.gle/oewHvG1Gmuc73JhX6 With the Netman/WLAN meetup via ...

RE: 2023 Higher Ed WLAN Survey

Posted By Mike Atkins 03-07-2023 09:16:16 AM
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Thanks again to those completing the survey. Here is the link again for those still interested in filling out the 25 question survey. (should be 100%) Here is the AP hardware replacement cycle. I was surprised by the 5 year lead. (we are a 6 year cycle at ND) Here is the controller hardware replacement ...

RE: 2023 Higher Ed WLAN Survey

Posted By Mike Atkins 03-03-2023 07:49:37 AM
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Thanks again to anyone willing to fill out the Wi-Fi survey. Again, here is the link.https://forms.gle/oewHvG1Gmuc73JhX6

2023 Higher Ed WLAN Survey

Posted By Mike Atkins 03-03-2023 07:48:00 AM
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Happy Friday everyone! I hope this message finds you well. I'm working on a follow-up Wi-Fi Survey we did in the community way back in 2016. This 25-question survey collects information about your wireless infrastructure so we can compare and benchmark with other schools. My hope is that it takes ...

RE: Remote Site Support (out-of-state/out-of-country)

Posted By Mike Atkins 03-01-2023 08:32:46 AM
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Thank you for the responses on and off list. I figured I'd summarize the responses and include what we have been doing. Choose/Install equipment that serves the location/resourcesLike other responses, we are moving remote sites toward cloud-based management where it makes senseReduce complexities at ...

RE: WPA3 and Aruba

Posted By Mike Atkins 02-24-2023 07:34:13 AM
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I think JJ might made the comment about not doing transition mode on WPA3-PSK. Modern devices that support dot1X are likely to support WPA3. Or maybe you are thinking about the warnings client computers might present, not that it breaks in particular but it could cause the tickets to flow. I saw ...

RE: Remote Site Support (out-of-state/out-of-country)

Posted By Mike Atkins 02-13-2023 11:27:34 AM
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Lee, Funny you mention Meraki; we are doing similar things after talking to you a while back. In some locations, we use Meraki gear and allow others to access the dashboard. (primarily AV so they can reboot PoE microphones and such) A few years ago, we paid an electrician to replace a failed Meraki switch ...

Remote Site Support (out-of-state/out-of-country)

Posted By Mike Atkins 02-13-2023 10:27:00 AM
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Sorry if this is a repeat question/discussion. Anyhow, how does everyone find/recruit contractors to help at remote sites? I'm thinking two different levels: structured cabling and general IT support. Some of our out-of-state/out-of-country remote sites have IT-specific staffers, but never a structured ...

Notre Dame - Wireless Engineer (position posting)

Posted By Mike Atkins 11-04-2022 09:58:19 AM
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Sorry for not posting this earlier. I don't have to sell the benefits of working at higher ed to this group, so if you like great work culture and a low cost of living.... Notre Dame might be the place for you. Our campus infrastructure team has embraced a wireless first directive. If you love the challenge ...

RE: Xiaomi Android 11 does not connect to WLC 5520 (8.10.162.0) with AP models 1815w, 2801i, 9105axw, 9120i and Fast Transition: adaptive

Posted By Mike Atkins 06-20-2022 05:19:08 PM
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We have/had 802.11r disabled due to problems with Android phones as stated, some Chromebooks (maybe not an issue anymore,) some very low end Lenovo Yoga tablets (hopefully aging out soon,) and of course various IoT devices/instruments. For us, the number of devices that do not support 802.11r (or handle ...

RE: MacOS network issues due to multiple socket filters

Posted By Mike Atkins 05-03-2022 03:08:49 PM
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This sounds like the MacOS DNS issue our folks have been talking about. Have you tried the newest AnyConnect client? (For that specific issue Cisco documented the problem as being MacOS framework issue... so maybe not the same issue just similar symptoms.) For our field staff, the problem was on wired ...

RE: How do you handle spoofed caller ID on campus?

Posted By Mike Atkins 04-08-2022 01:12:00 PM
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That would be ideal to only use specific #'s. That might be something we have to campaign for in the future. Right now campus safety wants a recognizable number... the same recognizable number(s) that a spammer would want to spoof. Just knowing that it works for another school is helpful to make our ...

RE: How do you handle spoofed caller ID on campus?

Posted By Mike Atkins 04-08-2022 11:40:31 AM
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We have a few systems that spoof the inbound number (Ex. Rave for emergency notifications.) I believe we have made some blocks like the campus police #. Maybe we just need to block everything and build some processes around allowing certain numbers to be spoofed. Thanks for your thoughts on this.​​ ...