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This post is a follow up to one of my previous post, “Juniper EX4600 Layer 3 Config – DHCP – Part 2“. Previously, I talked about how to configure the DHCP server on the Juniper EX series switch using the CLI Commands under “Additional CLI”. Since then, Juniper-Mist has added support for the DHCP server… Continue Reading DHCP Config – Mist dashboard
Previously I wrote about Hamina and some of the features. There are a couple of features I want to discuss that I find unique and a great addition/part of the overall solution. Client View Reporting Client View: When this appeared, I understood what it was, but paid little attention to it. I was talking to… Continue Reading Hamina – Client View
I believe somewhere around Mid 2021; I received a message from Jussi about setting up some time to discuss some stuff. We had our call setup, the day arrived, I had a couple of my coworkers, Brian Powers and Robert Haviland, on the call as well. We went through the usual introductions and discussed some… Continue Reading Hamina Network Planner is finally out
In my previous post about the Mobility Field Day was primarily non-technical. In this post I want to briefly discuss the vendors and their presentations. Wyebot: I have been using Wyebot for a couple of years and fairly familiar with Wyebot and it’s capabilities so I was looking forward to hear them present. I was… Continue Reading My first MFD Experience – Part 2
If you work in the tech, I am certain you are familiar with the Tech Field Day events. There are many technical events that happen around the globe; some are vendor specific and some are vendor neutral. Tech Field Day events are unique in that besides vendor presentations, there are delegates present who can interact… Continue Reading My first MFD Experience – Part 1
Mist folks were busy, and as always, pushed out some cool updates past Thursday. Here is a quick list that caught my attention and I was waiting for. Client onboarding – PSK Portal VRF Configuration Global Application Policies Custom Virtual Routers (SRX) For full details, please see this link “BYoD” is something many organizations struggle… Continue Reading Mist Updates – BYoD PSK Portal
I have previously written about replacing a Mist Access Point here. Few months ago, Juniper-Mist introduced a feature to replace a Juniper EX2300 series switch using the Mist Dashboard. This feature is still listed as a “BETA” feature, but it worked out with no issues for me. I needed to replace my EX2300-C switch acting… Continue Reading Replacing Juniper EX2300 in Mist Dashboard
Previously I wrote a quick post on formatting MAC Addresses using Python and a csv file. In this post, I used Pandas and MS Excel (since this data ends up in Excel most of the time). In my previous post, I used the “join” function; but Keith Miller suggested I should look into the “macaddress”… Continue Reading MAC Format – Part 2 (Menu)
I was bored Sunday night and had a recent Twitter thread going through my head regarding formatting Access Point MAC addresses, so I figured let me see if I can figure it out. Task – Convert AP MACs from A1B2C3D4E5F6 to a1:b2:c3:d:4:e5:f6 There are few ways to accomplish this. You can use MS Excel and… Continue Reading MAC Format – Part 1 (Basic)
I finally had a chance to get Mist AP 12 in my hand and test out the functionality. Before I get into that, let’s take a quick look at the access point features and what is the box. Mist AP 12 Features: Spatial Streams: 2×2:2 Mounting: Wall plate/Desktop Radio: 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Scanning: Dedicated third… Continue Reading Mist AP 12