You setup a new site, perform a heat map using wireless heat mapping software, document and generate a beautiful report. Shows how the signal looks in different areas. Validate the wireless coverage and all is ready. Although we can use offsets when displaying this collected data, it is not accurate. Now keep in mind, I…
Category: Wireless
Troubleshooting with Marvis – Missing VLAN
This post is part of the series, “Troublehsooting with Marvis”. I decided to write these to document some connectivity related troubleshooting tips using MistAI and Marvis. When it comes to any WLAN, troubleshooting the network post deployment is an intrinsic part of any WLAN engineers job. User Satisfaction and Performance: Users are crucial. Their experience…
Juniper-Mist – 802.1X SSID with Jump Cloud
I do not have any radius server in my lab, nor do I have any hardware currently to accomplish this task. I needed a quick easy to deploy and enterprise-level RADIUS server solution that I can utilize to test 802.1X Authentication issues with MistAI and Marvis. I decided to look at some cloud-based providers and went with Jump Cloud….
Mist MPSK – Part 2
In my previous post and part 1 of Mist MPSK, I talked about the configuration of MPSK using the Mist Dashboard. I want to do a deep dive into the connectivity phase of this solution and see how it looks. Here is my basic network setup. First I will connect using the first passphrase and…
Mist MPSK – Part 1
Most wireless vendors have a solution around using unique PSKs for client devices. Recently I had a chance to do a little deep dive into the solution provided by Mist. I am going to look at the following features: Creating an SSID ready for MPSKs Ability to create MPSK Ability to assign VLANs (this is…
Warehouse Antenna and Mount – AccelTex/MistAP43E
When it comes to designing WLAN solutions for challenging environments, such as (warehouses, industrial, manufacturing, etc) things can get complicated easily. Among different requirements, one crucial requirement is AP and/or antenna mounting. When using access points with external antennas there are few things we need to think about: I recently had to do some design…
Ruckus – vSZ AP to Unleash AP
Converting a Ruckus AP that is in a vSZ to an Unleashed AP is not something I do often, and it is one of those things that I always forget. I decided to put a quick how-to this time. If you have a Ruckus AP in the vSZ you can SSH into it but you…
Python: Bulk rename Juniper switches
Juniper/Mist devices can be easily claimed via the web UI and/or the Mist AI app on the mobile device. It has been a while since Juniper also added support to claim switches and I just finally had a chance to test it out. For some reason my phone was not able to scan the QR…
Ruckus vSZ API’s
API’s and Python are fun. Since I started learning Python and working with Juniper/Mist API’s I am absolutely addicted. There are so many people I am thankful to, who have helped me every time I was stuck and they still do. Recently I dove a little bit into Ruckus APIs. Initially, I almost gave up,…
Wireshark WLAN Traffic – Troubleshooting
Previously I discussed utilizing Wireshark I/O Graphs for troubleshooting. In this post I would like to share some thoughts on using the “WLAN Traffic” option for analyzing and troubleshooting purposes. Keep in mind that these tools will not necessarily exactly tell you what the issue is at times. But they are available as part of…