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…
Category: Ruckus
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,…
Disabling 802.11ax(Wi-Fi6) Ruckus APs/vSZ
Wi-Fi6/802.11ax is a newer standard in Wi-Fi, providing higher data rates, increase capacity, power efficiency. However, in a typical environment, there are not many Wi-Fi6/802.11ax clients just yet. With that being said, there may be times when we need to disable Wi-Fi6/802.11ax. I have two Wi-Fi6 access points in my home lab Ruckus R730 and…
Ruckus vSZ-D Tunneling
Ruckus Virtual Smart Zone – Data plane (vSZ-D) works with vSZ-H or vSZ-E and provides data plane services and tunneled WLANs. In simple terms if we want all the WLAN traffic from a remote/branch location tunneled back to the data center instead of locally switched we would need to deploy Ruckus vSZ-D and integrate is…
Ruckus R750 Access Point
Ruckus R750 is one of the 802.11ax access point from Ruckus. It is thinner and smaller than R730. It is about 11″ diagonally. It can be a good fit for Small businesses, hospitals, hospitality, offices, classrooms. This access point also supports IoT via the USB port. It can be powered up using 802.11af however it…
Ruckus R610 Access point
Ruckus R610 is a dual radio 2.4 GHz/5GHz 802.11ac Wave 2 access point. Diagonally it seems to be around 10″ so it is smaller than the 700 series access points. Great fit for home, home office, small office, retail, classrooms, hospitals etc. Below are some very high level feature set, for detailed list please see…
Ruckus VSZ-H – Enable Rogue Detection
Ruckus VSZ-H is not a very friendly interface as compared to some of other vendor interfaces and at times if you have not done something for a while you may forget it easily. This applies to other vendor WLAN Management interfaces as well but definitely true for Ruckus VSZ. I will be adding some common…
Brocade ICX 6450 PoE Configuration
Recently I configured a Brocade ICX6450 PoE switch on the network and all was working well until my customer hooked up a phone to one of the ports I configured. I was told that the phone won’t power on. Now on a Cisco PoE Switch, I’m used to just simply plugging in phones and getting power. With the Brocade…