I was recently doing some troubleshooting around screen casting/mirroring/sharing etc and kept getting deeper into this mDNS and AWDL hole. After some conversations in Mist Slack Channel with Bryan Ward, Brian Powers, Robert Haviland, Jake Snyder, Allyn Crowe I got some clarification. I decided to document some of what I tested and discovered. Test Setup:…
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Mist – Audit/View SSIDs using Python
I have a bunch of WLAN Templates in my test lab that I use from time to time. Some times it is for my own testing and research and some times for the customers. Here are some of the reasons I need to audit/view these SSIDs: Why Not Just Disable Them ? Yes, that is…
Mist Access Assurance – Mist Cloud NAC Configuration
Back in May, #MFD9 – Mobility Field Day 9 Juniper Networks unveiled their long-awaited cloud NAC solution (Check out my write-up on #MFD9 – Juniper Presents); Juniper branded it as Access Assurance, it also included all the features from IoT Assurance. I am not an expert NAC architect; My experience has been with the on-perm solutions. Anyone who has deployed a NAC knows all the…
Troubleshooting with MistAI – Location Diagnostics
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…
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…