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Like I always say, Mist has certainly spoiled me when it comes to troubleshooting; ability to troubleshoot network and Wi-Fi issues remotely and in a shorter time period, find the root cause and come up with a plan to fix the issue have been possible because of what all Juniper Mist offers in their UI….
This is just a quick post to go over adding a license key to a Juniper EX Series switch. I recently had to update my two switches with some trial licenses and when I tried to use the following command I was having issues. First things first, when I received the license file it looked…
I have written two posts previously on Mist MPSK Feature. Part 1 mainly goes over the introduction and some UI configuration. Part 2 goes over some connectivity aspect of it. Mist allows about 5000 PSK’s per Org and 5000 per site; there may be times when you need more or if you just want to…
Marvis has been leading the AI innovation from Juniper Mist for a while. Lot of SLEs, insights and other data in the Mist dashboard is based on the real time information from the client devices and their performance. What if there are no client devices currently on the network? Or there is a need to…
Juniper EX2300-48MP comes with total of six uplink ports. I had to convert two of these ports into virtual chassis ports. I used 2 x 10 Gig SFP+ and multi-mode cables to form a VC. Converting Ports into VC Ports: These simple commands allowed me to convert the last two ports into Virtual Chassis Ports….
Juniper EX4600 Switch has 24 x 10 Gig ports and 4 x 40 Gig ports that can be used for uplink/Virtual Chassis. You can add 2 additional modules with 8 x 10 Gig ports per module to add port capacity. I ran into this a few times and found Juniper documentation on this matter to…
I’ve been using an EX2300-24P switch for a while and recently got a brand new EX4100-F-12P thanks to my company Imperium Data. Time to replace my EX2300-24P with this new switch, but first things first, let’s see what’s in the box? Switch Features: Back view of the switch, there is a management port and a…
IEEE 802.11r-2008 is an amendment to the 802.11 standard that allows clients to roam without having to go through the full re-authentication. Premise of this write up is not an introduction/deep dive into 802.11r but to test and better understand how Juniper Mist WLAN implements it and how the Adaptive aka Hybrid, Mixed approach works….
Before I get to the main topic, I want to discuss the Switch Template/Configuration hierarchy. Mist Wired Assurance configuration hierarchy is as follows: Org: Switch Template: As the name suggest, these templates get created at an Organization level and can be applied to all the sites. Site: Switch Template: Site: Switch Template, can inherit all…
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…