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Mist WLAN Audit ⚠️ Important Notice Use at Your Own Risk. This tool is provided for informational purposes only. No Warranty. Provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. Responsibility. Always verify configurations before making changes. Privacy. Your Mist API key is transmitted securely to Mist via a temporary in-memory proxy and is never stored,…
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….
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…
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….
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…
I was introduced to Mist in 2019 during the WLPC 2020 event. I was impressed with all the features; however, one missing piece was their NAC solution. I had an opportunity to discuss the NAC solution with Mist; Mist understood the importance of their own NAC solution. Juniper Networks acquired WiteSand (a cloud-native, zero-trust, NAC…
Features update emails are fun to read and they can be very exciting. A recent email from Joel on all the hard work these fine folks at Hamina are doing and new features caught my attention. One of the features I have been waiting on and was looking forward to try was Integration with Mist….
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…
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…