I recently had a need to setup connectivity for full stack lab gear and VMs etc on the go. There are bunch of options available to do this and I needed to do this on a small budget. Some of the options I looked at are below: Starlink: Since the coverage desired is on the…
Category: Wireless
Effortless Wi-Fi Access with SSO: Simplifying Network Authentication
Many organizations are allowing BYoD and figuring out ways to secure those devices. What are some ways I have seen this done: Previously I have written up on setting up Nile – Okta SAML integration and SSO for the dashboard login. I had to setup SSO with Nile for some BYoD stuff and would like…
Effortless Guest Wi-Fi with Nile: From Zero to Ready in Minutes
Guest Wi-Fi access is something users demand and expect these days when they visit retail, healthcare, offices and other locations. Deploying an enterprise grade secure guest Wi-Fi solution can be complicated, time consuming, resource intensive and costly. Below is a very high level guest traffic setup using some of the traditional methods. Niles Differentiation and…
Operational Efficiency with Nile Nav:
When refreshing your LAN/WLAN and/or bringing up a new site, there is the install phase and then there is post install validation, coverage survey for Wi-Fi and then at times things need to be fixed, for example if the APs got installed in the wrong location, or not mounted properly, cabling issues, switches aren’t in…
Week two at Nile Secure
Whew, an exciting close of week two at Nile. Sharing some feelings, some thoughts, some cool updates and some new stuff that is cooking. Many exciting things are happening and looking forward to sharing some of this with everyone. Working for a vendor/manufacturer is a whole new ball game. Usually I always say, more I…
Deploying Nile Secure – My First NSB
When Nile first came out of the stealth mode few years ago focusing on a fully managed campus/branch wired and wireless architecture with the power of AI and and a whole bunch of thought process from some industry leaders, utility/consumption based pricing model I have been looking forward to a chance to experience the deployment…
Troubleshooting with Mist – Tale of two DHCP Servers and VLAN1
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….
Ubiquiti stealing the show at MFD11
Ubiquiti at MFD11 – Quick thoughts and what’s in the box: It is always exciting to see an email from Tom inviting you to one of the Tech Field Day events. This year I got to participate in the Mobility Field Day 11 event in May. This was the first time we saw Ubiquiti present…
Mist MPSK with FreeRADIUS
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…
Troubleshooting with Marvis Minis – Applications
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…