Ali's Technology Blog
In one of the previous blog posts, I wrote about my initial thoughts on Aruba Central APIs; I discussed the initial setup to generate the keys and used a script to refresh the keys since the API Token for Aruba Central expires after 7200 seconds (2 hours). It is easy to refresh a token using…
I wrote about converting an Aruba CAP to IAP. I needed to convert the Aruba IAP to a CAP for some testing; one important piece of information in this scenario was that the IAP was in Aruba Central. If you are converting an Aruba IAP that is not in Central, you log into the IAP…
Whenever I log into my Juniper-Mist Dashboard, I am always excited to see “Announcing New Features” message. See full updates here. I would love to point out couple of features that I have been waiting for that Juniper-Mist implemented: Sponsored Guest Access: I wrote a post previously on “Sponsored Guest Access and Self Registration“. In…
This is just a short post for my reference on converting a CAP to IAP. This can be completed via the UI or CLI. From the UI: From the menu on the left; Maintenance, Access Point. There are three options here: 1) Reboot, 2)Convert to instant mode, 3)Preload Image. From here, I am able to…
My last post was about creating a Guest SSID in Mist Dashboard with some BYOD self register and self sponsor features. I mentioned few requirements in there; one of them was to enable and disable the SSID. Let me elaborate a bit more on that. I can log into my laptop, Mist Dashboard and disable…
Guest access is an essential part of WLAN deployments these days. From an average user to technical users, when they are traveling, dining, attending business meetings and/or conferences, etc; users are always looking for Wi-Fi access and how to use it. Network operators, engineers have to think about Wi-Fi Guest access early on during the…
This post is about my very first experience with Aruba Central APIs. I enjoy working with APIs and automating things to the best of my abilities. After I finally got my Aruba Central account setup; my first step was to figure out how do I get my API token. After logging into Aruba Central, under…
Currently Mist dashboard allows yours to download the Access Point inventory. This is not the case when you are under the Access Point screen and want to download the Access Point names along with all the columns shown. There are about 67 columns available; I like to primarily utilize the following columns: Status Name MAC…
Sometimes we all have to deal with replacing an access point. How easy or difficult it is to replace an access point is the question. This short post is about my experience with replacing a Mist access point. What is worth noticing is that Mist Technical Support team found an issue with one of the…
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…