Ali's Technology Blog
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 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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…