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Cisco Client Debug – 802.11 Association Status Code

When you enable client debug you can be hit with a ton of information. One of the things I look at is the 802.11 association status code. The status code is very telling. It can provide information about your client and if there is a connection issue. Another tool to add to your bag of [...]

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E24 – Riding the 802.11ac Waves

Are you ready for faster performance from your wireless networks with 802.11ac? Sam and Blake talk with Cisco to get the scoop on the 802.11ac module for the AP 3600. Cisco has created a modular solution for wave 1 and wave 2 of 802.11ac that plugs into the back of their flagship AP 3600. For [...]

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End-Of-Sale And End-Of-Life Announcement For The Cisco Aironet 1260 Series

  http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps5678/ps10980/end_of_life_notice_c51-727739.html Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Aironet 1260 Series. The last day to order the affected product(s) is October 7, 2013. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table 1 describes [...]

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E23 – Aerohive Switches and HiveManager 6

Welcome to episode 23! Sam and I had the pleasure of talking with Abby Strong and Anoop Dawar of Aerohive about their recently launched switch lineup as well as updates to HiveManager 6. Take a listen to learn about what Aerohive is doing for switches that they have done for wireless! Podcast: Play in new [...]

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End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Aironet 1140 Series

The 1140 series served me well. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps5678/ps10092/end_of_life_notice_c51-727649.html Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Aironet 1140 Series. The last day to order the affected product(s) is October 1, 2013. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the [...]

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E22 – Cisco Prime Infrastructure

We wrap up our spring series of Cisco podcasts with a discussion revolving around their network management platform, Cisco Prime Infrastructure. Cisco has been evolving their network management platform for awhile now with WCS, NCS, and now PI. If you haven’t upgraded yet to PI or just curious on some of the new features take [...]

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Cisco: Enterprise Best Practices For Apple Mobile Devices On Cisco Wireless LANs #BYOD

BOOKMARK ! Another good reference for Apple iDevices on a Cisco Wireless LAN. There are a few mentions that need further clarification. Overall good read and reference.   http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/technology/vowlan/bestpractices/EntBP-AppMobDevs-on-Wlans.pdf   Purpose of this Document, page 2 Introduction, page 2 Wi-Fi Channel Coverage, page 2 Roaming, page 7 Fast Roaming, page 9 Data Rates, page 12 [...]

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iOS 6: Wi-Fi network roaming with 802.11k and 802.11r #BYOD

Is it me or is it hard to keep up with all the little details. Add this to your bookmarks, could come in handy!  ~~ Thanks Scott for referencing this .. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5535 Summary Learn how iOS 6 improves client roaming using the 802.11k and 802.11r Wi-Fi network standards. Products Affected iPad, iPhone, iPod touch iOS [...]

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iOS 5 and iOS 6: List of available trusted root certificates #BYOD

Ever wonder what your iDevice root store looks like from Apple? Wonder no more …    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5012   Here is a short list: Certificate: Data: Version: 3 (0×2) Serial Number: 1 (0×1) Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption Issuer: C=JP, O=JPKI, OU=Prefectural Association For JPKI, OU=BridgeCA Validity Not Before: Dec 27 05:08:15 2003 GMT Not After : Dec [...]

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