Anyone supporting a wireless network no matter how well it has been designed have heard something similar to the phrase "the WIFI sucks" and we all know quite often the WIFI is not to blame. Keith Parsons did a really good WIFI troubleshooting session at a number of conferences detailing how there are many other …
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Is Cloud Managed Networks the way to go?
What is a cloud managed network? Well in simple terms rather than managing the network devices via console, SSH/ other direct methods, you login to a web site hosted in the vendor's cloud and configure/manage the device? Now at first glance this might not sound very beneficial, but as you dig deeper into it you …
No outage WLC Upgrade?
So the most annoying thing about upgrading WLCs and probably one of the key reasons i see so many WLCs running old versions is you have to plan an outage (ill leave hitting new bugs aside). This becomes especially hard in environments where they have any of the following to deal with: Multiple Sites on …
How To Return To Business As Fast As Possible In A COVID World
Now as I love working from home, and being able to crawl out of bed and be at work in 5 minutes, I know of a number of people and businesses that are ready to head back to the offices. Plus there are all the industries that can not work from home. So it was …
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NETCONF /YANG with a 9800 Part 4: A Simple Python Program To Update Tags on the 9800
So we have seen how to get information from the 9800 via NETCONF/ YANG now lets look at how we update config on the 9800. For this we are going to focus on adding the mapping of an access point to its tags. Normally to do this via the CLI we would use these commands …
NETCONF /YANG with a 9800 Part 3: A Simple Python Script To Get Information From The 9800
Now that we seen how to enable NETCONF/ YANG on the 9800, how to use the Advanced Netconf Explorer to view/ test calls to the controller, lets look at doing this with Python. So first you need to have Python installed. If you don't have it installed check out this https://realpython.com/installing-python or one of the …
NETCONF /YANG with a 9800 Part 2: Advanced Netconf Explorer
Now that we have the 9800 setup ready to use Netconf lets look at a nice little tool call the Advanced Netconf Explorer. This tool is really handy to see what calls you can make and what data you get back, much like POSTMAN for REST APIs is used. I find this tool useful to …
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AI Field Day Is Coming
I spotted a Twitter post this morning announcing that the Tech Field day is expanding to add a new Field Day that being AI Field Day to the mix. This field day will focus on Enterprise Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Analytics. I am excited about this, us in the tech industry have been hearing …
NETCONF /YANG with a 9800 Part 1: Setting up the 9800
So in order to use NETCONF/YANG with the 9800 controller you need to set it up first. Like most things with a wireless contoller you can do this via the CLI or WebUI so we detail each here: Configuring NETCONF/YANG via WebUI From the side menu select Administration Select HTTP/HTTPS/Netconf Under Netconf Yang Configuration mark …
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NETCONF /YANG with a 9800 Controller
NETCONF/Yang on the 9800 how the hell do I do that?
