My Notes from chapter 1 of the CWNA study guide Standard Organisations Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Regulatory body for the United States for Radio, TV, wire, satellite and cable. Set Rules for what users can do with wireless around: Frequency Bandwidth Maximum power of the intentional radiator (IR) Max equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) Use …
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I recently had a requirement to rename approx 700 new APs, update the location and the WLCs. As the location and Name are unique to each AP a normal Prime template would not suffice. As the APs did not meet the software requirements of 8.2 in order to utilise APIC-EM (which I am keen to …
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I recently had the chance to become one of the first people outside of Cisco to setup and configure the CMX to Elasticsearch Connector. Being one of the first meant that the install instructions were not the best, in fact some steps didn't work at all. The real benefit of being able to automatically have …
UPDATE: I have updated this post as we had to re-deploy a new template into AWS and ran into some issues following the original instructions. The below is working now As the company that I am working on has a directive from the CIO to go SaaS or Cloud first, I was tasked with attempting …
Well what is the Cisco CMX product? It is the replacement to Cisco's Mobility Services Engine (MSE) in the sense that it can show you where wireless devices are on a map. The two big differences are that CMX is now a stand alone application (altho it does require connections to WLCs, Prime). Cisco have …
Hardware Guidelines The following table lists the hardware guidelines for the Cisco MSE virtual appliance. I have installed to a VM with higher specifications than the High End Appliance and it appears that all extra vCPU are used, haven't done any benchmarking as to if it improves it. Hardware Platform Basic Appliance Standard Appliance High-End …
I had a requirement to delete multiple access points that had been decommissioned from a network, but sitting there manually selecting them and deleting them would be painful. I decided to utilise the Prime Infrastructure 3.X published REST APIs to see if I could do this. The API Guide is here. (You Might need to sign …
So the first exam I am undertaking is the CWNA, I have just ordered the book By David Coleman which should turn up in the next 3-10 days I have been advised. Hopefully work commitments don't get crazy over the next few months and allow me to schedule and pass the exam before Christmas!! Can …
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As stated I have decided to attempt to achieve certification as a CWNE prior to coming back and doing the CCIE Wireless Path. For those who aren't familiar with the CWNE Certification, this post is to detail the path required to achieve CWNE Certification. The CWNE consists of 4 exams and after passing each of these …
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