What WLC is good and cheap?

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SimonV

#15
September 16, 2017, 02:26:34 PM Last Edit: September 16, 2017, 02:37:50 PM by SimonV
How cheap do you want it to be?

What if you get a previous-model WLC and a decent AP, then configure it for Flexconnect so it does local switching?

You could to this with your vWLC too, by the way. Which AP are you using?

deanwebb

#16
September 16, 2017, 06:25:53 PM
Don't have an AP yet, just a home router.

And, as I check on wireless cards, even a big bad triple antenna 802.11ac card can get only 450Mb, so now I'm thinking I can go with cheap, so long as it works with my NAC box. I would like it to be Cisco and/or Aruba, since those are the vendors we most commonly work with.

If the WLC can support gigabit ethernet interfaces for other devices (not just 10/100 like a lot of EOL gear is limited to), that would be what I want to go with.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
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deanwebb

#17
September 19, 2017, 10:08:06 AM
Getting an Aruba 651. Built in access point and 8 gigabit ports. That's good. Only does B/G/N bands. That's reality.

Given that the AC network doesn't make it through my house, it's not that bad of a tradeoff.

And I'm about to have a lot of SSIDs...

:matrix:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

deanwebb

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September 23, 2017, 05:52:34 PM
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:awesome:

It arrived today!
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

deanwebb

#19
September 23, 2017, 06:09:43 PM
And rooting the Aruba is WAY easier than doing it on a Cisco. I'm having fun!
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

SimonV

#20
September 24, 2017, 04:06:42 AM
Quote from: deanwebb on September 23, 2017, 06:09:43 PM
And rooting the Aruba is WAY easier than doing it on a Cisco. I'm having fun!

What do you mean by rooting? PW recovery?

deanwebb

#21
September 24, 2017, 10:37:17 AM
Yep. It's basically username "password" and password "forgotit!".

You do NOT want these guys exposing their SSH port to the Internets.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.
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