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How to configure an Extreme Networks Altitude 451 for stand-alone AP use?

I have an Extreme Networks Altitude 451 (15801) wireless N access point. It is usually set up and managed using a controller unit, but I am hoping it is possible to configure one of these to work stand-alone, like a basic wireless access point. It…
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Cisco Aironet 1200 mode button disabled

I received a free Cisco Aironet 1200 and tried to restore it using the mode button but it was disabled and no one knows the password for the WAP's interface. Any ideas how I could get it reset?
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D-link DAP-2590 VLAN configuration

So we have been fighting this issue for well over a year. It's been so long that I am having to relearn the configuration today. Here's the situation. We're running several D-Link DAP-2590's with multiple SSID's. There is an employee VLAN (10) and a…
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What's the point of Load Balancing between multiple SSID on the single wireless AP device?

I have a Cisco WAP4410N AP device. Since yesterday, it is supposed to serve a network of about 15 (max 20) clients at the same time, but not all clients will be using bandwidth simultaneously, since it's a mixed network of…
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WAP Monitoring Suggestions?

We have a wireless access point at a client site. They say it goes down a lot. We replaced it. They say it still goes down a lot. Nobody's happy. Now, in some instances, "WAP down" turned out to be a message from Outlook saying it lost connection to…
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Meraki's Accounting-Requests to RADIUS server

I'm running a RADIUS server with some Meraki APs, the process of Authentications is fine... But it seems that the Meraki Cloud Controller is just sending the authentication packets and not the accounting requests. I've tested the RADIUS sending…
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Wifi hosts can't contact one another (but wired hosts on the same vlan can)

Our current network is vlan'd, and the wifi network is on its own separate vlan (130). To connect to the 130 vlan, you connect to the access point (a HP MSM310), which is connected to an HP Procurve 2510-48G switch. In order to do some testing, a…
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for multiple access points on one SSID, should I broadcast SSID information from all of them?

Should I be broadcasting my SSID from multiple access points that are sharing the SSID and network segment, or should I only broadcast from one?
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Tool to troubleshoot wireless connections

Having a lot of issues with a wireless network with multiple APs sharing the same SSID. I have a tool I use on my android phone (wifianalyzer) that is helpful, but I need a more comprehensive set of diagnostics that would run (preferably) from a…
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Share LAN network through Wifi in Linux

I have an ubnutu server connected to internet by an ethernet cable to a router. I would like to share the Internet connection by a Wifi usb dongle connected to the server. What are the possible ways to setup the server as a wifi access point? The…
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commercial access points

What are some of the popular commercial access points which I can plug righ into my network? I am running all sonicwall devices. I am aware that sonicwall has a AP, however, I am trying to avoid their licensing. Thanks
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Using Ubuntu 10.04 as access point

Is there an easy way to configure Ubuntu laptop as access point? Sometimes when I only have cable connection to the internet I would like to give my gadgets access to the internet using WiFi. Is it possible?
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What are the connectivity implications for implementing a hidden Wireless SSID?

Should we be suffering from connectivity problems due to having a hidden SSID? At work, we're past the "Hidden SSIDs make our network more secure" argument, but for user's 'convenience' and in order to make it less confusing with our other…
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How to pragmatically control acces to Wi-Fi network

Considering this scenario, At coffee bar you order the drink and get bill for that, On bill there is key for Wi-Fi network which is going to be valid for next X hours. I want to try realize something like that. Where to start looking, Does PfSense…
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Can I auto-configure a second wireless access point?

My house is just a little too big to get good wireless access in all corners. I'd like to add a second access point. I can do this, but I have to manually configure this second AP to have the same keys, etc. Is there any way I can get this second…
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