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Just noticed this on reddit this morning, HPE appear to be changing the warranty for their Aruba networking products to End of sale + 5 years, including those like the ProCurve switches previously on lifetime warranty's. Below link has the full list of products affected. Product Warranty Update for HPE Networking Products We've been slowly moving away from Procurve switches as budget allows but not looking forward to potentially looking at replacing our "Core" switches

Hi folks, Bit of an unusla one here. On Monday we sudenly started getting issues with devices on our RADIUS authenticated network dropping off and failing to reconnect. Error logged on the Aruba controller indicates the server isnt responding. Checking the NPS config on our DC indicates all is well with the service and config. Weird bit is some clients seem to connect and are happy, and others just drop and wont reconnect. On Tuesday the issue seemed to resolve itself beofre I could get to the bottom of it. Today the problem has re-appeared. After an hour of faffing and fielding the neverending stream of calls (🤪) I disabled Sophos on the server. This has brought everything back to life. Before I log this with Sophos support throught I'd run this by her eto see if anyone else has experienced this, and what if any was the eventual solution. As ever any replies / comments greatfully received 😉 Cheers --Keith--

Hi Was wondering if someone could give us a quote for 10 x access points of the above brand or similar decent brands. We have ruckus at most of our sites, only down side is that the firmware for the zone director is quiet old and on 9.8.2 and the access points will need to support this firmware are the R700 still descent to get or outdated now. With the other brands i know that some wireless points elected a master and configure the others which is also an option or can go down the standard alone route of configuring all the wifi points. The access points will also have to support vlans as there is a guest network in the school that we are quoting for. The access points will have to have support A,AC,G dual band. Please dont hesitate to drop me a PM Thanks Nathan

We are setting up a new WiFi network at work (a school) that uses an ancient aruba controller (with aruba 105 APs) following the principles of eduroam listed here and the radius server is windows NPS again following the docs here. Initially I copied the existing config we have got for our current wifi to no avail. The current network still works fine but no one can remember the details (and it is not in keeping with the BYOD route we are going down). I have consistently been getting an error message of "authentication failed due to user credentials mismatch" (error 16 Event 6273) which most people have suggested through various forums means that the APs shared secret does not match - I have checked this more than once it does! Additionally I have checked the obvious account user/pass out and again it is correct. In order to try and diagnose the problem further I brought in some of my unifi gear from home and spun up a completely fresh DC/CA/NPS server in a test environment. Same error but this time I have also installed wireshark. If I "accept users without validating credentials" in the CRP then NPS returns a access-accept response, but the client still is unable to connect to the network (client reports dot1X timeout followed by operation was cancelled/server reports success) - this leads me to think it is something wrong client side? Then if I switch the CRP to authenticate on this server (client reports explicit eap failure recieved followed by network is not available/Server sends an string of access-request/challenge immediately before access-reject) presumably this means that it is waiting for correct verification from the client? CRP settings are: Conditions NAS port Type - Wireless Other or 802.11 Username - .+@schooldomain\.org\.uk$ Settings Authentication Provider - Local Computer Manipulation attribute rules - Replace "@schooldomain\.org\.uk$" with "@schooldomain.local" Target - User Name Override Auth - Disabled Network Policy settings are: Conditions NAS Port Type - Wireless User Groups - SchoolDomain\Eduroam Settings EAP Config - Configured (PEAP with secured password EAP-MS-CHAPv2) Ignore Dial-In Properties Grant Access Client is supplied an IP Tunnel Medium 802/Type VLAN/Tunnel-ID 66 Encryption Enabled So I have been battling with this for several weeks now and banging my head against a wall would be more productive... Anyone got any pointers?

Following our move to a Unifi wireless network we have around 50 assorted Aruba access points free to anyone who wants to collect them. We have: APIN0103, APIN0205, APIN0115, and AP-105 We also have a number of access point mounts.

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Hi i have recently made a balls up and order and aruba ap-105 and i need a iap-105 because i have no controller just a virtual controller (I am new to aruba always used ruckus). Was wondering if anyone had one of these access points for sale to help me out. Thanks Nathan

Hello everyone, A couple of questions regarding our Aruba Controller 3400 Managed Wireless system with 24 AP-105's. 1. We have been quoted for a 16 AP license upgrade to enable us to get one of the blocks on the Aruba system (Its currently on a 3COM system). Part of the quote has "Policy Enforcement Firewall" and "Wireless Intrusion Protection Module". These have added a considerable amount to the quote. My question is, are they required for the APs to work or can they be removed? 2. Does the 3400 controller support NAT? I only ask as our LEA provided Network Addresses are 10.208.208.0/21 so that only gives us 2,046 IP addresses. Therefore, to allow us the flexibility of providing BYOD capabilities, it would be good to be able to use another range of addresses, such as, 192.168.x.x. Would this be a feasible solution/idea? Any help and advice on these above points would be gratefully received. Thanks in advance. J_Worth.

Hi there will a aruba 650 controller work with these ap92 or ap93 access points? Aruba AP-92 & AP-93 Access Points | Aruba Networks Im having problems with 100 laptops/netbooks trying to login on the network and we only have 54g access points. All i could think of is update the access points to these n rated 92 or 93 with mimo and then try and see if i can optimize the logins for windows 7? Any ideas or tips appreciated!

We have a dedicated call center in our hospital. We are using a IP PBX software from a outsourced vendor. The software is installed in our PCs to attend the enquiry calls.The client pcs using in call center is a data vlan in one of the access switch. The server IP PBX software is installed in data center server farm switch. For the past weeks, the software was having some issues at some time, when i checked with the vendor they said software side is ok upon checking on wireshark logs. They have made several observations & fixes - Key Observations: Wrong Sequence Number (Red Entries) - RTP packets are arriving out of order or being lost, likely due to network congestion or QoS issues. High Jitter Values (Max: 7.03 ms) - Increased jitter can degrade voice quality, causing choppy audio or lag. Packet Loss (0.00%) - No significant packet loss was observed, but sequence errors suggest potential packet reordering. Clock Drift (-79 ms) - A lack of synchronization between sender and receiver clocks can impact audio quality. Cause - Solution. Network Congestion - Prioritize RTP traffic using QoS settings on the firewall or router. Jitter & Delay - Implement jitter buffers or increase buffer size in VoIP settings. Packet Reordering - Check network routing and MTU settings to prevent out-of-order delivery. Clock Drift - Ensure both endpoints synchronize time using NTP. Pls help me what to do from the core switch side or on the access switch side. NOTE- When I checked the ping status from the client PC to Server IP there is no drop or that much latency. Core switches are CISCO 4506 model Access switch for call center department is Aruba Instant ON 1930 model.

We've just purchased 2 Lindy SFP+ modules to upgrade our newly installed Aruba 2540 switches to 10Gbps. However when installing the modules they refuse to establish a link back to our Dell core switch, when installing 2 in the same switch and creating a loop (just for testing and for a very short period) the link establishes just fine. When checking the Aruba UI they appears to only be running at 1000 base (probably not correct wording). Our Dell modules are 10Gbps only and I'm assuming that's why the link fails to come up When first installed I had to run a command as they aren't "supported", has anyone had any experience of this? If so how did you over come it? Any help is greatly appreciated Thanks

£95 for a Aruba Management password change. No wonder schools have no money this is basically a ten second job and someone is charging us £95 quid to change it, so we can have access to the system. Is this a standard charge because I feel like it is day light robbery. How can they charge this much.

We have a number of laptops which keep dropping the wireless connection at random periods throughout the day causing the laptop to appear offline. Manually syncing the laptop will bring it back online but this has been going on for a few months or so and thought it was about time I tried to get to the bottom of it. All laptops are running Windows XP and are connecting to an Aruba managed wireless network which was installed this time last year. It is also worth mentioning that the laptops are not always moved about i.e. laptops which spend all day at the same desk also experience the same symptoms. I hope there is somebody out there who has experienced this same problem and can shed some light on the situation :-)

Hi Our A Level ICT teacher has setup a Linux sandbox environment. We need to set things up so that Linux box can access the internet via our existing infrastructure but that cannot see or be seen by (at all) the rest of the school network. The computer should only be able to access the internet but it should still go out through our cloud hosted NetSweeper firewall. It will be connected wired to an Aruba switch. We have VLANs setup on the switches and we even have an internet only VLAN that is setup for our guest WiFi users. Our Wifi is down at the moment (another story). I tried connecting the computer using the Guest Only VLAN but it doesn't get connected (to the internet). I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to this so I'm guessing now but is this down to the IP address/setup on the Linux box (ie do we just need to assign it a static IP on the guest VLAN)? Failing that would I need to look at ACLs on the Aruba switch? I would have no idea how to go about that. Would the DNS settings on the Linux box still need to see the school network's DNS servers? I'm guessing this is pretty straightforward but it's a new area for me - ish. I have configured switches and set ports to VLANs etc so I have a basic idea of the HP CLI commands - just never got into ACLs TIA Mark P.

Hi HP/Aruba switches. We have about 30. All are on the same VLAN as the servers. We have a set server as the IP manager for the switches. I was trying to change a port's VLAN today but was unable to connect to the switch I needed. Also unable to ping it. Can ping and connect to all the other switches in the same cabinet/comms room from the same server. Can ping the same switch from all the other switches I can connect to from that server. Can ping every switch (including the one that I can't from the server) from my workstation which is on a different VLAN. Cannot ping this one switch from any server on the same vlan as the switches. Haven't yet tried to connect to the switch directly via a cable but I'm hoping that works or we're a tad screwed. Any ideas as to why this might be happening? I am not a network expert in anyway. In theory all the switches have exactly the same config as far as management and VLANs are concerned. I wait expectantly TIA

Hi This is the aruba point I have ever configured we already have 8 points and they are working fine wanted to add another point to the controller. the master controller cannot see the access point and this is the error message that I am getting was just wondering if anyone could help and how I can get it booted up and talking to the virtual controller so that I can configure it. Any help would be great. I have also changed the ips and dns records of this script I have printed below. Thanks Nathan APBoot 1.4.0.3 (build 37726) Built: 2013-03-21 at 20:13:41 Model: AP-10x CPU: AR7161 revision: A2 Clock: 680 MHz, DDR clock: 340 MHz, Bus clock: 170 MHz DRAM: 128 MB POST1: passed Copy: done Flash: 16 MB PCI: scanning bus 0 ... dev fn venID devID class rev MBAR0 MBAR1 MBAR2 MBAR3 00 00 168c 0029 00002 01 10000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 01 00 168c 0029 00002 01 10010000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Net: eth0 Radio: ar922x#0, ar922x#1 Hit to stop autoboot: 0 Checking image @ 0xbf100000 Invalid image format version: 0xffffffff Checking image @ 0xbf800000 Invalid image format version: 0xffffffff eth0 up: 100 Mb/s full duplex DHCP broadcast 1 DHCP IP address: 192.168.0.0 DHCP subnet mask: 255.255.248.0 DHCP def gateway: 192.168.0.0 DHCP DNS server: 192.168.0.0 DHCP DNS domain: primary.sch.uk ADP multicast 1 ADP broadcast 1 ADP multicast 2 ADP broadcast 2 ADP multicast 3 Retry count exceeded DNS request 1 for aruba-master.primary.sch.uk to 192.168.0.0 Using eth0 device TFTP from server 192.168.0.0; our IP address is 192.168.0.0 Filename 'mips32.ari'. Load address: 0x2000000 Loading: T T T T T T T T T T Retry count exceeded; starting again eth0 up: 100 Mb/s full duplex

Hi, Wasn't sure whether to post this under Mac or Wireless. Our School is predominantly Windows based and I'm pretty useless when it comes to using Mac's. But I have a Macbook lying around feeling sorry for itself so I thought I would try and hook it up to our Aruba Wireless Network. It recognises the Network but when I tap the passkey in it tries to connect before returning a "connection failed error". The key is definately correct so not sure if I am missing something or if the Wireless is not setup to accomidate Mac's as we have had the exact same problem in the past with guests using Macs. Any help would be much appreciated! Sam