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Hi fellow geeks.... I am running into an issue where I'm having issues with my Android mobile phones on the wi-fi network. I am running a Cambium Networks wireless network. We take our internet feed from Exa and use the SurfProtect webfilter. We need to install an SSL certificate on devices in order to get to the internet. On Windows, Mac, iPhones, iPads, Chromebooks it all works fine. Certificate is installed and access to the internet. On Android devices, and it doesnt matter the version, you can connect to the wi-fi, install the certificate and browse the internet fine, but in the settings it say things like 'Limited Connectivity' or 'No Internet' when there is. This then impacts the use fo apps like WhatsApp & Sign In App. Has anyone come across somethnig simular in the past and if so did you resolve it and how?

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.

We just got our response back today from the DFE for two of our secondary schools, they have both been granted less than half of what we submitted on the Doc3 cost matrix. Not meaning to seem ungrateful here but what am i supposed do I do with that!? fit half the school with Meraki Wi-Fi and leave the other half on a 15 year old ruckus system The criteria for the CTC program is: - an education investment area and have an Ofsted rating of ‘requires improvement’ or ‘inadequate’. - a priority education investment area One of our secondary’s fits both of these plus it fails on all the current standards for Wi-Fi that the CTC program is set out to achieve. The catchment area for pupils is one of the most deprived in Bradford a lot of students only have access to the internet when they are at school (not to mention it’s a time when some of them are only fed on FSM) I have been informed that other participating schools in the program, were provided full funding even when their existing Wi-Fi standards still passed the criteria prior to the CTC install, which raises concerns about their resource allocation. Our vendor says they never seen anything like this before, with some of their clients receiving triple the amount of what we were granted. My initial impression is that there could be potential bias against our identity as a Catholic Multi Academy Trust With less than half the requested funding granted, I'm at a loss regarding our options moving forward, given that we completely lack the extra capital required to cover the remaining amount needed to complete the install Has anyone else here in the CTC program experience this? Any advice on how to tackle this, I’ve already sent an email to CTC expressing the above points.

Hi all, We have a bank of around 120 iPads ranging from iPad Air 2 up to iPad (8th gen) - all controlled through JAMF For those iPads that are assigned to one user (class teachers) a fair few of them are losing Wi-Fi connection after a few minutes or each time the device is locked/restarted, we have not had this issue on any shared device. Wi-Fi works for all other devices in the school with no issues. Solutions tested: Updating to the latest IOS - X Wiping the device completely and reinstalling user profiles - X Pushing profiles containing Wi-Fi credentials back out to the device - X Manually inputting Wi-Fi credentials to each iPad - X Testing a different Wi-Fi - X Each of these allows connection for a few minutes but then experiences the same issue of it completely dropping out as before, any other suggestions are welcome as this is getting difficult for class teachers to use their devices on a daily basis.

Hello all, Just a quick post to promote wireless survey availability in the summer. If you are planning a new wireless installation, want to check your existing or just plan for an expansion we can help. We have a team of trained Wi-Fi engineers that conduct all types of Wi-Fi surveys depending on the requirement. We use the market-leading software solution to design and report on Wi-Fi surveys. All on-site surveys are charged at a day rate of £795. Discounts are available should you purchase hardware off the back of the survey. There are various approaches to on-site surveys which we can discuss with you, some quicker than others to keep costs down should that be a requirement. We also run free-of-charge Predictive Designs, these are performed offsite using scaled plans. You are provided with a detailed report for all surveys, including Predictive Designs. Onsite work will also include a separate written report containing advisories/concerns etc from the engineer that visited. Please note for new installations/expansions these would need to be using Ruckus, for health-check/post-installation reports this can be any vendor. The reason for some being only Ruckus is to perform the survey you first need the proposed hardware, but also insights into the running of the solution. If anyone has any questions, please let me know. Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope you enjoy your day.

Some of you may remember that around this time last year Ruckus released a range of heavily discounted wireless bundles. Well they’re back and better than ever. Combining a controller, the recently released 7372 access points or the 7982 access points with five years support. This offer expires December 31st, 2013. To celebrate these new Ruckus bundles Net-Ctrl will be giving away one of the 6 x 7372 bundles. To enter this draw all you need to do is request an official quote from us. The deadline for entrants will be the 15th November and the winner will be announced on Monday the 18th November. All the entrants will be entered into a hat and one drawn at random. If you have already purchased your bundle we will refund the total amount of the bundle. There are a few T&Cs at the bottom of the post. On top of this all orders that come in before the end of October will be given £100 Amazon vouchers to be used for the school. New Ruckus Bundles Ruckus ZoneFlex 7372 Bundle 1 • 6 x ZoneFlex 7372 Access Points • 1 x ZoneDirector 1112 Controller – Support up to 12 Access Points. • 5 Years Partner Watchdog Support Price: £2,694.00 Ruckus ZoneFlex 7372 Bundle 2 • 25 x ZoneFlex 7372 Access Points • 1 x ZoneDirector 3050 Controller – Support up to 50 Access Points • 5 Years Partner Watchdog Support Price: £11,677.00 Ruckus ZoneFlex 7982 Bundle 1 • 6 x ZoneFlex 7982 Access Points • 1 x ZoneDirector 1112 Controller – Support up to 12 Access Points • 5 Years Partner Watchdog Support Price: £3,625.00 Ruckus ZoneFlex 7982 Bundle 2 • 25 x ZoneFlex 7982 Access Points • 1 x ZoneDirector 3050 Controller Support up to 50 Access Points • 5 Years Partner Watchdog Support Price: £15,557.00 You can also add an additional redundant unit to any of these bundles also with great savings!! T&Cs: You must be a school, academy, college or university in the United Kingdom. We ask kindly that should you win the Ruckus Wireless system for your organisation that we be given the opportunity to quote for any supporting cabling All entries must be made by the 15th November 2013 and we will announce the winner by the 18th November 2013 This offer is subject to us getting deal registration authorisation from Ruckus Wireless UK Vouchers not applicable if discount applied to bundle price.

Hi all, If you have any Wi-Fi plans and have a Ruckus solution in place or would like to consider them as part of a wider replacement, please send me a PM. We are seeing good stock availability across most, if not all, of their AP models. Something we haven't been able to say in quite a while. Stock is also in good supply across the newer switch models - but not all - we can advise on options and availability. There are also a number of promotions running so we could advise on the options available and the price points. These include competitive swap-outs, ZoneDirection migrations, EDU pricing and more. thanks, Josh

We've been with Ruckus for over 8 years now and are looking to upgrade our infrastructure. We're happy with their service but would like to know what other wireless solutions are being used in educational environments. We have around 40 APs supporting 250+ clients. Thanks!

Hi, I was wondering what everyone’s experience is with Wi-Fi setups in schools. I know WG provide funding to LEAs for this, so I was wondering how your Wi-Fi setups work? IE who manages it, how much control / access you have, what setup toy have, kit etc?

We use Cisco Meraki as our Wi-Fi system and for our BYOD SSID we use 802.1X with PEAP and MSCHAPv2 so users can connect personal devices to Wi-Fi using their same login and password that they use for the computers / email / etc. A few weeks ago we found it necessary to enforce a password change on all our users. Unfortunately, although we did mention to them that they would need to update the wi-fi settings on their personal devices, we're still seeing a high level of authentication failures on the Meraki dashboard. Can anyone suggest ways in which we can deal with or mitigate this? Is there a way to force devices to re-prompt the user to re-authenticate? Or even to force the device to "forget" the network if their authentication fails a certain number of times? Would increasing or changing the lockout duration on users' AD accounts help at all?

Hi All, I want to VLAN my HP switches so i can make a guest wi-fi. All the switch's were installed before i started working in my school so i have no documentation. I have found there IP addresses in DHCP but this doesn't give me a clue where they are psychically! I see they have a serial port with console written under neath. Does anyone know how to access the management console on a HP Procurve 2425 with a serial cable on a windows 7 machine? Thank you for any help.

Hello Edugeekers, Welcome to the WatchGuard informal direct support forum that we have created to build a community of WatchGuard partners and users. We are here to answer any questions you may have about WatchGuard This forum is intended to give you an opportunity to post any problems, thoughts or suggestions and discuss WatchGuard related topics. It is open to all as a place to interact with other members and us. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Martin Lethbridge, Senior Sales Engineer

A strange request - we have a coffee shop on site for work related learning. We have a Miura M020 card machine, and it really struggles with connecting to our Wi-Fi. I have tried assigning static IPs but this doesn’t help and I am lost at what to try next. If anyone has any tips for troubleshooting that would be great. This is the machine - https://www.miurasystems.com/retail-payments/m020

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How do. Recently got a batch of Lenovo V110 laptops and flashed with W10. With the few using the Realtek 8821ae Wi-Fi card the Wi-Fi all works fine except for connecting to the GPO-defined network.. untilthe card is deleted from Device Manager and added again with Scan For Hardware (no change in drivers). I'm yet to find out if it'll reappear when they're out in the field, but has anyone else experienced this? Anything to stick in our SCCM OSD task to take away this interaction would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, I have an issue with my schools proxy settings on a few laptops and it's proving to be a real headache. This post will hopefully be able to generate a few ideas and bring me closer to the root of the issue. To remotely install some bits of software I need my proxy to be ON... Ok, here are the details: 3 x Laptops HP 250 G1 (x86)with Ralink wireless driver, Windows 7 Professional Browsing the internet does not work with the proxy ON. Browsing the internet does work with the proxy OFF. The proxy address and port number are 100% correct and working on nearly every laptop. I can ping any website and proxy server/default gateway I have tried... (with no luck) Removing Wireless networks Resetting the adapter Uninstalling the driver Static IP Non-Static IP IPConfig (Release, Renew, Flush DNS) NetShell - netsh int ip reset Removing from the domain REBUILDING the laptop Removing wireless profiles from registry Here's the kicker... this happened yesterday and I had to give up in the end. The member of staff then took the laptop home an connected to her Wi-Fi as normal. When she brought it back in the next day and reconnected to the sites Wi-Fi, all was working once again. But its happened again today with another member of staff. Can you guys think of anything else I might be able to try? Many thanks.