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  • Using Remote pcap with Aruba Instant APs

    You can enable remote packet capture in Aruba Instant APs like how you do it with Aruba controllers/gateways. First SSH to an Instant AP (IAP) and search for the Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) for access point using “show ap monitor status” command. BLDG-A-ATV1# show ap monitor statusAP Info——-key value— —–Uptime 190656AP Name BLDG-A-ATV1LMS IP… Read more

  • How to enable BLE Console for Aruba Instant APs

    Since most of the Aruba APs have inbuilt Bluetooth beacons, we could use it to have console access to the APs. For this you need Aruba utilities on Android devices or BLUConsole app on iOS devices, starting with Instant firmware version 8.6.X. Instant AP Configuration Here we are using AP-505H with instant firmware version 8.7.1.1… Read more

  • Aruba Instant and Multiple PSKs (MPSK) – Part 2

    This is a two-part technote in which we explore multiple PSKs (MPSK) for the same SSID. In the previous workflow when the users who want to register their devices for MPSK, had to login to ClearPass Guest then they would be prompted for a MAC address of their device that they want to register. This… Read more

  • Aruba Instant and Multiple PSKs (MPSK) – Part 1

    This is a two-part technote in which we explore multiple PSKs (MPSK) for the same SSID. In the first part we’ll cover the basic configuration and the main workflow in which Read more

  • Dual Wired Uplinks using Instant APs

    There are a number cases where you need to have two wired uplinks for the Instant Cluster. In this short technote we’ll explore how to set this up with Aruba IAPs. In particular I am using Netgear nighthawk which is Ethernet based 3G/4G uplink. In this scenario we are using AP-303H that has 3x Ethernet… Read more

  • Configuring segregated networks with Aruba Instant

    There are a number of cases for small deployments where you have an AP with multiple Ethernet interfaces and need to have complete segregation between two wirelesses SSIDs mapped to two separate network on separate switches.So in this technote we’ll explore how to set this up with Aruba IAPs. Read more