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  • Wireless Mesh with Aruba Instant APs

    This is a short demo guide (23 pages) for demonstrating the new mesh enhancements in Instant 8.4 versions. We now can have much better control over the mesh cluster operation and selection. Here are the new enhancements that will be demonstrated. Read more

  • WiFi Uplink feature with Instant 8.5

    This is a short demo guide (18 pages) for demonstrating WiFi uplink feature on Instant 11ac APs. Now with Instant version 8.5 we have it.In this guide I’ll demonstrate this feature in two scenarios, one using a WiFi uplink to a WiFi hotspot and the other using WiFi uplink to connect to an existing Instant… Read more

  • Instant AP VPN Solution

    This is a short design and configuration guide (31 pages) to setup IPSEC VPN between Aruba Instant APs (IAP) and Aruba VPN concentrator (VPNC). The main aim here is to show case two of the most common forwarding modes namely Centralised L2 and Distributed L3. We’ll use an SSID in Centralised L2 mode while using… Read more

  • Aruba InstantOS Time based Service

    This is a short tech note for configuring Time Based Services, with Instant 8.6.xInstant APs back in 6.4.x days supported enabling or disabling a SSID for clients at a particular time of the day.Starting with the 8.4.x version you can now use a time range profile for user roles. This can be particularly useful to… Read more

  • Aruba InstantOS and LACP

    Here in this short technote that demonstrates the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) features for the Aruba APs that have more than one Ethernet ports. IAPs support LACP which is based on IEEE802.3ad standard. This is used to balance traffic over aggregate ports. 2.1 Switch Configuration We’ll start with the Aruba 2930F switch configuration. Aruba-2930F-Lab#… Read more