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Reading Time: 17 minutes In the past, I saw a lot of guest workflows which either did a very overloaded username and password authentication to fully authenticate the guest or the simple “Just Accept the Ts and Cs”. The first one is very complex for the guest but gives you the option to see who is online and controls … Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutes For some testing, I need some Aruba SD-Branch gateways. Instead of using hardware gateways, which I do not have, I use a virtual gateway. You could run them in ESXi as well, but why not use EVE-NG for this. For instructions on how to install EVE-NG use the following link: EVE-NG in Azure For other … Read more
Reading Time: 6 minutes This is maybe an uncommon scenario but I was asked to write something about this topic. Let’s assume you have Aruba Wireless Gear but your switching stuff is not from Aruba. In this post, I will show how to configure Aruba Controllers or Aruba IAPs to provide Guest Access to wired users as well. I … Read more
Reading Time: 16 minutes This post is all about Aruba Downloadable User Roles and how to use them for wired and wireless access with dot1x and mac authentication. If you use Downloadable User Roles, you get a central point of configuration for all access-related configurations. ClearPass, which is used as the radius server, will have all the roles available. … Read more
Reading Time: 8 minutes For an urgent project, I was asked to set up a Remote Mesh, and actually, I was thinking it is an easy task as I had created mesh networks before. But Remote Mesh is a different beast and it took me more than three days to get this working. To help others with this kind … Read more
Reading Time: 8 minutes I discovered that EVE-NG supports a lot of Aruba Stuff and in this post, I will show how to get it running in EVE-NG. I did a first post on this with the topic on how to install EVE-NG in Azure here: https://www.flomain.de/2020/11/eve-ng-in-azure/(opens in a new tab) This was related to EVE-NG in Azure, the … Read more
Reading Time: 12 minutes This post is to show how Aruba VIA VPN with IKEv2 works. With IKEv2 we switch to a certificate-based authentication which makes it easier for users and more secure for the whole organization. In an older post here I did a basic setup with IKEv1 and username password. This new post will leverage IKEv2 and … Read more
Reading Time: 19 minutes Most organizations are moving to a network where all ports are authenticated. This could lead to problems when we try to connect an AP to a network port as AP authentication is more than just an accept. There are two types of AP that might be considered. First, the Campus AP, which needs to connect … Read more
Reading Time: 6 minutes After some time of absence, I’m back now, with a new lab in a new home. So I can build new cool stuff to test different and new setups. One part of the new LAB is SD-Branch and as I use my Synology Diskstation to backup this blog I need to create a rule to … Read more
Reading Time: 9 minutes I was asked on how to configure LACP for AP’s connected to a controller and I was not able to answer this question out of my mind so I decided to figure it out for myself. And as always, when I need to test something, I write a post about it. This is my post … Read more