This article is Part 6 in a 7-Part Series.
Cisco Meraki offers a free wireless AP to anyone who registers for a webinar about their products. I had given up on receiving my AP, but after a moan on Twitter, it arrived. I’ve been using it in the office for a few weeks for simple wireless access, and I’m pretty impressed by it. The management interface is pretty slick, and it would clearly solve a lot of problems for anyone dealing with a widely distributed network.
(Read more...)When implementing HP IMC UAM, you may need to redirect users to the IMC webserver, for device registration & configuration, and obtaining user 802.1x certificates. One method of doing this is to put users into an initial “Registration” VLAN, and configure an HP Comware device to redirect all web traffic. Here’s how to do it using HP’s VSR Virtual Router.
(Read more...)Network Engineers should be embracing the idea of automating away the drudgery of running a network. They should be looking for ways to ensure the network can dynamically change its operation to ensure optimal application performance. But it seems there will be a lot of resistance to this, and it won’t be technical: It will be cultural.
(Read more...)This article is Part 2 in a 12-Part Series.
Companies pay a lot of money for software support. But do they always get value for it, and do vendors sometimes prolong the “supported” life of a product simply to bank extra revenue? We should hold vendors to account, and demand better.
(Read more...)I was recently asked about how to start IMC on a Linux server. After the initial installation, the system had been restarted, and now IMC wasn’t running. How to start it again?
(Read more...)HP has announced that they will only provide firmware updates to customers with a valid warranty, Care Pack or support agreement. HP says:
(Read more...)Recently I posted some speculation about where HP is going with their Comware and ProCurve networking lines. But what about the wireless gear? Where’s that going? As before, I have no inside information on this, and I’m just speculating based upon public information: Do your own research and thinking before making major purchasing decisions.
(Read more...)HP acquired 3Com in 2009. This added a large range of routing, switching and wireless networking to HP - but they already had existing ProCurve wired and wireless hardware. Clearly there’s overlap, so what’s the future of HP Networking? Where do they go with hardware and software? Here’s some speculation on my part.
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