PowerMac G5 Wireless Solutions

My roomate just got wireless internet.I bought a linksys wireless adapter with no luck. My mac doesn't recognize the network connection. I can't seem to find any drivers at the manufacturers site; or anywhere else. And I can't find and other adapters with mac drivers. Except for running an ethernet cable directly from the router, (which my roomate didn't appriciate my stringing a 50ft cable through the house) I don't know what to do.

If your Mac has an Airport Extreme card you should be able to access the network.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=393 BD37&nplm=M8881LL%2FA

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Enterprise wide wireless solution

Hi All
I got task to design enterprise wide wireless solution for my client. There are 50+ offices from 20-600 users. Offices are mostly connected as a hub and spoke by MPLS or VPN IPsec. Most of the office will have one or more WLC but some will have AP (H-REAP) only. User should be able to roam everywhere. Certificate must be deployed (EAP-TLS) on client and server. I’m not sure how to deploy Radius. Just primary and secondary centrally located or somehow distributed. Any suggestion re this whole scenario will be appreciated
Thank you

I agree with Stephen/Steve's post. Get someone to do the design, pre-installation survey, implementation and post-implementation survey. There are alot of things that can go wrong and there are misconceptions that need to be ironed out. For example:
There are 50+ offices from 20-600 users.
Ok. There's no biggie with the statement above. But it will not "gell" with the statement below:
User should be able to roam everywhere.
Alot of executives believe (incorrectly) that WLAN roaming and mobile/cell phone roaming are synonymous. This perception needs to be taken with caution.
You have 50+ offices. Ok, I get this. Now unless you are going to tell me that the "open space" between each offices will be covered with your WLAN then there's no such thing as "roaming". You will get the feeling of "roaming" when you are, for example, in an office with wall-to-wall wireless and you walk from one end of the building to the opposite end and you are still continuously on the wireless. This is possible because your client was able to continuously connect to the same WLAN and the WLAN handed your client from one WAP to another.

What wireless solutions does the video pod support?

For a future webcast, I have a need to shoot a demonstration of chest x-ray equipment, suturing methods, and other "allied health" related procedures. A simple webcam is not enough. I have been looking at wireless camera technologies, and there are myriads (e.g., JVC's line of wifi camcorders). But what type of wireless solution does Adobe Connect (version 9) support for the video pod? Or what type of workaround? And how? I need to find specifications in order to purchase the right products to do the job.
I so appreciate your help in finding the right solution.
Glen Gummess,
Instructional Designer
University of St. Francis
Joliet, IL

No, that was the question I wanted to ask. I've been hoping that some(one, how, where) would know of a solution that I envision as a portable webcam that sends video, wirelessly, to a type of base station that would connect to a computer with a USB hub. Alas, there may not be such a species but I can hope. Logitech came close with the Mac and iOS supported "Broadcaster".
You're probably right about using the Connect mobile app and a smart phone, and I have been pondering the same solution. But this would involve equipment my university does not control, and students whom I would, in all candor, not want to rely upon. But before I close this with yours as the correct answer I'm hoping that someone out there may have the "epiphany" I'm looking for.
Thanks, though; I value your opinion.
Glen

WIreless solution with WDS/Active Directory/mutiple ssid

I'm in a project where the mail goal is to implement a wireless solution for our company.
I will try to explain our dimention.
We want two kinds of wireless solutions based on the same AP, secure and unsecure.
The unsecure is a "guest" net for Internet-access. We want a solution where the users have to contact our reseption to be given a username/password to access this network (same kind you find in airports, some hotels and so on). It has to be able to give a permanent access, access by the hour/day. Username/password can be random, but don't have to be.
The secure is a "work" net for our company computer services. We want the wireless network to be encrypted (a good standard) and the computer itself has to have some kind of certificate. We also want the user to authenticate itself using Microsoft Active Directory.
These two wireless networks should have their own SSID with different security levels. Both of them should support WDS.
Can somebody give me some information on which equipment we need, what kind of server services needes and so on.
The solution has to be robust, but of course the cost aspect is hanging over us as a ghost... ;-)
Regards
Eirik

Guest solution and secured wireless solution is very much possible with Cisco Unified wireless solution. The document available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk722/tk809/technologies_configuration_example09186a008070ba8f.shtml explains how to setup guest and internal WLAN in a network. This should help.

Getting existing wireless solution working with Windows 7 client

A bit new to this so need some help
I have been asked to do some innovation around an existing operational wireless solution.
Setup is;
1. Wireless client - running Juniper Odyssey client. This authenticates user on logon to Windows using username / SecurID token / pin. Configuration via WAP / TKIP
2. Cisco Aironet Wireless Access Point
3. Cisco 4402 Wireless LAN controller
4. Cisco ACS v4.1 - configured as RADIUS server with connection to external RSA Authentication Manager 6.1
As part of a transformation programme I have been asked to investigate whether this existing wireless infrsatructure will work with Windows 7 as the client operating system. Also to look whether the wireless functions in Windows 7 will allow the Odyssey client to be removed.
I am unsure what client if any I need to install on the Windows 7 client in order to try and get this working. Do I need the VPN client from Cisco, the RSA EAP client or will Win 7 allow me to do this.
Any help appreciated.

I am still struggling with this concept of suplicants
I have tried to set this up with the wireless capabilities in Windows 7 to no avail. I see that Windows 7 only supports certin EAP types - how can I find out what my EAP type is on the ACS server?

Need Help on Cisco Wireless Solution!

Hello Netpros!
I have some issues that probably most of wireless implementers faced after implementing a wireless solution. This is an actual feedback from the customer and These issues can be broken down to the following:
1. The wireless Network is slow! (wireless performance)
The customer has Airtight in placed and airtight reports that users are mostly connected to the wireless network on 2 mbps speed. Users also says that their network experience using wireless are slow compared to wired network.
My question is what reports or guides that cisco wireless cotroller system or WLC can shows that proves the network is working as it is intended. Any guides on how to improve the user experience? Any guide from Cisco IT?
During these slowness, what reports from WCS or WLC that can best shows the problems and helps us implementers to mitigate the problem?
2. Baseline Wireless Performance.
When asked about a baseline performance of wireless network, what reports from the WCS or WLC that can show this and what is the acceptable or baseline values?
3. Is there a general guideline on how to use WCS or WLC reporting tools to troubleshoot a wireless performance issue? What reports to see? and how to translate that to say to the customer that the wireless network is under performing?
The main reasons i am asking these questions is because i cannot find any useful documents in cisco that guides the wireless implementers on how to use the reports generated by WCS or WLC when it concerns the performance of the wireless.
Most of the reports WCS generate that relates to the performance normally rounds up the AP performance, channel, noise, but how to translate that to user concerns is another matter.
Perhaps these issues are partly due to user expectations or maybe the wireless setup need to be tweaked or even might requires a spectrum analyzer to pinpoint interferences.
In either cases, I hope netpros can help direct me to good documentation albeit from cisco or other sources that can best outline wireless performance reporting using cisco wcs and wlc.
Background information:
The wireless network setup has one WCS, one location appliance, 4 WLCs and around 150 to 200 APs, most running Local and some running HREAP. Most of the issues concerns the local type APs.
Thanking all in advance!
maldin

Yup,
thats what we told the customer and even showed them the wlc/wcs reports.
Unfortunately, these customers are lacking in wireless knowledge and they want a streamlined, documented steps to generate the reports and also to help them understand in laymen terms.
At the moment we are formulating a holistic approach to the customer to get them understand wireless first, get them to have a policy and enforce and then drill down to management, reporting and troubleshooting.
The thing is, the wireless is always working fine, but sometimes so it happens some bigshots unable to connect to the wireless network in meeting rooms or somewhere and the become jumpy and pointing fingers.
So the IT manager wants to reduces the finger pointing by having the WLC/WCS to produce reports to them.

Meraki vs Cisco Wireless Solutions

Can anybody out there share any information on company called Meraki? We currently have a Cisco wireless solution but our administration has suddenly been looking into Meraki as a replacement. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks...

I actually have both product sets running- our main campus network has over 3,000 APs (Cisco) and we have a 6-month old Meraki installation on our London campus with 35 MR16 APs. While our lightwieght Cisco deployment has been mostly fine on the client-facing side of life, we have had a lot of angst with controllers (we've been in the game since 2006 on LWAPP/CAPWAP, with hundreds of Aeronet fat APs prior) and various code versions through the years. I also follow the industry pretty closely as an IT writer, and so have watched the likes of Aerohive get more interesting (also controllerless) and architectures like Motorola's WiNG 5 greatly de-emphasize the controller. Personally, I've become a lot more open-minded about the cloud and cynical about the expense and grief of controllers. But it's far from black and white- there is no "this is clearly better than that", especially when you've got a wild mix of client devices that just want the network to work and could care less whose label is on the AP.
Bake-offs have validity, but more so (to me) on the "how easy is it to administer" perspective than "will it work for clients?" front. Both our Meraki and Cisco environments nicely serve our clients in dense environments- if they didn't, they wouldn't stay in business. The interference detection and reporting is somewhat overmarketed (again, my opinion) as often interference sources are fleeting and you can't possibly react to every one. Meraki has provided a lot of for things like rate limiting, firewalling, a great guest portal (I can't speak favorably of Cisco's guest portal at all, and BlueSocket has the absolute best I've seen yet) that our Cisco controllers don't do without help from outside boxes- but if you already have those boxes you may not care. I do take Cisco to task on really clunky debug in the CAPWAP world, and there are often gaps between what you can do with WCS/NCS and what you have to do on the controllers directly. The point? Again, it's just not black and white.
For me, I would certainly go with Meraki again for deployments up to a certain size- like a few hundred APs- as one who is living the Meraki life currently and cringes at the price controllers fetch. It does flawless with 802.1x and has a pretty robust feature set in it (not sure why someone above is saying it doesn't)- if you need it. I've had zero problems since putting Meraki in where as I can't wait to get rid of my WiSMs in favor of 5508s (but really wish cisco would provide a VM-based controller like Bluesocket does), but both products have warts at times on the UI. Things I've griped about Meraki was quick to address or put on the short road map, Cisco not so much but eventually they resond to enough grousing. (Yes- my opinion only)
Enough rambling- I'd say visit customers that have both, and don't discount either until you do. Cisco has market share, Meraki is part of the interesting new guard that dares to do things differently. They both work, but you have to find what's right for you.

Mobile wireless solutions

Hi all.
Is this a place for questions about mobile wireless solutions like cdma pdsn, home agent, etc?
I'm particularly interested in differences between 12.3 and 12.4 branches of cdma pdsn software.

Hope the following link will give details
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk722/tk721/tk488/tsd_technology_support_sub-protocol_home.html

Help with wired/wireless solution

Ok.. I just purchased a G5 2.7 .. my old Mac is an iMac G4 1.25.
Both computer are in the same room, and I need both to have internet access.
Based on what I've read in the forums, it would be better to have a wired internet connection for speed, but I have an Airport Card and Airport Express I can use.
I would like to have have the G5 wired, as this would be my main computer, and perhaps use the Airport Card and Express for the iMac.
I don't know if this is a good solution, or if there is an easier way to have both computers with internet access. I don't know how to use both the wired and wireless combo as my DSL box only has one Ethernet connection.
I'd rather not have to spend more money on a router, being I just purchased the Airport Card/Express. Speed and security is the most important issue, especially for the new G5. I won't be using the iMac that often, so speed is not a big issue for it.
Any thoughts, comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please keep in mind that I'm not a techie in anyway.. so any help in simple terms would be great

Glad to hear it is working for you.
The reason you may not be seeing any bandwidth difference may be due to what you are measuring. If you are measuring bandwidth of your DSL connection, that is how fast each computer can upload and download to the Internet, you shouldn't see any difference. This is because your internet connection speed is relatively slow (probably somewhere between 340 kbps and 3 mbps), compared to the available bandwidth of a wired Ethernet connection (can be 100 or 1000 Mbps) or wireless ( 54 mbps). With those kind of numbers, you should see no difference in testing bandwidth of your Internet connection from either computer.
Where you would see a difference is if you were measuring how fast your computers could transfer a file between each other. If they were connected by wired Ethernet, the larger available bandwidth of the connection would make file transfer much faster then the speed seen if they were connected via wireless.
Just a note. All the figures I used for Ethernet and Wireless are theoretical maximums, and currently no equipment will actually reach those speeds, but they are easier to use to illustrate a point then trying to adjust the numbers for overhead and performance issues.
Tom N.

Ask the Expert: Cisco BYOD Wireless Solution: ISE and WLC Integration

With Jacob Ideji, Richard Hamby and Raphael Ohaemenyi
Welcome to the Cisco Support Community Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to learn and ask questions about the new Identity Solutions Engine (ISE) and Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) hardware/software, integration, features, specifications, client details, or just questions about Cisco's Bring-your-own device (BYOD) solution with cisco Experts Richard Hamby, Jacob Ideji, and Raphael Ohaemenyi. The interest in BYOD (Bring You Own Device) solutions in the enterprise has grown exponentially as guests and company users increasingly desire to use personal devices to access . Cisco BYOD enhances user experience and productivity while providing security, ease-of-administration, and performance. The heart of the Cisco wireless BYOD solution is Identity Solutions Engine (ISE) utilizing the Cisco Unified Wireless portfolio. Starting with ISE v1.1.1MR and WLC (Wireless LAN Controller) code v7.2.110.0 and higher, end-to-end wireless BYOD integration is reality.
Jacob Ideji is the technical team lead in the Cisco authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) security team in Richardson, Texas. During his four years of experience at Cisco he has worked with Cisco VPN products, Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) Appliance, Cisco Secure Access Control Server, and Dot1x technology as well as the current Cisco Identity Services Engine. He has a total of more than 12 years experience in the networking industry. Ideji holds CCNA, CCNP, CCSP, CCDA, CCDP, and CISM certifications from Cisco plus other industry certifications.
Richard Hamby works on the Cisco BYOD Plan, Design, Implement (PDI) Help Desk for Borderless Networks, where he is the subject matter expert on wireless, supporting partners in the deployment of Cisco Unified Wireless and Identity Services Engine solutions. Prior to his current position, Hamby was a customer support engineer with the Cisco Technical Assistance Center for 3 years on the authentication, authorization, accounting (AAA) and wireless technology teams.
Raphael Ohaemenyi Raphael Ohaemenyi is a customer support engineer with the authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) team in the Technical Assistance Center in Richardson, Texas, where he supports Cisco customers in identity management technologies. His areas of expertise include Cisco Access Control Server, Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) Appliance, Cisco Identity Services Engine, and IEEE 802.1X technologies. He has been at Cisco for more than 2 years and has worked in the networking industry for 8 years. He holds CCNP, CCDP, and CCSP certification.
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Jacob, Richard and Raphael might not be able to answer each question due to the volume expected during this event. Remember that you can continue the conversation on the wireless mobility sub community forum shortly after the event. This event lasts through Oct 5th, 2012. Visit this forum often to view responses to your questions and the questions of other community members.

OOPS !!
I will repost the whole messaqge with the correct external URL's:
In general, the Trustsec design and deployment guides address the specific support for the various features of the 'whole' Cisco TS (and other security) solution frameworks. And then a drill-down (usually the proper links are embedded) to the specifc feature, and then that feature on a given device. TS 2.1 defines the use of ISE or ACS5 as the policy server, and confiugration examples for the platforms will include and refer to them.
TrustSec Home Page
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns1051/index.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns170/ns896/ns1051/product_bulletin_c25-712066.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps5712/ps11637/ps11195/at_a_glance_c45-654884.pdf
I find this page very helpful as a top-level start to what features and capabilities exist per device:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns170/ns896/ns1051/trustsec_matrix.html
The TS 2.1 Design Guides
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns414/ns742/ns744/landing_DesignZone_TrustSec.html
DesignZone has some updated docs as well
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns982/networking_solutions_program_home.html#~bng
As the SGT functionality (at this point) is really more of a router/LAN/client solution, the most detailed information will be in the IOS TS guides like :
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/6_x/nx-os/security/configuration/guide/b_Cisco_Nexus_7000_NX-OS_Security_Configuration_Guide__Release_6.x.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/sec_usr_cts/configuration/xe-3s/asr1000/sec-usr-cts-xe-3s-asr1000-book.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/trustsec/configuration/guide/trustsec.html

CISCO WIRELESS SOLUTION

Dear Expert,
I want to give solution to one of my cutomers. But I am new to cisco wireless. I am listing products below. Will this fulfill requirement
I have one more doubt, can I able to upgrade AIR-AP1262N-N-K9 to LWAP and can be able to connect this AP to WLC (AIR-WLC4402-12-K9)?
It is urgent Kindly suggest.
AIR-AP1262N-N-K9
802.11a/g/n Standalone AP; Ext Ant; N Reg Domain
AIR-ANT2422DW-R
2.4 GHz 2.2 dBi Swivel Dipole Antenna White, RP-TNC
AIR-ANT5135DW-R
5 GHz 3.5 dBi Swivel Dipole Antenna White, RP-TNC
AIR-AP-BRACKET-2
1040/1140/1260/3500 Universal Mounting Bracket
AIR-AP-T-RAIL-R
Ceiling Grid Clip for Aironet APs - Recessed Mount (Default)
S126W7K9-12425JA
Cisco 1260 Series IOS WIRELESS LAN
CON-SNT-AP1262N
SMARTNET 8X5XNBD 802.11a/g/n Standalone AP; Ext Ant
Product Code
Description
AIR-WLC4402-12-K9
4400 Series WLAN Controller for up to 12 Lightweight APs
AIR-PWR-CORD-AP
AIR Line Cord Asia Pacific (APAC)
SWLC4400K9-60
Cisco Unified WLAN Controller SW Release 6.0 - MD
SWLC4400K9-60-ER
WLAN Controller Emergency SW for 4400 - ED
CON-SNT-WC440212
SMARTNET 8X5XNBD 4402-12 WLAN Controller
Product Code
Description
POE-180X=
802.3af PoE Module, 80W Power Supply and Cable
CAB-AC2E
AC Power cord Europe
GLC-SX-MM-RGD=
1000Mbps Multi-Mode Rugged SFP

I have one more doubt, can I able to upgrade AIR-AP1262N-N-K9 to LWAP and can be able to connect this AP to WLC (AIR-WLC4402-12-K9)?
WLC 4400 is end-of-sale since December 2010. Your only choice is the WLC 5508 with corresponding license. Your software should be 7.0.98.0 or newer.
CON-SNT-AP1262N
Cisco Lifetime Warranty
    POE-180X=
What is this for???
GLC-SX-MM-RGD=Again, what is this for??? What switch are you plugging this into?

2003 PowerMac G5 Wireless

Hi,
I have a 2003 Powermac G5, and while exploring inside it, it appears to have a wireless card plugged into the mobo (top left, under the fan/speaker combo), then an antenna lead going to the back of the machine.
Nothing is detected by the OS. Do I have to hook up something to the rear port for this to work?
Thanks!

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Make sure it is installed correctly.
Though the card should be recognized without, an antenna is necessary to use it.
http://www.amazon.com/G5-AirPort-External-Antenna-1000200/dp/B002C57X92/ref=pd_b xgy_e_text_y

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I have an old PowerMac G4 (gigabit ethernet) with a blown ethernet port.
Need to get in on wireless 811G network.
Tried a LinkSys PCI adaptor and it did not work.
Thanks,

Want real airport speed, and not some PCI ethernet device? Get the Belkin F5D7001 with the Broadcomm chipset. The card will work as if you had an airport extreme inside your machine. Actually, this is a G+ based card.

T1 Router connection to remote network - Wireless Solution please?

Can someone please provide me with advice on how to setup a network across multiple buildings using wireless technology. We are a non-profit organization that deals with rehabilitating your most unwanted troubled teens. Our campus consists of multiple "cottages" and little office buildings. We have a T1 connection to the internet that is housed out our main office building. We would like to connect the training facility which is 100 ft away from the office building that houses our Cisco T1 Router without having to lay cable. The training facility is already network via a network hub. The main office building is also networked via a Cisco 24 port switch - is there a way we can connect the two networks without using cable? We were looking into the new 802.11a wireless technology to bridge the two networks together.
Please provide your comments and suggestions.
Thank you.

I have done what you wanted many times. I run connections all over town. My longest connection is soon to be from the top of the tallest building in town, 635 ft, to the top of a tower (300 ft) across town. This connection will be over 15 miles. I also provide the internet connection for the county. They have 2 radios to give them up to 20Mbits of bandwidth when they need to burst that high.
Anyway, what you want to do is simple. Use a BR-352 with 128 bit WEP. Although Cisco equipment is secure, the Bridge mode (versus the Access point mode) allows for one more level of security (the bridges run under a Cisco protocol and the hackers running around with Netstumbler typically do not have a $1500 bridge to do their war driving). If you want to ability to connect with laptops (while you roam in the general area) and desktops, you will need to put your bridge in access point mode (note that this is still secure).
Since your application is building to building, you will probably need 50-150 feet of cable (unless you put the radio in a weather protected box next to the antenna). You can kill your system if you do not do this right. You want your radio as close to the antenna as possible. You need to use LMR-400 for short runs or LMR-600 for longer runs (I use LMR-600 or large cable for all of my runs, and stopped using LMR-400 all together). The LMR-XXX waveguide has loss. You MUST MINIMIZE loss. You can add an amplifier if the situation dictates, but you must still minimize loss. You want to use directional antennas when possible. You want the highest gain antennas you can find (the more directional, the more gain i.e. a 6 degree beam width grid antenna has more gain then a 30 degree beam width yagi). I do not use Cisco antennas. The selection is not good.
Basic configuration:
Radio BR-352 Bridge (Always get and use 128 bit WEP encryption)
to
Adapter to jumper from Cisco RTNC (Reverse TNC) connector to a standard N-Type connector
To
Lightning arrestor
To
LMR-600 waveguide
To
Antenna
Add an amplifier if necessary
Special Tools and Parts:
LMR-600 crimping tool
LMR-600 N-male ends
Waterproofing (you get water in your cable and you might as well throw it away and it is tough to trouble shoot too)
Grounding Kit for LMR-600 (you ground your cable just before it enters the building
Cat-5e
Other Misc tools and supplies
If you have any questions, please fell free to email me.
Mike Wrobel
Bridges Communications, L.L.C.
[email protected]

10.1.5 wireless solution

What's the best way to get wireless working on an imac G3 with OS 10.1.5 ? i got a USB device but their OS requierments started at 10.3 It's an old monster I know...coming soon I hope the nu book. In the meanwhile any advice is welcome.

The best way is to pick up an Apple AirPort card.
Only if the iMac has an AirPort slot. Some iMac G3 models do not have a slot for an AirPort card and cannot have an AirPort card installed; specifically, these are all tray-loading iMac G3s and the slot-loading 350MHz Indigo configuration. In this case, an Ethernet bridge such as this one can be used. If the iMac G3 does have an AirPort slot, an AirPort Card Adapter is also required to use an AirPort card.
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