I am excited to share that I now work for Cisco! I am not yet sure how (or if) this will affect the content of my blog in the future. However, it is important for me to clarify that all things written prior to this post were written from the perspective of a non-Cisco employee […]
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Cisco Catalyst CW916x Access Points – The Choice is Yours
The Cisco Catalyst CW9166, CW9164 and CW9162 Wi-Fi 6E Access Points feature the ability to be managed either in the Meraki cloud, or with a Catalyst 9800 Wireless LAN Controller. Many of us have wanted this feature for a decade! Each of the ”CW” access-points are convertible between the two modes, which allows you to […]
Quick Start Guide to Cisco Live
Planning on attending your first Cisco Live? Or are you a Cisco Live veteran, but perhaps feeling a bit out of practice after the 2-year break from in-person events? Akin to my Cisco Live Survival Guide post, I hope this guide helps streamline the process leading up to Cisco Live. If you are looking for […]
The Cisco Catalyst 9136 Access Point
The Catalyst 9136 is Cisco’s latest addition to the Catalyst 9100 AP line up, and is their first AP with Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz) capability. This is the big brother to the 9130, in pretty much every way. The Cisco Champions program allowed me to test the 9136, and I was pleasantly surprised when I first […]
Building a Catalyst 9800-CL Lab with an Intel NUC
This guide is intended to walk you through the process of installing VMware ESXi on an Intel NUC, so that you can install multiple Cisco Catalyst 9800-CL Virtual Machines for Lab/Training/Testing use. The Intel NUC is a fantastic platform to install the Catalyst 9800-CL because of the very small form factor, silent operation, multiple connectivity […]
Deploying and Configuring the Cisco Catalyst 9800-CL in VMware – a Detailed Guide
The intent of this post is to get your Catalyst 9800-CL online with a trunked network interface. I will be writing another post to cover configuring WLANs, go over the new configuration model, and best practices. First off, don’t let the length of this post scare you. I promise it really is simple if you […]
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Series: 802.11ax APs to be excited about
The Catalyst 9100 platform is Cisco’s entry into the 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6 Access Point realm. The platform currently includes 3 Access Point models of varying capabilities, which I will discuss below. The Elephant in the Room Catalyst? Why Catalyst? What happened to Aironet? In a word, marketing. However, the more I hear the reasoning behind the […]
Rolling AP Upgrades with Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.3
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.3 was released on November 22, 2017, and this new version brings a few notable feature improvements. The feature I’m most excited about is called “Rolling AP Upgrade.” Rolling AP Upgrade allows you to select groups of access points to upgrade in succession, while leaving other access points online, to serve clients […]
Cisco Identity PSK – What is it, and how is it configured?
With WLC Code v8.5, Cisco has introduced a new feature called Identity PSK, also referred to as iPSK. This post is intended to explain the purpose and benefits of iPSK, as well as show you how to configure the WLC, and ISE for iPSK functionality. What is Identity PSK? Traditionally, on a WLAN that is […]