Category: Other stuff…
Provision Aruba AP via CLI
Below you will find the necessary commands to provision an Aruba access-point via CLI. The commands add the access-point to the AP whitelist and provision the AP in the correct ap-group. Adding the AP to the whitelist is necessary when using control-plane security. whitelist-db cpsec add mac-address “94:b4:0f:c4:7e:98” description “ap01” whitelist-db cpsec modify mac-address “94:b4:0f:c4:7e:98” … Read More
Sophos UTM – An unsupported mechanism
I got some strange issues / problems while testing a Sophos UTM appliance with 9.004-34 software. The Web Security feature is filtering requests and using client authentication. The proxy is using Standard Mode with Active Directory SSO authentication. I testing the proxy by changing the proxy settings on a Citrix server. Everything was working without … Read More
Aruba RAP in bridge mode with remote access
The Aruba Networks Remote Access Points is a nice feature for branch offices or home workers. I use a RAP5WN at home and I configured different SSID’s on the RAP. The SSID’s are in tunnel mode, split-tunnel mode or bridge mode. The bridge mode connections are for my home devices, like my girls iPad and … Read More
Cisco 888G with KPN 3G connection
Something I don’t see and don’t do very often is the configuration of a router including a 3G connection. So this blog post helps me during the process of configuring future connections. For todays configuration I am using the Dutch carrier KPN to establish the 3G connection. As hardware I am using a Cisco 888G … Read More
OpenSSL for testing TLS
I was looking for a way to test the TLS configuration of a secure mail server and stumbled across a website called “OpenSSL Command-Line HOWTO”. This websites explains how to test a TLS connection using OpenSSL. The s_client and s_server options provide a way to launch SSL-enabled command-line clients and servers. There are other examples … Read More
XenServer and Multicast with IGMP support
Today I tried to add a virtual Terminal Server within a XenServer to a NLB cluster. The current NLB cluster contained only physical servers. When adding the virtual server to the NLB cluster with the NLB manager, the server lost all IP communication. It isn’t possible to connect to or from the server. Together with … Read More