Access Point Image Preload via the WLC CLI

George Stefanick has a great post outlining the ins and outs of how to get your APs to pre-download their software image so you can reboot them at your leisure. His post saved me a lot of legwork digging through the latest configuration guide for the steps necessary to enable this time saving feature (that was originally a bug!).

Thanks George for parsing this information out of the Cisco

Configuring a 3500 series Access Point as an OfficeExtend Access Point

There are a couple of great how-to guides for configuring Office Extend APs on the web. Once upon a time, documentation for the OfficeExtend feature was a rarity. Back then the only guidance was from this great post from Blake: Cisco OfficeExtend AP600. Now we have the config guide from Cisco: Aironet 600 Series OfficeExtend Access Point Configuration Guide

I used Blake's post about OfficeExtend

Public Speaking - Embrace the Fear

I don't get the opportunity to speak in public very often, but when I do have an opportunity come my way, I try to embrace the natural fear of public speaking and make a video recording of my presentation. There have been a couple of times where I've presented and I was so nervous, I forgot to hit the record button!


Making a video of the session allows me to see what I'm doing right or wrong,

Day One - Wireless Tech Field Day (work in progress)

The morning started off with a great Chanalyzer Pro demonstration by the great people at MetaGeek. Ryan Woodings & Trent Cutler were awesome at explaining the ins and outs of all aspects of the MetaGeek company origins and how to customize the Chanalyzer Pro application.  I had previous experience using the ChanalyzerPro application since Ryan was kind enough to send me a Wi-Spy dBx and I tested

HP E-Series Mobility Portfolio

HP has launched a new series of access points through a combined development effort with the HP/Colubris development teams.  The new access point model numbers are the E-MSM460, E-MSM466 and the E-MSM430.


HP's goal is to bring a 'single pane of glass' management capability to the wireless and wired networks through integrating the HP Mobility Manager 3.10 into the existing IMC solution.