Juniper SRX Cluster (Active / Standby)
Jan17

Juniper SRX Cluster (Active / Standby)

SRX Cluster KB ID 0000990 Problem I’ve had very little exposure to JUNOS and Juniper equipment, and later in the year I have to deploy some for a client in a failover cluster. So I had a good look round on the Internet, and found loads of good blog posts and KB articles like this one. The problem is they are all geared to setting up a cluster, they ASSUME you then know about security zones, how to add default routes, and setup...

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Juniper SRX – Setting the Default Static Route
Nov17

Juniper SRX – Setting the Default Static Route

KB ID 0001008  Problem It takes me seconds to do this on an ASA, on every occasion I’ve had to do the same on a Juniper firewall I’ve had to research how to do it again. Here I’m setting up the ‘default’ route to the Internet, but the syntax is the same for setting up any static route. Solution 1. Connect to the firewall either by console cable or via SSH, go to CLI mode then configuration mode....

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Manually Configuring HP Wireless (MSM 720 controller) for Public and Private Wireless Networks
Nov17

Manually Configuring HP Wireless (MSM 720 controller) for Public and Private Wireless Networks

KB ID 0000833  Problem In the following procedure I’ll configure the following; HP 5412zl Switch. Cisco ASA 5510 Firewall. HP MSM720 Controller. HP MSM460 and MSM317 Access Points. If you are configuring an MSM765zl or MSM775zl use the following article first. HP MSM765zl and 775zl – Initial Setup and Routing Assumptions Private SSID will be on the normal corporate LAN (In this case 172.16.254.0/24). Public SSID will get...

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HP MSM Controller – Access Points Stuck ‘Waiting Acceptance’
Nov17

HP MSM Controller – Access Points Stuck ‘Waiting Acceptance’

KB ID 0000868  Problem When viewing the Controller > Controlled APs, You may see some of them stuck with a ‘Waiting Acceptance’ status. Solution This happens because the Access Point can contact the controller, (otherwise you wouldn’t even see it). But the controller cant get traffic back to the access point, to update its firmware, or to synchronize it. The root cause of this is usually because this access point is on...

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HP MSM765zl and 775zl – Initial Setup and Routing
Nov17

HP MSM765zl and 775zl – Initial Setup and Routing

KB ID 0000917  Problem The MSM 765zl and 775zl, unlike the rest of the HP MSM controller series, do not have any physical Ethernet ports on them. So before you can get to its web management interface, you need to be able to give it an IP address, and then the controller needs to be able to find a route back to where you are, assuming you are not on a flat unrouted/single VLAN. Obviously if you are directly connected to the same...

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