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It's More Than Just a Partner Conference

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I’m happy to announce that I will be attending the 2012 Aruba Partner Summit from March 19th to March 21st in Las Vegas. I’ve never attended an Aruba partner conference before, but the impression I get is that this will be more than just another partner conference.

When I think of a typical partner conference, I envision a few speeches from CEOs and founders, maybe a hand-off demo or two, and possibly some whiz-bang-hey-look-how-awesome-we-are case study reviews. Boring. This will not be the case at the Aruba Partner Summit; just take a look at the agenda. The summit will have quite a few sales and technical information sessions to help get people exposed to the entire solution line-up.

Personally, I’m looking forward to the following two sessions: 

  • Designing Wi-Fi Networks for High Density Environments
  • Overcoming Challenges in Outdoor Wireless

While these are the two sessions I’m looking forward to the most, I will be attending all of the technical sessions. I’ll try to post some updates during and after the summit to share what I can. Be sure to check back in a few weeks to get my thoughts on the summit and the future of wireless networking as Aruba sees it. 

Daniel

If you're interested in discussing any of the agenda items after the summit, please feel free to contact me. I'm always excited to sit and talk wireless with anyone who is interested in the technology.

Wireless UI Walkthroughs

Recently I created two wireless vendor UI walkthroughs and thought they would be worth sharing with the NCI crowd.

The first walkthrough is of the Meraki Systems Manager. This feature is built-in to the Meraki Enterprise Cloud Controller and offers a fairly extensive set of MDM features to Meraki customers at no extra cost.


The second walkthrough is of the Aruba Instant Virtual Controller UI. The Instant architecture does away with hardware controllers, feature licensing, and even simplifies the administrative experience.


I hope you find the videos interesting. As always, if you have any questions, or would like a live demonstration please do not hesitate to contact us.

Daniel

Bonus Marks: Did you spot the hidden surprise in one of the videos?

NCI's @SimplyWifi Attending Wireless Field Day 2

The time has come. Today, one of NCI's own will head to San Jose to attend the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium and then be a delegate at Wireless Field Day 2!

This promises to be an amazing event and we are thrilled to have one of our own attending. Just look at the schedule:

Wednesday, January 25 - Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium

This event will cover important topics such as: Mobile Devices & BYOD, Gigabit Wi-Fi, and Hotspot 2.0.

Thursday, January 26 to Friday, January 27 - Wireless Field Day 2

Two days of in-depth, technical presentations and discussions with many of the wireless industries most exciting vendors (in order of presentations): Aerohive, MetaGeek, Ekahua, Meraki, Aruba Networks, HP, and Ruckus Wireless.

This even will also be streamed live (see display below):

NCI looks forward to sharing all that we learn from this event with our current and future clients. Wireless networking is set to really explode in 2012 and we are proud to be right in the middle of it!

The NCI Blogging Robot

 

WPS Brute Force follow-up information

On January 1st we posted a little bit of information regarding the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) brute force vulnerability. As a follow-up, I have performed a bit more research and analysis on the vulnerability and the attack tools. Here is a list of resources you might want to check out for more information: 

No Strings Attached Podcast 

I was privileged enough to participate in the @NSAShow’s episode 2 podcast: Wi-Fi Protected Setup, Battered or Broken? I highly recommend giving the podcast a listen as it contains a lot of good information. I’d also like to thank the host @revolutionwifi and the other guest @matthewsgast for a fun and insightful 45 minutes. 

Simply Wi-Fi 

We’ve already shared my video demonstration of how a WPS brute force attack works. Since then, I’ve created another video, seen below, demonstrating the use of a tool that identifies vulnerable wireless routers. I’ve also taken some frame captures of an attack and provided an explanation of the frames at different stages of the attack. Sample frames have also been made available for anyone who wants to take a closer look in Wireshark.

 

United States Computer Response Team (US-Cert) 

Here is the original vulnerability note created on December 27, 2011. It details the basic purpose of WPS and describes the vulnerability. 

Dan C.

If you are aware of any additional resources, please share them in the comments section below.

Wireless Field Day 2

I was originally going to post this in January, but I just couldn’t wait any longer. From January 25th to 27th, I will be a delegate at Wireless Field Day 2 (WFD2) in San Jose, CA.

My day job focuses primarily on Aruba Networks and Meraki, but I have always made an effort to keep up-to-speed with what everyone else is doing in the wireless industry. WFD2 will be a tremendous opportunity to do so. Sponsoring vendors include:

If the opportunity to get all these vendors in the same room and have a pointed, no-BS discussion about wireless technology wasn’t enough, there’s more! Along with the vendors, there will also be a list of delegates that is nothing short amazing! So far, delegates include:

That’s a lot of wireless knowledge to cram into a single room. Seriously, my Wi-Q will increase just by hanging out with these people for a few days – awesome!

I’ll be tweeting and blogging during the entire event to help make sure that everyone gets to benefit from this amazing event. If you’re interested, you can also check out the official WFD2 channels.

Dan C.

Be sure to check back for more news on WFD2 as we get closer to the event date.

by Dan C. & Aniko