niclash – Networking and Strength

Root cert for DUR to OS-CX with NetEdit

March 17, 2022February 23, 2022 by niclash

For Downloadable User Roles (DUR) on Aruba OS-CX switches, you need to install the root cert for your HTTPS Server Certificate in ClearPass. In OS-CX this isn’t downloaded automatically as it was in AOS-S switches (the software on Arubas older switch models) and if you have many switches it could be cumbersome to SSH to … Read more

My setup

December 19, 2021 by niclash

I will cover my setup some more when I can find the time. At the moment I have two Aruba 2930F 8 ports switches, one Meraki 8 ports switch, two Aruba AP-515, an OpnSense Firewall running on old Checkpoint hardware and a smaller server running ESXi containing Home Assistant, Pi-Hole and a docker VM with … Read more

Ubuntu updates failes

December 19, 2021 by niclash

I have a server placed in a DC where I also have placed an Meraki MX64 which I got from the CMNA course. From my home I have a site-to-site VPN tunnel to the MX64 but because Meraki MX still doesn’t fully support IPv6 I can’t use IPv6 on that server. When I tried to … Read more

Aruba switch device-type

December 19, 2021October 20, 2021 by niclash

Long time no see! I never take the time to write my blog posts even I have a few different topics saved so I will try to make some short posts just to get things going. I have a few customers with different models of Aruba switches and on the models before OS-CX I always … Read more

Flashing SD card with Belena

February 19, 2021 by niclash

I wanted to update my WLAN Pi to the latest version so I downloaded version 2.0.1 and Belena Etcher. But I had “Flash Failed” two or three times so I searched and found out that you could open a console with CTRL + SHIFT + I in Belena to get more information what’s happening. And … Read more

Busy busy

February 18, 2021 by niclash

My blogging is going really good :). I had a vision that I would add a short blog post once a week at least but the last post i did was in October. I have a lot of posts that I wanna write I just need to take the time and to them. Hopefully I … Read more

Aruba OS-CX in Aruba Central

October 12, 2020October 11, 2020 by niclash

A week ago, 2/10, Aruba Central 2.5.2 was installed in cluster EU-1 and support for managing switches with OS-CX was added. We have waited for this so we could start to add one of our customers 6300M switches to Aruba Central to make it easier for Cygates Operations to manage them. In the start of … Read more

My goals

July 10, 2020July 9, 2020 by niclash

One of my goals at the moment is to take the Aruba Certified Mobility Expert (ACMX) certificate sometime this year. To pass the certificate I need to pass a written exam that consists of 60 questions with a passing score of 72%, as english isn’t my native language I have 2.5 hours on the exam … Read more

The start

July 9, 2020July 8, 2020 by niclash

This is the first post on this blogg and my first bloggpost ever. This blogg will probably mostly be about networking with focus on Wi-Fi and HPE – Aruba products. But as the title on the site says it could also be a few posts about strength training and in my case with a focus … Read more