Fast falling out with Cisco :(
I’m not posting here to rant but it’ll sound like that anyway so here goes….
I’m after a simple nicety. A public certificate for web-authentication on a Cisco anchor controller. It shouldn’t be rocket science and yet first of all, the address I chose – 192.0.2.1 (as opposed to the poorly chosen 1.1.1.1 in Cisco documentation) is unable to be signed by Public CA’s thanks to restrictions in policy set through IANA – apparently this address can only be used in documentation.
This address is for a “virtual” interface that is never actually routed onto a real network, it’s more of a capture mechanism within the controller itself for things like DHCP and Web Authentication/Redirection.
So I have gone for the next best thing – an RFC1918 address in the 192.168.x.x space. Got it signed by a Public CA – I even managed to bind the chained, signed cert with the private key through OpenSSL (version 0.9.8 according to Cisco’s instructions – the fact I have to use a version this specific is a worry in itself) and uploaded successfully to the wireless controller – reloaded the box and this should have been it.
So why does my controller persist in telling me on wireless device(s) that the website I am connected to, does not match my certificate? ….over to you Cisco… I await your reply. Though to date my experience of trying to do guest wireless in a best practice way is being met by a rather problematic platform. I remember the day when Cisco stuff just worked – you could rely on the fact that the code on the box was design for the purpose you chose. My doubts increase with each passing day.
I’m not saying Cisco should be a Pariah, just that I am increasingly having to lean on TAC to get things done. It’s becoming more of an uphill struggle to do some of the simplest things.
Is it me? Am I becoming more of an idiot with technology?
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Latest Quake to hit Wellington!!
Reference Number 3620927
Universal Time December 3 2011 at 6:19
NZ Daylight Time Saturday, December 3 2011 at 7:19 pm
Latitude, Longitude 41.35°S, 174.29°E
Focal Depth 60 km
Richter magnitude 5.7
Region Marlborough
Location
30 km east of Picton
30 km north-east of Blenheim
40 km west of Wellington
This is the most powerful jolt I have felt in the last four years of being here, it was enough to knock a few ornament over, and also one of our vases which I managed to catch before it hit the ground – FUN!! Exciting!! I’m off for another stiff drink now…. ;p
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Happy Halloween…..
< ... Insert creepy meniacal laughter here, echooing away ...>
Don’t know why but I am pretty much over Halloween, most of the folks in town celebrated it over the weekend, whilst the appartment fridge-freezer hung on for dear life after having what I can only describe as a choronary; luckily we have fantastic landlords who promptly went in search of a replacement which arrived this morning. So all is well with the world once more 
Lucky also for use we live in a secure apartment so shouldn’t have to deal with random kids (or adults) knocking the door and trick-or-treating….
In other news? It’ll be Kiwicon 5 this weekend, and knowing 2 of the speakers personally I’ll definately be there. All in all it’s sizing up to be one heck of a conference – just have to make sure I remember which queue to join when I get there….
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Hey! It’s Friday :)
Thought I would get in early with my posting today. I’ve decided to join a “kinship” on lord of the Rings online – something I told myself long ago I would never do. However with the upcoming ‘Rise of Isengard’ expansion I am rethinking my approach slightly – I have plumped for the Aeon Knights, they have a well presented website and look likley to be a good fit socially.
In other news… the sun – it shines!!
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Week seems to be flying by….
I’ll be glad once tomorrow is over, long weekend!!!! Labour Day on Monday 24th October yuss!
Although doesn’t come without it’s price, I’ll be working late again tonight helping our voice boys (sorry – “men” ….’cough’) out with some changes. I’m all too glad to help as long as the pizza is decent :p
In other news I feel like I am finally winning the battle with my current lurg. So perhaps I will be able to actually enjoy this weekend – provided there is some good weather too? I also read that Richard Branson is about from my Google+ presence – probably for the Rugby final on Sunday, but nice to see him showing an interest in Christchurch! Now I wonder if he’ll be tempted to invest in the new look rebuild?
Well…I best be off, have routers and switches to break (reconfigure in a controlled fashion lol)…laterz…
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