I occasionally have some suggestions for IOS and other OS for commands which I'm certain would be extremely popular, such as a "shut cycle 5" for interfaces which would power down the interface for 5 seconds, then bring it back up (handy for remote work on uplink ports); or a "copy start run in 10 erase-first" for remote work as well (basically, undo all my commands from this point forward in 10 minutes, in case I screw something up and lose access to my device) and by the way, a copy run start or write mem should cancel this scheduled copy. Where is the best place to suggest these things where there's a snowball's chance they'd be implemented? Thanks! Gary ... View more

CSCug73845 says it effectively doesn't work in 7.4.100.0 and doesn't show a fix till 8.x, but I've heard of people getting it to work.  Doesn't work for me.  Anyone?  I see exactly the symptom described, in 7.6.120.0. https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCug73845 Darn handy thing if it works. Thanks! Gary ... View more

I read that one must use the user/pass method of web auth to take advantage of the newer "sleeping client" functionality.  Certainly the same need for this function applies to Passthrough (acceptable use page submission) authentication as well, since iOS and other guest devices leave and come back to the network frequently in some environments, regardless of whether they are issued a username and password or not.   Any idea why Cisco omitted the passthrough method for this functionality?  Seems like it would be harder to code it out than in!   I would think it to be a database of MAC addresses with a timer that resets any time there's activity from it.  (Speaking of which, I'm really not sure why this feature has the "bytes" parameter... I suppose it could be useful, but most of the time "ANY" activity should do the trick...   I just want to keep a device authenticated all day, regardless if the user wanders off campus for lunch or if his device drops into a sleep state. ... View more

Greetings, I'm reading that if the WLC client detail shows rates m7 - m15, then it must be a 40Mhz wide channel (bonded 20's). However, I'm seeing those rates on 2.4 clients as well, which would be impossible, since those are not bonded.   I'm looking at a 4402 running 7.0.240.0. Is the 2.4 reading just buggy?  Different rules for 2.4 MCS?  Why doesn't Cisco simply show the Mbps like the client itself does rather than leaving us with this MCS mXX hieroglyph? :-) Thanks! Gary ... View more

Hi all, I'm running a supported NCS 1.0 virtual appliance installation which functions fine for most folks, but Lobby Ambassadors with Windows 7 and IE8 or IE9 end up seeing an odd version of the NCS home page with all the graphs, etc, rather than the normal very restrictive list of guest users.  Viewed with the same credentials with XP and IE7 or IE8, it's fine!  Does not matter whether or not Chrome Frame gets installed.  It's not as though the credentials are truly elevated, since the entire command bar is devoid of commands....it just doesn't show the list of guest users. Anyone else? Gary ... View more