Instant On - Wireless

I'd like to make a feature request to make logging available for end users on Aruba InstantOn APs. When troubleshooting client disconnects, trying to figure out why iPhones disconnected and take a while to reconnect, it is really annoying that there is zero logging available on these access points. Anything else in the price range (< $/€ 200 each), and even on my previous Asus home router and a current Fritz!Box DSL router/AP combo, you can go to the device web page and check the logs for hints and issues.

This helps in deciding if it is a coverage issue, so more APs needed, or something else like incompatibility or non working 802.11k/r/v. Especially in clients with few diagnostics tools like Apple mobile devices and tablets you need to pull the information from the AP.

I'm not saying that Aruba ION needs to have the same features as Unifi and Omada controllers, you have a differently priced product line for that, but a bit more than just a very simple connected client list with no history would be nice.

In its current state, I can't recommend Aruba ION to anything larger than residential / home office, even small businesses often asks for help with wifi range and speed issues if you have more than 1 AP per site. Do I need to move them further apart, closer, or add more? It's an easy question if you have logging like on this Mikrotik thread, with lines for clients disconnected / reconnected and last signal strength in dBm and also if it was handed off gracefully between APs.

At least I didn't deploy 100 of them before noticing this missing feature like KyoungHoon wrote previously on this site... That would be bad.

I totally agree with you, this is needed.

I'd like to make a feature request to make logging available for end users on Aruba InstantOn APs. When troubleshooting client disconnects, trying to figure out why iPhones disconnected and take a while to reconnect, it is really annoying that there is zero logging available on these access points. Anything else in the price range (< $/€ 200 each), and even on my previous Asus home router and a current Fritz!Box DSL router/AP combo, you can go to the device web page and check the logs for hints and issues.

This helps in deciding if it is a coverage issue, so more APs needed, or something else like incompatibility or non working 802.11k/r/v. Especially in clients with few diagnostics tools like Apple mobile devices and tablets you need to pull the information from the AP.

I'm not saying that Aruba ION needs to have the same features as Unifi and Omada controllers, you have a differently priced product line for that, but a bit more than just a very simple connected client list with no history would be nice.

In its current state, I can't recommend Aruba ION to anything larger than residential / home office, even small businesses often asks for help with wifi range and speed issues if you have more than 1 AP per site. Do I need to move them further apart, closer, or add more? It's an easy question if you have logging like on this Mikrotik thread, with lines for clients disconnected / reconnected and last signal strength in dBm and also if it was handed off gracefully between APs.

At least I didn't deploy 100 of them before noticing this missing feature like KyoungHoon wrote previously on this site... That would be bad.

I'd like to make a feature request to make logging available for end users on Aruba InstantOn APs. When troubleshooting client disconnects, trying to figure out why iPhones disconnected and take a while to reconnect, it is really annoying that there is zero logging available on these access points. Anything else in the price range (< $/€ 200 each), and even on my previous Asus home router and a current Fritz!Box DSL router/AP combo, you can go to the device web page and check the logs for hints and issues.

This helps in deciding if it is a coverage issue, so more APs needed, or something else like incompatibility or non working 802.11k/r/v. Especially in clients with few diagnostics tools like Apple mobile devices and tablets you need to pull the information from the AP.

I'm not saying that Aruba ION needs to have the same features as Unifi and Omada controllers, you have a differently priced product line for that, but a bit more than just a very simple connected client list with no history would be nice.

In its current state, I can't recommend Aruba ION to anything larger than residential / home office, even small businesses often asks for help with wifi range and speed issues if you have more than 1 AP per site. Do I need to move them further apart, closer, or add more? It's an easy question if you have logging like on this Mikrotik thread, with lines for clients disconnected / reconnected and last signal strength in dBm and also if it was handed off gracefully between APs.

At least I didn't deploy 100 of them before noticing this missing feature like KyoungHoon wrote previously on this site... That would be bad.

I'd like to make a feature request to make logging available for end users on Aruba InstantOn APs. When troubleshooting client disconnects, trying to figure out why iPhones disconnected and take a while to reconnect, it is really annoying that there is zero logging available on these access points. Anything else in the price range (< $/€ 200 each), and even on my previous Asus home router and a current Fritz!Box DSL router/AP combo, you can go to the device web page and check the logs for hints and issues.

This helps in deciding if it is a coverage issue, so more APs needed, or something else like incompatibility or non working 802.11k/r/v. Especially in clients with few diagnostics tools like Apple mobile devices and tablets you need to pull the information from the AP.

I'm not saying that Aruba ION needs to have the same features as Unifi and Omada controllers, you have a differently priced product line for that, but a bit more than just a very simple connected client list with no history would be nice.

In its current state, I can't recommend Aruba ION to anything larger than residential / home office, even small businesses often asks for help with wifi range and speed issues if you have more than 1 AP per site. Do I need to move them further apart, closer, or add more? It's an easy question if you have logging like on this Mikrotik thread, with lines for clients disconnected / reconnected and last signal strength in dBm and also if it was handed off gracefully between APs.

At least I didn't deploy 100 of them before noticing this missing feature like KyoungHoon wrote previously on this site... That would be bad.

I'd like to make a feature request to make logging available for end users on Aruba InstantOn APs. When troubleshooting client disconnects, trying to figure out why iPhones disconnected and take a while to reconnect, it is really annoying that there is zero logging available on these access points. Anything else in the price range (< $/€ 200 each), and even on my previous Asus home router and a current Fritz!Box DSL router/AP combo, you can go to the device web page and check the logs for hints and issues.

This helps in deciding if it is a coverage issue, so more APs needed, or something else like incompatibility or non working 802.11k/r/v. Especially in clients with few diagnostics tools like Apple mobile devices and tablets you need to pull the information from the AP.

I'm not saying that Aruba ION needs to have the same features as Unifi and Omada controllers, you have a differently priced product line for that, but a bit more than just a very simple connected client list with no history would be nice.

In its current state, I can't recommend Aruba ION to anything larger than residential / home office, even small businesses often asks for help with wifi range and speed issues if you have more than 1 AP per site. Do I need to move them further apart, closer, or add more? It's an easy question if you have logging like on this Mikrotik thread, with lines for clients disconnected / reconnected and last signal strength in dBm and also if it was handed off gracefully between APs.

At least I didn't deploy 100 of them before noticing this missing feature like KyoungHoon wrote previously on this site... That would be bad.