Best Practices and Limitations

Consider the best practices and limitations listed in this section before deploying AirGroup The application that allows the end users to register their personal mobile devices on a local network and define a group of friends or associates who are allowed to share them. AirGroup is primarily designed for colleges and other institutions. AirGroup uses zero configuration networking to allow Apple mobile devices, such as the AirPrint wireless printer service and the AirPlay mirroring service, to communicate over a complex access network topology.. The recommendations that are not specific to a deployment model, apply to both Mobility Master-Managed Device and stand-alone controller deployment model.

Apple iTunes Wi-Fi Synchronization and File Sharing

Firewall Configuration

Recommended Ports

AirGroup Services for Large Deployments

General AirGroup Limitations

Aruba does not recommend to enable the allowall service. Aruba recommends to enable only desired services. Aruba recommends to enable autoassociate ap-name in scaled EDU deployments for optimum performance. Aruba recommends to disallow all roles and VLANS Virtual Local Area Network. In computer networking, a single Layer 2 network may be partitioned to create multiple distinct broadcast domains, which are mutually isolated so that packets can only pass between them through one or more routers; such a domain is referred to as a Virtual Local Area Network, Virtual LAN, or VLAN. which are not intended to use AirGroup The application that allows the end users to register their personal mobile devices on a local network and define a group of friends or associates who are allowed to share them. AirGroup is primarily designed for colleges and other institutions. AirGroup uses zero configuration networking to allow Apple mobile devices, such as the AirPrint wireless printer service and the AirPlay mirroring service, to communicate over a complex access network topology..