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## User
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- **User:** Howard Enos (howard)
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- **Machine:** Howard-Home
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- **Role:** tech
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# Cascades — CSC ENT device-island consolidation plan + live client inventory
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## Session Summary
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Picked up the Cascades voice-quality thread after Richard Turner (Vertical/Poly) replied that
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Poly handsets cannot be statically pinned to a band; Poly recommends a dedicated 5 GHz SSID for
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the phones (or disabling band steering on a shared SSID). Verified the live UniFi config via the
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`unifi-wifi` skill / UOS Mongo: the voice phones ride a PPSK voice key on the shared `CSCNet`
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SSID (2.4+5 GHz), band steering (`no2ghz_oui`) is already ON across CSCNet/CSC ENT/Guest, and it
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is not holding the Poly OUI on 5 GHz. Conclusion: the durable fix is a dedicated 5 GHz network,
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not toggling steering.
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Pulled the Helpany context from Howard's mailbox (June 19 forward from John Trozzi + the March
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install thread). Key findings: the Helpany "Paul" devices are radar fall/motion sensors
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(Sedimentum backend, no camera/mic — not "IR cameras"), are WPA2-only (no WPA3/hybrid), were
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deliberately placed on the `CSC ENT` SSID (key `Ftfd85710#`) as Mike's WPA2 island, carry
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negligible bandwidth (<0.04 Mbps/device, ~1.35 Mbps fleet peak), and Helpany can remotely
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transition them to a dedicated 5 GHz SSID if given SSID+password. Both vendors converged on the
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same fix.
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Designed and documented the consolidation: repurpose CSC ENT as a 5 GHz-only WPA2 PPSK device
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island carrying both the Poly phones (PPSK key -> VLAN 30) and the Helpany Pauls (PPSK key ->
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new VLAN 40), separated at the VLAN layer; Pauls keep their SSID+key (not reprogrammed, only
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band-moved); CSC ENT is NOT deleted (that would orphan the Pauls). Wrote the plan to
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`docs/network/csc-ent-device-island-plan.md`, folded it into `docs/REMAINING-WORK-PLAN.md`
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Workstream 6 + the onsite batch, and updated the wiki + `docs/network/wifi.md`.
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Ran a live client pull (UOS `stat/sta`, site `va6iba3v`) to find who is actually on CSC ENT
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before any change: 149 associated clients, only 68 Helpany Pauls. The other ~79 must be evacuated
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first (14 staff PCs, 11 printers, 11 DIRECTV resident TVs, 11 resident IoT/TVs, 15 personal
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phones/tablets, 17 unknown/randomized). ~51 are on 2.4 GHz and would drop on a 5 GHz-only flip.
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Built `docs/network/csc-ent-client-inventory-2026-06-24.md`, then re-cut the data into grouped
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form (Cascades/facility vs resident vs unknown, with room guesses where derivable) and DM'd the
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grouped list to Howard in Discord. Identified DESKTOP-ROK7VNM as Susan Hicks's machine
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(`CASCADES\Susan.Hicks`).
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## Key Decisions
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- Repurpose CSC ENT as the permanent 5 GHz-only WPA2 device island rather than build a new SSID:
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the Pauls are already on CSC ENT, so they are not reprogrammed (Helpany only band-moves them);
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reuse avoids an extra beaconing SSID on a dense 77-AP site.
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- One SSID via PPSK with per-key VLANs (phones -> VLAN 30, Helpany -> new VLAN 40) rather than two
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separate SSIDs — minimizes beacon airtime while keeping voice QoS + HIPAA L2 isolation.
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- Keep CSC ENT WPA2-only forever (Helpany hard requirement); this is the prerequisite that later
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lets CSCNet move to WPA3/WiFi7/6 GHz — but that step is gated by the ~230 resident 2.4-only/WPA2
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IoT clients on CSCNet, not by the voice/sensor gear (separate project).
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- Do NOT flip CSC ENT to 5 GHz-only until the ~79 non-Helpany clients are evacuated; 51 clients on
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2.4 GHz would drop instantly.
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- Treat resident devices (DIRECTV/Ring/Echo/TVs/phones) as the visible-impact group requiring an
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onsite door-to-door reconnection plan (senior population will not self-serve).
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- Room mapping must come from the AP-name map (Cascades APs are named by room/area), not IP — all
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CSC ENT clients are in the flat 192.168.2.x/3.x AP pool, not per-room VLANs.
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## Problems Encountered
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- UOS controller login throttle: rapid successive `/api/auth/login` calls (categorizer + retry
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loop) tripped HTTP 403 lockout that persisted across later attempts. Resolved by stopping the
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re-auth attempts and working from the first successful `stat/sta` pull. Logged as friction via
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`log-skill-error.sh --friction`. Lesson: reuse one session / save the JSON, do not re-login per
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query. The AP-name map + `stat/alluser` pulls are deferred until the lockout clears.
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- Offline transcription of the captured client list summed to 147 vs the live 149 (2 dropped in
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hand-transcription); category proportions unaffected. Authoritative count is 149 from the live
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pull.
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- Mailbox/web lookup mismatch: helpany.com markets "PAUL" radar (no cameras), while Howard
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described "IR cameras." Reconciled via the March install email — they are radar sensors; the
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"IR camera" label is colloquial. Flagged in docs.
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## Configuration Changes
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Created:
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- `clients/cascades-tucson/docs/network/csc-ent-device-island-plan.md` — full consolidation design,
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vendor constraints, VLAN 40 spec, execution sequence (incl. evacuation prerequisite), WPA3 future.
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- `clients/cascades-tucson/docs/network/csc-ent-client-inventory-2026-06-24.md` — per-device CSC ENT
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inventory (149), resident "help-reconnect" list, staff/printer/Helpany breakdown.
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Modified:
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- `clients/cascades-tucson/docs/REMAINING-WORK-PLAN.md` — Workstream 6 rewritten to lead with the
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CSC ENT consolidation + evacuation prerequisite; onsite batch now includes per-room 5 GHz
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coverage verification.
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- `wiki/clients/cascades-tucson.md` — voice "actual fix" bullet updated (Richard reply), added the
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`[PLAN 2026-06-24]` consolidation bullet + a Helpany vendor/hardware entry.
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- `clients/cascades-tucson/docs/network/wifi.md` — CSC ENT SSID row (repurpose + do-not-delete);
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Issue #5 (band steering) corrected.
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- `errorlog.md` — friction entry for the login-throttle.
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## Credentials & Secrets
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- `CSC ENT` / `CSCNet` WPA2 key: `Ftfd85710#` — surfaced in the March Helpany install thread. Already
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vaulted as the CSCNet password (`clients/cascades-tucson/wifi-cscnet.sops.yaml`, `credentials`
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block). CSC ENT shares the same key. A dedicated `clients/cascades-tucson/wifi-csc-ent` entry was
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offered but not yet created (the secret value is already captured).
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- Read-only UOS controller admin used for live pulls: vault `infrastructure/uos-server-network-api`.
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## Infrastructure & Servers
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- UOS UniFi controller: `172.16.3.29:11443` (HTTPS), site short `va6iba3v` / site_id
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`685f39068e65331c46ef6dd2`. Mongo read via `.claude/scripts/uos-mongo.sh` (vault
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`infrastructure/uos-server-ssh-key`).
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- Cascades WLANs (wlanconf): CSCNet `685f39078e65331c46ef7ee5` (PPSK, 2g+5g, WPA2, no2ghz_oui ON,
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bss_transition ON); CSC ENT `685f39078e65331c46ef7ee4` (single PSK, 2g+5g, WPA2, no2ghz_oui ON);
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Guest `685f39078e65331c46ef7ee6` (2g/5g/6g); `element-5b32...` `685f39078e65331c46ef7ee3`
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(unnamed, investigate).
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- Helpany/Sedimentum egress (for VLAN 40): `*.sedimentum.com` on 5671 AMQPS, 8883 MQTT, 8030 HTTP,
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443 HTTPS; plus snapcraft.io / api.snapcraft.io / public.apps.ubuntu.com / fastly.cdn.snapcraft.io
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on 443.
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- Live SSID client counts (2026-06-24): CSCNet 434, CSC ENT 149, Guest 21.
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- CSC ENT breakdown: Helpany Paul 68 (42 on 5 GHz, 26 on 2.4), Staff PC 14, Printer 11, DIRECTV 11,
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Resident IoT/TV 11, Personal phone/tab 15, Unknown/randomized 17. ~51 on 2.4 GHz total.
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## Commands & Outputs
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- Live WLAN config: `echo 'db.wlanconf.find({site_id:"685f39068e65331c46ef6dd2"},{...}).forEach(...)'
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| bash .claude/scripts/uos-mongo.sh`
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- Live clients per SSID + CSC ENT detail: custom curl login to
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`https://172.16.3.29:11443/api/auth/login` then `GET /proxy/network/api/s/va6iba3v/stat/sta`,
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grouped by `essid` in Python. JSON saved to scratchpad `sta.json`.
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- Mailbox search: `/mailbox` skill (ComputerGuru Mailbox app `1873b1b0`) — search `"helpany"`, read
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the June 19 forward (`...AAG6nFrbAAA=`) + March install thread (`...AAGDNhycAAA=`).
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- Discord: grouped list DM'd to howard via `bash .claude/scripts/discord-dm.sh howard` (2 messages).
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- Friction log: `bash .claude/scripts/log-skill-error.sh "unifi-wifi/live-stats" "rapid successive
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controller logins -> HTTP 403 lockout..." --friction`.
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## Pending / Incomplete Tasks
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- Controller login-throttled; once clear, pull: (1) `stat/device` AP-name map -> attach real
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room/area to all 149 CSC ENT clients; (2) `stat/alluser` -> add offline resident TVs/boxes
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(true count > 149).
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- Identify the 17 unknown/randomized devices + the generic iPhone/iPad/Samsung BYOD (DHCP lease
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names + onsite pass / John Trozzi for the named phones Espe, Sepopo).
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- Reconcile the 68 Helpany serials against Helpany's install QA/placement forms (their room map).
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- Build the resident-device reconnection sub-plan (target network + who reconnects what; door-to-door
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worksheet).
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- Decide PPSK-on-one-SSID (recommended) vs two SSIDs; confirm VLAN 40 free (and whether VLAN 10
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"CSC Internal Network" is an orphan to reclaim).
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- Coordinate the change window with Vertical (Richard) + Helpany (Sandro/Eugenie); verify per-room
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5 GHz coverage onsite before any band flip.
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- Optional: create dedicated `clients/cascades-tucson/wifi-csc-ent` vault entry; draft the two
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vendor coordination emails.
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- Update REMAINING-WORK-PLAN Workstream 2 to mark Susan Hicks's machine (DESKTOP-ROK7VNM) pinned.
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## Reference Information
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- Plan: `clients/cascades-tucson/docs/network/csc-ent-device-island-plan.md`
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- Inventory: `clients/cascades-tucson/docs/network/csc-ent-client-inventory-2026-06-24.md`
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- Prior voice work: `docs/network/2026-06-19-vertical-5ghz-lock-request.md`,
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`docs/network/voice-vlan-cutover.md`, `reports/2026-06-18-voice-quality-diagnostic.md`.
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- Vendors: Richard Turner <RTurner@vertical.com> (Poly/Vertical); Sandro Cilurzo
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<sandro.cilurzo@helpany.com>, Eugenie Nicoud <eugenie.nicoud@helpany.com> (Helpany); John Trozzi
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<john.trozzi@cascadestucson.com> (facility liaison).
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- DESKTOP-ROK7VNM = `CASCADES\Susan.Hicks`.
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