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WLC Default Syslog Settings

scot.bell1 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:56:14 GMT

WLC Default Syslog Settings - Do APs Broadcast syslog messages if no Syslog server configured on controller ?

By using the below CLI

Rasika Nayanajith — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:54:01 GMT

By using the below CLI command you can configure a syslog server IP for all your APs. This is the way to stop AP broadcasting syslog msgs

(WLC)> config ap syslog host global x.x.x.x

HTH

Rasika

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Thank you Rasika,

scot.bell1 — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:40:03 GMT

Thank you Rasika,

My problem I don't have a Syslog server that can handle all the traffic from the APs.

Are you suggesting setting an Address even if it is not a syslog server so at least the APs send to unicast on that address and stop broadcasting ?

For VLANs with lots of APS,

mohanak — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:28:20 GMT

For VLANs with lots of APS, if there are broadcast traffic generating syslog alerts from the AP, as the APs will be generating syslog to a broadcast destination, this can generate a increase in the total broadcast traffic level on the VLAN. The syslog function is very useful for troubleshooting APs which have not joined controller, but for normal operation is better to have it pointing to a unicast server address.

Yes, even if you put some

Rasika Nayanajith — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 05:45:27 GMT

Yes, even if you put some dummy IP address AP will send syslog to that adress & your network will drop it.

HTH

Rasika

Rasika is right... In all of

Scott Fella — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:22:06 GMT

Rasika is right... In all of my deployments, if there is no syslog server in the network, I have used a dummy IP address with the command Rasika mentions.

-Scott

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