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How add/delete an AP from wism

Faisal Shabbir — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 07:33:50 GMT

Hello,

i have 2 wism on each 6500 series box, i got t my network pre configured . last week one of the AP started malfunctioing anyways it was under smartcare support so i got replacement from cisco now i want to delete the old AP and add this new one

could anyone tell me what are the steps to achive this ??

Hi,First you can enable AP

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 07:21:12 GMT

Hi,

First you can enable AP authorization list on the WLC:

Security > AP Policy then enabel the box Authorize MIC APs against auth-list or AAA.

And then add the mac address of each AP yu want to join. If any AP mac is not present in this list then AP will not join.

Hope it helps.

Regards

Thanx Sandeep for your reply

Faisal Shabbir — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 07:28:09 GMT

Thanx Sandeep for your reply right now this chk box is eabled

Accept Manufactured Installed Certificate (MIC)

now how AP will now that which controller it will connect as i said there are four wism in my network

Hi,The Layer 3 LWAPP WLC

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 08:57:08 GMT

Hi,

The Layer 3 LWAPP WLC discovery algorithm is used to build a controller list. After a controller list is built, the AP selects a WLC and attempts to join the WLC.

1.AP first look for primary and secondary configured WLC.

2.If primary and secondary in not aviolable then it will serach for master controller...
3.If master is also not avilabale then it looks for least loaded WLC.

If your AP is connected to diiferent WLC and you want to move that AP to different WLC then you must use AP failover functionality.

you must configure this:

Wireless > Access Points > All APs > Select AP > High Availability Configuration

Here assign the primary WLC IP(to which WLC you want to join).

More check here:

http://rscciew.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/ap-failover/

Regards

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Thanks again for brief reply

Faisal Shabbir — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:06:06 GMT

Thanks again for brief reply I am successfully able to add AP to desired WLC infract I used your procedure to add but instead of using your option I used Accept Manufactured Installed Certificate (MIC) option,

Now is there any way to delete the old AP which was faulty ?

Regards,

Faysal

Hi,This is mandatory to

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:32:25 GMT

Hi,

This is mandatory to accept : Accept Manufactured Installed Certificate (MIC) option,

But I am telling you to enable the box for Authorize MIC APs against auth-list or AAA.

Then add mac address for AP for you want top join to WLC. If AP mac address is not present in WLC then that AP will not join to this WLC.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/4400-series-wireless-lan-controllers/98848-lap-auth-uwn-config.html

Regards

without enabling your

Faisal Shabbir — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:35:44 GMT

without enabling your suggested option still i can see the ap staus is up and running its showing Admin Status enabled, operational status REG, up time,controller association time etc.

I know any AP will connect to

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:41:13 GMT

I know any AP will connect to this WLC because there is no AP auth list is there.

What I told you is to enable suggested option and add mac address of AP(only that AP you want join to wlc).

Dont add the mac of this Fault AP to wlc then WLC will not detect and join this AP.

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i am confused now why the AP

Faisal Shabbir — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:05:37 GMT

i am confused now why the AP will connect to this controller there are three other controllers as well ??

If you have enable the Mac

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:13:56 GMT

If you have enable the Mac filtering for AP auth and you did not enter the Mac of fault AP then it will not join to This WLC but it can join to other WLC in network .

Regards

why do i need to add faulty

Faisal Shabbir — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:16:43 GMT

why do i need to add faulty AP again ??? i guess we are heading to wrong direction

ohhh No.My suggestion is to

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:25:34 GMT

ohhh No.

My suggestion is to having AP auth list enabled with mac address of Access Point.

If any AP which dont have the mac address in this list will not join to this WLC.

Like AP 1 have the mac address in auth list then he will join to WLC1.

and AP2 dont have mac address in auth list the it will not join to WLC1.

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i rememebr i had done

Faisal Shabbir — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:29:03 GMT

i rememebr i had done something WLAN network was down for two days , i would be happy to leave the network as it is coz i am the only one who is managing, i strongly believe that if things are working fine dont try to be inoovative

If its the case then its ok.I

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:35:20 GMT

If its the case then its ok.

I was just suggesting to have more security while joing to AP.

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you are rite sandeep i have

Faisal Shabbir — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:38:36 GMT

you are rite sandeep i have aroud three hundread APs and 4 controllers its not easy for me to get the All APs , still i did not get the answer how that AP connected to my desired WLC since there are three more WLCs are in the network

hmmm :)Ok here is the process

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:50:47 GMT

hmmm 🙂

Ok here is the process:

The AP sends CAPWAP discovery messages to discover the controllers, and each controller responds with a CAPWAP discovery response message. After a list of potential controllers is built, the AP chooses to join one of the discovered controllers using the following order of preference:
1. Primary controller: The AP will associate first with its primary controller, assuming the AP has been primed.
2. Upon failing with the primary, the AP will try to register with its secondary and then its tertiary (if configured).
3. If no controller information is primed in the AP, or if the primary, secondary, and tertiary controllers cannot be reached,
the AP then looks for a master controller. The master controller is a feature you configure on a controller (from Controller > Advanced > Master Controller Mode ). Its purpose is precisely to offer a collection point for APs that cannot join their
primary, secondary, or tertiary controller.
4. Finally, if the AP cannot discover a primed controller or a master controller, the AP will select the least loaded from all controllers that have responded to the discovery. Least loaded is relative to the controller license. In that sense, a 2106
controller with 4 APs is more loaded than a WiSM with 30 APs.
5. If no controller can be discovered, the AP reboots and restarts the discovery process.

Hope thsi clarify.

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Thnaks for your brief reply.1

Faisal Shabbir — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:03:33 GMT

Thnaks for your brief reply.

1 there is no Master Controller Mode is enabled.

2- there is no pimary, secondary or tertiary is confgired. (not sure)

each controller has 65,66,67,65 APs connected repectively.

lets say if AP XX is connected to controller A can i forcefully move it to controller B or C??

Yes you can.By changing the

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:32:52 GMT

Yes you can.

By changing the primary and secondary controller config on specific AP.

Wireless > Access Points > All APs > Select AP > High Availability Configuration and put the ip and wlc name as primaty wlc to which you want to join AP.

More info here.

http://rscciew.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/ap-failover/

regards

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i have checked my 4

Faisal Shabbir — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:39:12 GMT

i have checked my 4 controllers and all APs have same config means some of them have primary A and secondary C controller and some of them have primary D and secondary E.

what i understand is whenever i will connect any new AP it will be connected to controller A and once its assciotaed than i can move it to another controller

am i right?

Yes you can move it.Just

Sandeep Choudhary — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:42:19 GMT

Yes you can move it.

Just configure the primary WLC ip(On which you want to move this AP) and name in High availbility section.

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