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wcs

dkblee — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 02:25:27 GMT

hi! we r plaaning to deploy wcs in our environment. I would like to check whether WCS has the feature to monitor the APs connected to the WLCs? eg. If one of the AP is down....is there any indication in the console or msg/notification prompted to the users? any possibility to connect to smtp or sms gw through wcs? Thx

Re: wcs

Surendra BG — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:22:48 GMT

yes there is a option of receiving an email notification.. WCS can do even more than what you expect!! here is the config guide which u can just glance!!

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/wcs/7.0/configuration/guide/7_0ovr.html

Regards

Surendra

Re: wcs

dkblee — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:37:44 GMT

hi! Thx for the info...if one of the AP is down, can the nearby AP inject more power to cover the lost coverage?

Re: wcs

Surendra BG — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:54:35 GMT

This is a seperate feature.. i guess MESH design will do this... WCS is the management software whci runs on a server machine and used for managing and pushing templets to control the WLC by just one click..

Regards

Surendra

Re: wcs

Nicolas Darchis — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:21:27 GMT

Mesh is absolutely NOT related to this question.

If an AP goes down, the WLC will increase the power of nearby APs to fill the hole, yes. WLC will do that if nearby APs are not already at maximum power obviously,so that requires a dense enough coverage.

This algorithm is called "Coverage hole algorithm". When the WLC detects clients "stuck" at the edge of a coverage cell and not roaming, it increases the coverage of that AP to englobe the clients.

Hope this clarifies

Nicolas

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Re: wcs

Surendra BG — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:07:42 GMT

Thanks Nico!!