topic Re: OEAP in WLC 5520 is Disabled in Wireless

OEAP in WLC 5520 is Disabled

abc1235 — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:20:16 GMT

Hallo,

I am testing OEAP but the section where I am to enable it is greyed out. Does anyone have an idea why this is the case? Thanks.

Re: OEAP in WLC 5520 is Disabled

Mark Elsen — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:24:43 GMT

- Ref : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/technotes/8-1/5520-WLC-DG/b_Cisco-5520-WLC-deployment-guide.html

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AP Platform Support

The Cisco 5520 supports the following access point models:

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OEAP 600 Since the latter is old and the 1810 OEAP model is not mentioned in the list , this could be considered normal
M.

Re: OEAP in WLC 5520 is Disabled

abc1235 — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:48:29 GMT

Hallo @Mark Elsen. I see that. So OEAP isn't supported by all APs. I will try it with that OEAP AP. Thanks for point that out.

Re: OEAP in WLC 5520 is Disabled

Mark Elsen — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 10:10:12 GMT

>....I will try it with that OEAP AP.

- Ok, but for the 1810OEAP , you will apparently need another controller (as mentioned in first reply)

Re: OEAP in WLC 5520 is Disabled

Rich R — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:20:35 GMT

You haven't mentioned what AP model you're trying to configure or what version of software you're running on the 5520?
As per https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/8-10/config-guide/b_cg810/configuring_officeextend_access_points.html
"All the supported indoor AP models with integrated antenna can be configured as OEAP except the AP-700I, AP-700W, and AP802 series access points."

Re: OEAP in WLC 5520 is Disabled

abc1235 — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 07:41:41 GMT

Hallo @Rich R, you answered my question that caused this problem in another post. I had the native VLAN in the WLC enabled, which automatically disabled OfficeExtend AP. On disabling the Native Vlan, all the APs could be used as OEAP.

Re: OEAP in WLC 5520 is Disabled

Rich R — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:18:49 GMT

Glad we could help then @abc1235