topic Reset CAPWAP session on AP from controller in Wireless

Reset CAPWAP session on AP from controller

Wes Schochet — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:55:36 GMT

Hi All-

In the 9800 GUI Access Point configuration page, on the Advanced tab, there is a button to "Reset CAPWAP connection to AP without reboot". Is there a 9800 CLI command that will do this as well? I know I can do it from the AP CLI, but I am trying to figure out how to do this from the controller.

Thanks!

Re: Reset CAPWAP session on AP from controller

balaji.bandi — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:45:35 GMT

ap name <AP_NAME> reset capwap - It immediately terminates the current CAPWAP tunnel between the controller and the specific AP
clear ap config <AP_NAME> keep-ip-config - Clears AP-specific settings while preserving the static IP, effectively forcing a clean re-join

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/aironet-1200-series/99763-reset-lwappconfig-lap.html

Re: Reset CAPWAP session on AP from controller

Wes Schochet — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:21:31 GMT

Thanks!