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External DHCP on WLC 5508 on both remote site (flexconnect) and local AP's

khan300 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 07:25:51 GMT

Dear Experts,

I will be implementing the design as per the attached diagram. The two sites are around 500 meters apart and are connected through an access port ( not trunk). They cannot be put in trunk as the client will not allow us to.They are routed through EIGRP. Please refer to the diagram attached.

I thought of doing internal DHCP for both remote AP's (flexconnect) and local AP's but I read that internal DHCP servers are not supported when using HA AP SSO on the wlc 5508. Since I'll be using that, there is no point using internal DHCP's.

Now since I'm new to external DHCP connected to controllers, can you please advise me where and how to put the external dhcp's with their respective vlans for both flexconnect site(vlan 235) and local site (vlan203)? Please refer to the diagram to have a clear picture.

Also what configuration will I need to do on the WLC Controller GUI.

You help and assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Please do not hesitate to ask questions for clarification.

On the WLC interface that the

Scott Fella — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:51:41 GMT

On the WLC interface that the users will be placed on for local mode, there is a spot to confiure the primary and secondary dhcp servers. On the remote site, you would use ip helpers on the subnet that wireless clients will be placed on, just like your wired side. You can disable dhcp proxy on the wlc and use ip helpers also, which I normally would define anyways. Look at it this way... you define it the same as the wired side:)

Currently there is no dhcp

khan300 — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:03:09 GMT

Currently there is no dhcp server. Where should I put the dhcp server? In the acess switches ? What commands will I have to put there apart from dhcp pool and default gateway. Regards Rookie

As per my understanding since

khan300 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:38:59 GMT

As per my understanding since we dont have a dhcp server, we can make one on the access switch connecting to the core switch. The core being connected to the WLC. Whats the role of option 42 and 60 ? do i have to put it in the access switch ? and how to get the hex values? Thanks

ip dhcp pool my pool

network 10.1.1.0 /24

default-gateway 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0

option 43

option 60

You should have a DHCP server

Scott Fella — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:48:37 GMT

You should have a DHCP server... what about the wired devices on your network?

Well my client doesnt have a

khan300 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:51:38 GMT

Well my client doesnt have a dhcp server, all static IP's. Whats the best bet if he doesnt have a dhcp server ? make it on the switch connected to the AP ?

The only switch that can be a

Scott Fella — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:51:41 GMT

The only switch that can be a dhcp server is the switch that has your svi's/layer 3 interface. This would be your core switch. Option 43/60 is for access point to discover the WLC. This is not required for dhcp for wireless clients. Option 60 is optional and doesn't need to be required. If your looking at using option 43 for access points, then look at this guide:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless-mobility/wireless-lan-wlan/97066-dhcp-option-43.html

ok great so ill make a dhcp

khan300 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:57:43 GMT

ok great so ill make a dhcp server on the switch without the option 43 and 60 since all the clients will be wirelessly connected to the AP. So basically the AP will be connected to the access switch as an access port and will be trunk to the core switch which will have the SVI's. The core will be connected to the WLC.

AP's should get the ip address form the pool defined. Also on the WLC gui side, should i make an interface with the vlan defined for the AP with the default gateway of the SVI on the core right ?

What about for the AP's

khan300 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:57:17 GMT

What about for the AP's connected to the remote site via flexconnect? the DHCP server will be on the remote site with the SVI's ? which will then be routed accross the vlan to the WLAN.

is the WLAN(s) locally

Ali Aqrabawi — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:34:58 GMT

is the WLAN(s) locally switched or centraly switched ?

--locally switched: the client will brodcast the DHCP messages on the local network and obatin ip address from the local DHCP server (wiether it a server or configured on an interface of switch/router) as any other wired client.

--centrally switched: the clients DHCP messages will be forworded to the WLC , and the WLC will forwad these DHCP messages to the DHCP server (configured on the WLC interface as scott mentioned), will also to disable the DHCP proxy on that interface.

--also you can have a locally switch WLAN and the DHCP messages of the client will be forwarded to the WLC , by enabling the "flexconnect central DHCP processing on the WLAN "

I have not configured the

khan300 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:44:38 GMT

I have not configured the WLAN yet as first I wanna design a good configuration solution.

As shown in the diagram, the WLC's are in Network A and the clients will be in vlan 203. The remote clients will be in Vlan 235 in Network B. I will configure a dhcp server for vlan 203 on the core switch in network A. And i will configure another dhcp server for vlan 235 in Network B.

I haven't configured the WLC as of now, but wanna make sure before i go there and implement it. On the remote site will the configuration be any different than the one on vlan 203 as far as dhcp configuration on the switch is concerned ? what about the WLC WLAN for the two vlans?

thanks

sorry but i did not get your

Ali Aqrabawi — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 21:56:49 GMT

sorry but i did not get your question , can you repet it with more details ?

sorry about that, Ill try to

khan300 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 22:22:06 GMT

sorry about that, Ill try to explain step by step what i want to achieve.

I will have 2 diff networks on which I will have my wireless clients. These 2 diff networks are connected together via access port and can ping each other by EIGRP routing.

In the first Network with Vlan 203, I want to make an External DHCP server, which I will make on the Core layer 3 Switch where my Vlan is defined.

For my second network with vlan 235, I also want to make an external DHCP server for that vlan 235. The second network has a Core switch where the vlan 235 is defined.

Both WLC's are located in the First Network. The second Network has no WLC.

My questions are:

For the vlan 235 (flexconnect) How should i define the DHCP server? What will be the default-router for it ?

For a better clearer picture you can refer to the diagram.

ok i understand it now,

Ali Aqrabawi — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 23:26:52 GMT

ok i understand it now,

simply as you have two VLAN then you will have two interfaces on the WLC , each interface will be configured with DHCP ip server, this in case the WLAN(s) are centrally switched.

if the WLAN(s) are locally switched , then the clients in vlan 235 will get thier ips from the DHCP pool like any other wired device in that network.

Ok as far as the physical

khan300 — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:09:06 GMT

Ok as far as the physical connectivity is concerned, the Core switch in the Network A vlan 203 will be connected to the 2 WLC on port 1 and 2.

The Network B vlan 235 will be connected via fiber to Network A's Core switch.

Now for the WLAN interfaces configured in the WLC, one interface will be defined for Remote vlan 235 and the other for vlan 203. The DHCP server defined on the WLAN will be the SVI ip address of the vlans right ?

Correct me where I'm wrong. both in physical connection or Controller WLAN.

Thank you

The remote sites should get

khan300 — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:15:43 GMT

The remote sites should get the ip address from the dhcp pool vlan 235 defined on the core switch on the remote site, which will then communicate with the WLC ( which is in a different network connected accross an access port)

yeah you are totaly right.

Ali Aqrabawi — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:53:27 GMT

yeah you are totaly right.

so i define the WLAN

khan300 — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:02:28 GMT

so i define the WLAN interface in the WLC. give it a name, port number 1 ( which is the same as management port).

Vlan Identifier ( 203 for one wlan and 235 for the remote wlan).

Ip address of the Wlan and netmask.

Gateway ( this should be IP address of the specific managment SVI defined on the core right ?, Management vlan is vlan 200 and the WLC's are also in the 200 vlan )

Primary DHCP Server ( This should be the IP address of the vlan 203 or 235 depending which WLAN being used?)

Sorry for being a complete newbie 😄

you right, the gateway ip

Ali Aqrabawi — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:48:03 GMT

you right,

the gateway ip address on the interface(of the remote site clients) should be the gateway ip of the clients in 235 .

Meaning I should define in

khan300 — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:12:19 GMT

Meaning I should define in WLAN the default gateway to be the Managament vlans IP address in Network B ?