topic Re: Unstable WGB on WLC in Wireless

Unstable WGB on WLC

DonavanFritz — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 05:17:29 GMT

Hi All,

I am currently seeing some stability problems with a 2504 WLC and a wireless bridge (Netgear WNCE2001 to be exact). The wireless bridge can connect to the network, but is very unstable. It will disconnect after 5 - 60 minutes of operation. Has anyone else seen issues like this?

I believe part of the issue is that the bridges, when associated, do not show up as a WGB according to the WLC.

Does anyone have a way to solve this issue? Or any WGBs that are known to work well in a controller based environment?

The WLC is running 7.0.220.0 and the APs are 1142s and 3502s.

Re: Unstable WGB on WLC

Scott Fella — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:31:51 GMT

On the WLAN SSID that the bridge connects to, make sure you have passive mode enabled.

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Unstable WGB on WLC

Saravanan Lakshmanan — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:58:28 GMT

3rd party wgb does not use iapp which is native to cisco wgb in this context. However 3rd party wgb is supported from 7.0.116.0 on specific WLCs.

Non-Cisco Workgroup Bridges

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/controller/7.0MR1/configuration/guide/cg_lwap.html#wp1906809

Also, add the wgb MAC address to mac filter on WLC.

Re: Unstable WGB on WLC

Scott Fella — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:19:43 GMT

Sorry this was a duplicate that sent last week that just got posted:)

On the SSID that the bridge is connecting to, make sure you have passive mode enables.

Thanks,

Scott Fella

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Unstable WGB on WLC

aharentimken — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:05:26 GMT

Scott

I am running 7.0.116 on a 4400 and I don't see the option for passive under the SSID. Will you please explain where that is located? Thank you.

Re: Unstable WGB on WLC

Scott Fella — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:25:52 GMT

Its under the advanced tab in the WLAN SSID. Here you go:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/controller/7.0/configuration/guide/c70wlan.html#wp1394794

Re: Unstable WGB on WLC

Saravanan Lakshmanan — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:28:23 GMT

#WLC 4400(all NPU based) platform doesn't support passive client on any code version.

#3rd party wgb support does work for major soho vendors in the market with certain WLC platorms(see below) as it is tested in cisco labs.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/controller/7.0MR1/configuration/guide/cg_lwap.html#wp1906809

Note

The Non-Cisco WGB feature is supported only on the 5508, 2500 and 2100 Controllers. NPU based platforms (4400/wism/3750w) do not support this feature.

#however, you could try adding the 3rd party wgb mac address to WLC's mac filter list and test with simple to robust security and see that works for you.

#while trying to connect the wgb get the debugt output. WLC>debug client

Unstable WGB on WLC

aharentimken — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:32:25 GMT

Thank you both for your help!!

Re: Unstable WGB on WLC

Scott Fella — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:49:28 GMT

Good catch Saravanan!

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