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AP country code via DNA-Center

merilcerpos
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when provisioning WLAN APs via DNA-Center the country code is not set correctly. Is there an automation available to use the geolocation data information from the assigned site? for example AP is assigned to France, and when provisioning the AP to the WLC the country code of the AP is set to France via DNA-Center?

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willwetherman
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Hi @merilcerpos 

Country code assignment is included in the AP/WLC provisioning workflow, however I think that this is only fully supported with -ROW (Rest of World) SKU APs. See the following explanation in the DNA Center 2.3.3 User Guide. 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/cloud-systems-management/network-automation-and-management/dna-center/2-3-3/user_guide/b_cisco_dna_center_ug_2_3_3/m_provision-wireless-devices.html#Cisco_Concept.dita_441914d2-f917-41ad-b275-40c871e45e8a 

"Cisco DNA Center provisions controllers with country codes according to the site they are assigned. In the case of controllers, they can be assigned to more than one site. So, they can be assigned more than one country code. During provisioning, Cisco DNA Center assigns sites to the controller along with the sites’ country codes. For example, a controller that manages both India and US sites is assigned the IN and US country codes.

When access points are provisioned, they are assigned to a floor. If the access point is a ROW AP, Cisco DNA Center gets the country code for the site and assigns it to the AP. Any additional APs on the same floor are assigned the same country code"

I recently tested this in my environment with a non -ROW AP and DNA Center provisioned the required country codes on the WLC based on the locations of the managed APs, however the country codes were not updated correctly on the APs themselves.

For example, my Cisco 9800 WLC manages locations in the UK and Germany. When provisioning the WLC, DNA Center configures the following

wireless country DE
wireless country GB
ap country GB,DE

However, when provisioning my -E regulatory domain APs and assigning them to the site in Germany, DNAC would not change the country code from GB to DE. I had to manually change the country code on the APs via the WLC CLI/GUI.

I'm not sure if this is a bug or expected behavior as my APs are not -ROW. I would suggest raising a case with Cisco TAC to confirm.

Hope that this helps,

Will

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