basic WLC configuration (packet tracer)

[Jorrie]

Hi, I would like to ask can WLC be configured in a setup where the desktop and WLC are both connected to the switch. If yes, how? My problem is that I can't establish a connection between the WLC and the desktop even though they are on the same network ID. 

Regards

Jorrie

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

post your zipped Packet Tracer project (.pkt) file...

[Jorrie]

Hi, here is my project.

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

seems to work only when the WLC is connected to an access port. Change:

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3
switchport trunk allowed vlan 20-21
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
switchport nonegotiate

to

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3

switchport mode access

switchport access vlan 20

Attached the revised file...

[Jorrie]

Hi

By changing it to access port only one VLAN can access the port. I'm trying to configure multiple VLANs in WLC.

regards,

Jorrie

[Jorrie]

I can now access the WLC by assigning it to the native VLAN and creating a network exclusive to the Native VLAN. Now I get two questions

how and why it works in Native VLAN?

Can I assign it again to another VLAN for remote management purposes? 

[Georg Pauwen · Accepted solution]

Hello,

it also works if you assign Vlan 20 as the native Vlan to the trunk:

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3
switchport trunk native vlan 20
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk

The PC is connected to an access port (which equals an untagged Vlan), the WLC needs to be in the same, untagged Vlan (which the 'native' keyword is used for, it makes that Vlan untagged).

Hope that makes sense...

[Jorrie]

Hi, I don't why I can't access the WLC after configuring the initial setup.

the image below is my initial configuration.