one SSID broadcasted on one AP but not on a second one

[S. K.]

HI, I've searched now everywhere but cannot find a solution.

A customer has 5 SSID's configured and add a new AP on a different site. He want's the same SSID on the new AP but not broadcasted.

With AP groups it's not possible; I can enable or disable the"broadcast" under "WLAN's" --> SSID "Broadcast SSID"

To be sure, the same SSID's!

THX!!!

Regards

Stephan

[Scott Fella]

You need to create another WLAN with a different profile name. Also make sure one of the WLAN IDs is <16 and the other >16. This will allow you to create another SSID with different settings, then you use AP Groups to define which SSID will be used on what AP's.

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[Ali Aqrabawi]

the L2 security will be different though

[Scott Fella]

Layer 2 can be the same. The work around is using WLAN ID 1-16 and the other >16

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[Ali Aqrabawi]

the WLC will not allow you to configure 2 WLAN with same SSID and same L2 security

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/controller/7.2/configuration/guide/cg_wlan.html#wp1583666

[Scott Fella]

That's wrong.... You can! Try it out.

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[Ali Aqrabawi]

i tried it and i got an error , says that i can't creat two WLAN same SSID same L2 security

[Scott Fella]

Here you go... two SSID's named GuestWiFI with different profile names and one WLAN ID using 6 and the other 17.  The SSID configuraiton is the same for both (layer 2 and 3), one is broadcasting and the other is not.

Thanks,

Scott

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[Scott Fella · Accepted solution]

Just to be clear, the two SSIDs will be created the same, one will just have the broadcast enabled and the other will not have broadcasted enabled and the WLAN profile name will be different. Again, this will only work if your WLAN ID for one is 1-16 and the other 17 or higher.

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[S. K.]

Hi Scott!

Thanks a lot!! I planed to do that with different SSID's, but the information with the WLAN ID is new for me :-)

Thanks for your fast answer!!!

Best regards

Stephan