I have a number of 1552e APs connected to a 5508 WLC. We are using local MAC filtering to enable the 1552's to connect to the WLC.
I have a several more 5508's in different locations, and can be used for back-up in the event the primary WLC fails.
I have the primary WLC, a secondary WLC and a tertiary WLC loaded into each the 1552's HA tab.
My question concerns the secondary and tertiary WLCs... do I have to load all the MAC addresses in each of those as well in order for the 1552's to connect ?
If yes, is there an easy way to copy the local mac filtering from the primary WLC and load it into the other WLCs ?
If not, that's a lot of typing
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Yup, they need to exist anywhere that the AP could join. As for the ease of adding them...NCS will allow you to push it as a template if you have it.
If not, you can do a show run-config commands from teh CLI, and then paste that piece of the config into the CLI of the other WLC.
HTH,
Steve
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Yup, they need to exist anywhere that the AP could join. As for the ease of adding them...NCS will allow you to push it as a template if you have it.
If not, you can do a show run-config commands from teh CLI, and then paste that piece of the config into the CLI of the other WLC.
HTH,
Steve
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Excellent. Thanks, Steve
Just to add to Steve's great post .. I recently was labing a mesh design. I found that you can add the ap mac either to the mac filter list OR the ap policy list. Could come in handy ..
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A follow up question....
Is there a correlation between MAC Filters and license count ? Here's an example scenario
Dennis,
No your license is your license and doesnt impact MAC address. BUT, what you should know you have a limit as to how many mac addresses a controller can use. See my blog post on the subject
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