5508 Controller & Direct Connection

[Dan Man]

I received a 5508 WLC, that I wanted to configure as a guest anchor for our DMZ.  I stepped through the console configuration.  Now that the setup is complete, can I attach my laptop directly to the copper SFP, and access the WLC web portal?  I gave my laptop an IP address, in the same subnet, but still can't connect to the portal, or ping the WLC IP address.  Any help would be much appreciated.                    

[Scott Fella]

You need the WLC to be fully functional before you can test the splash page. The WLC will hijack or intercept the users homepage and will try to resolve that page prior to issuing the splash page. If this doesn't work, then you don't get a splash page.

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[Scott Fella · Accepted solution]

If your talking about the management portal it's because of the tagging on the management interface. Set that to '0' which is untagged and you will be able to access the management portal. At the end it's better to tag the management but how your trying to do it, you can't have it tagged.

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