Anchor WLC local user account support

[vijay kumar]

Hi Experts,

We were using radius(NAC) server for creating the guest accounts for the users . But now the NAC server is down . Hence as an alternate solution we want to configure the anchor WLC using the local database . We will use lobbyadmin account to create the same .

But we want to know having the local database to authenticate guest users will cause the device performance to degrade or high cpu ?

Kindly suggest.

Thanks,

Regards,

Vijay

[Scott Fella]

Not at all... I typically deploy guest anchors using the WLC as the local database for guest.

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[vijay kumar]

Hi Mr.Scott ,

Thanks a lot for the reply .  Actually our WLC's cpu usage is already 96% . Hence need your advise on this..

Thanks,

Regards,

Vijay.

[Scott Fella]

Well how many Guest users do you have. You might be hitting or getting close to the max client count for that WLC.

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[vijay kumar]

Hi Mr.Scott ,

As of now , we dont have any guest user accounts in the anchor WLC . Only we have some two admin accounts .But we have terminated some 20 foriegn WLC here. Plz suggest.

Thanks,

Regards,

Vijay

[Scott Fella]

I'm guessing its a 5508 and only one guest anchor WLC?

Thanks,

Scott

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[vijay kumar]

Hi Mr.Scott,

It's a 4402 WLC and it is the only one available anchor for the setup . Actually the memory utilization is 95 % not the CPU usage.

Thanks,

Regards,

Vijay

[Scott Fella]

Well it's probably due to the number of mobility anchors you have.  If it's been working fine, then I wouldn't worry too much about it untill you get around 98-99%.  How many clients are connected?  Do you see a change in the middle of the night when less users are connectd?

Thanks,

Scott

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[vijay kumar]

Hi Mr.Scott ,

We are seeing some 550 clients associated with that during high memory utilization . I will update the status of the WLC when less users are connected.

Thanks,

Regards,

Vijay.

[Scott Fella · Accepted solution]

I have seen more clients connect with no issues. Just monitor it and see if clients drop or can't connect, but you should still be okay.

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[vijay kumar]

Hi Mr.Scott ,

you are exactly right ,

The memory utilization was 97 % eventhough the associated client count reduced to 150.Now i will recommend the customer to go aheadwith anchor wlc for guest acccounts . thanks a lot for your support on this...

Regards,

Vijay.