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Resolved! Upgrading 9800-L WLC
Hey all!My goal is to upgrade our standalone 9800-L WLC from 17.9.3 to 17.15.5. From my research, this should be a direct upgrade path. We also only have 150'ish 3800 series AP's, so I believe this also eliminates the concerns from the bugs that occu...
Intro: big villa that entertains rich guests regularly- Network segregated in several VLANs (Crew, Office, Guest, Owner, Entertainment etc.)- Cisco C9500 core switch and several Cisco C9300 access switches, Cisco WLC C9800 and Cisco APs, cca 50Apple ...
There are 3 possibilities for 160 MHz channels in the 5 GHz band: (1) channel 36 (5180 MHz), (2) channel 100 (5500 MHz), and (3) channel 149 (5745 MHz). But it is not possible to select the third one with Cisco APs (see * below) (specifically CW9178I...
Hello colleagues,I was recently looking for a way to monitor the channel utilization of the access points (APs) associated with a WLC. Since the only solution I found was DNAC, and none of my clients have it, I decided to take the more challenging ro...
I am facing the same issue with 9800 running on the 17.12.6a version , we just lose connection to the core switch even though the link is showing up on both sides , bouncing the interface does not help.Did anyone find a solution for this
Hello everyone,I have configured my Cisco 3700 Series Autonomous Access Points. Now, I am looking to configure the Antenna Gain setting, and I noticed that the command line allows a range that includes -128. Is setting the Antenna Gain to -128 a corr...
Hello everyone, I am currently facing a somewhat complex wireless design challenge in a warehouse environment and would appreciate feedback from the community. Environment The customer requires wireless connectivity for two very different client type...
The CW917X (CW9176I) Access Point is not enabling the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz radios on the WLC9800 with version 17.15.5. It only worked with version 17.18.3! The problem is that the client doesn’t want to update the controller, and I’d like to know if the...
Has anyone seen this before? The point of sale terminals made by Clover in a restaurant have no trouble connecting to an outdoor 1552 AP that is ran off a 5508 WLC running 8.3 train of code, but it can’t connect to to a 9105AXI connected to a 5520 wl...
Resolved! 2802i AP blank NAND, how to recover?
I recently acquired a lot of second hand 2802i access points. It appears that one of these APs has a blank NAND flash chip. AP boot loops at U-Boot until I break into U-Boot with escape key. Upon checking "nand info" nand 0 is seen, and checking "ubi...
Dear All,I would like to bring up an issue which we are facing for a long period and couldn't find a solution.Users are getting disconnected from wifi randomly and we have to forget the SSID and reconnect. Somtimes it reconnects automatically but tak...
I have 2 SSID, 1st SSID the Fast Transition set to Adaptive and 2nd SSID set to Disabled and all client working normally. When i move the WLC (AP in flex mode) from one location to another location why iphone can't connect to the 1st SSID which Fast ...
Hello ....I want to convert ap 2602e -ek9 from autonomus to lightweight. Which IOS should I download?
In Cisco 2504 There are Port Number, Backup Port and Active Port. This port mean the physical port? If all four ports on WLC connected to the switch this mean all traffic for this interfaces will pass thru port1?
Resolved! AIR AP 2802I-E-K9
Hello Everyone, I bought five AIR AP 2802I-E-K9 models second-hand. I've factory reset them using the mode button for 35 seconds. However, I'm now having a problem with all of them. I can't connect to them using the Serial Port. I've tried every baud...
