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Which is the best Meraki Layer 3 roaming solution to use, distributed L3 or via a concentrator? What are the relative merits of one over another (apart from not have to buy some MXs of course) and when would you use one over the other?
Resolved! Bulk factory reset APs
Is there a way to bulk factory reset specific APs that are associated to a controller? Prime's config template doesn't seem to have an option for this, so I'm wondering how (both in AireOS and IOS-XE) this can be done from the controller.The only thi...
Hello Team, we are facing a strange issue that we have C9130 access points where they reboot automatically reboot for every 20 days but not all the time and becomes stable. When I checked on the AP logs it shows as below. CHBGBFRONAP003#Jan 10 12:24...
Hi,I have installed the solerwind sftp server in my window machine and i want to copy running configuration from cisco switch to sftp and vice versa.Can someone help me with the below queries please> Is Solorwind sftp server tools good to install in ...
I converted my 3802i lightweight access point into an autonomous one running 8.5.182, gave it a management ip address of 10.136.32.50 and then rebooted it. but the console message gave a different ip address (same network but not the one I statically...
Have you experience taking too long for the client to get a IP after the posturing in ISE? On anyconnect network message history in wireless client device, it takes more than 30 sec on acquiring IP address state connecting on 9800 wlc. In aireos, thi...
Resolved! Need Help Reg Cisco 9800 WLC
Hi @AllI am trying to get the bsnApIfType from cisco 9800wlc the value returned is 5 but according to AIRESPACE-WIRELESS-MIB there is only values for the below,bsnAPIfType OBJECT-TYPESYNTAX INTEGER {dot11b(1),dot11a(2),uwb(4),dot11_6ghz(6),dot11_xor_...
Hello,I have configured bunch of C9800-CL WLCs, it seems the trustpoint mechanism is slighlty different with a physical WLC.I associated the wireless management with one of the embedded certificates that was already existing in the trustpoints list. ...
Hello All,We have 2 WLC's. 5508- Anchor WLC (8.5.161.7)3504- Foreign WLC (8.10.185.0)I have created a mobility group and added the WLC's MAC respectively.The FW ports 16666, 16667, 97 are all open.The control path is UP but the Data path is DOWN. I t...
Hello, Since we're migrating our AIreOS WLC to C9800 WLC, the on-site team complain that with their wi-fi scanner, they only see AP Mac-Address instead of AP hostname. Do you know if there's something to enable on C9800 to keep the original behavior...
Hi All,I am currently planning the installation of a Cisco 9800-40 WLC that needs to be connected to two upstream switches for redundancy, however the two switches are not in a VSS or stack so the uplinks cannot be configured in a LAG. The two uplink...
Hi all, looking for some help with the "old n00b". Just replaced my old 5508/3702 environment with 9800/9120AX. I keep hearing about connection issues around the campus, and when I look at the Monitoring\Clients page it seems everyone is running on s...
Resolved! Lobby ambassador can't log in
I recently upgraded a 9800 WLC from IOS XE 17.9.3 to 17.9.4a. After that, I've noticed that the lobby ambassador account can't log in. The login page displays normally, and I can enter the username/password, but then I get an error page:If I log in a...
Hi all, are there any Cisco AP models with downtilt internal antennas? I checked through a few Cisco 9100 series APs data sheets but did not find any.I see that Aruba has such APs, and it appears to work well in difficult environments without resorti...
Hello Cisco Community members, I tried to configure a controller and APs to join the WLC but got this error message on WLC statistics :Layer 3 discovery request not received on management interface.The APs are on different subnets and have fixed IP a...
