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I AM TRYING TO CONNECT AN AIRPORT EXPRESS TO MY WIRELESS ROUTER, MODEL # WRT54G2 LINKSYS, WITH MY SECURTY SETTINGS ENABLED IT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE AIRPORT WHEN I DISABLE THE SECURITY SETTINGS IT CONNECTS WITH NO PROBLEMS. DOES ANY BODY KNOW I CAN K...
I am using 5508 controllers, configured for WEB-AUTH passthrough, Windows XP clients work fine but Windows 7 clients are hit and miss getting redirected to the splash screen.The login page is customised showing T's & C's with two buttons Except or Re...
When logging into the web interface for some of our access points, I am noticing that the configured radio channel is different than the active radio channel. Can anyone tell me what the difference between these two values is?We are running 1141AP's...
I recently acquired a air-ap1141n-a-k9 but I do not know how to set it up. I know this is probably really simple but I looked through the manual and couldn't figure it out.It says "Assign a static IP addresss by conencting to its console port and acc...
Did anyone has a requirement to enable the corporate wireless network to support any wireless devices, smart phones, ipads, galaxy, etc? If anyone did how did you do it and kept the network secure? Is it possible at all to allow all of the wireless d...
Hello (Again)Our client has asked us of the Cisco WLC in conjunction with WCS supports the following "Vendors WIPs must be able to capture more than 325 data points per minute per device for storage and forensic review" I have been looking all over ...
Resolved! Unlocked Radio as a Sensor
Greetings.I have a client who may be purchasing a WLC, and is wondering if we can provide " A band unlocked radio that can be leveraged as a full time sensor for both 2.4 GHz and the 5GHz band."I have no idea what he is talking about... is that somet...
All Ethernet switches have been recorded correctly into WCS but while tracing a "rogue AP" the wired trace fails, has anyone got this feature to work? Is so what conditions need to be met? I.E Does the rouge need to have associated clients, does the ...
Hello,Does anyone know if a WLC 5508 can tie into AAA accounting in order to enable departmental chargeback for WLAN services ? (keep track of usage by department, and charge accordingly)
Hi All,I have a problem which is steadily becoming more and more frequent.I have a visitor wireless network using web-auth which works just fine most of the time. Visitors turn on their wifi, associate to the visitor network and open a browser which ...
Hello all,Quick question (couldn't find answer on google).Can the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller model 5508 act as an AAA server, or does that require a separate device/server/appliance?My initial answer to this question was yes, if running in local E...
We have a system has deployed Wireless Access Points (1242ag IOS ver - 12(3)8-JA2) in multiple locations within a campus. Our customer is now requiring us to have also deploy WIDS in each of these locations. We have decided to deploy in conjuction ...
Resolved! The splitters.
I found this in the IUWNE course:"... splitters can be used to increase the number of areas a bridge or access point may cover, such as combining multiple sector antennas to cover a broader area. Know that splitters also induce at least 4 dB of loss,...
Hi allwith the cisco wlc and lwapp access points, how do the access points adjust there power settings to compensate, what are they looking for?do they look for noise / interference from the nearby ap, then increase or backoff the power until there i...
Dear All,I have a problem with 1310 AP bridge that when I Use a couple of the 1310 as Root Bridge in the main site and non Root Bridge in the remote site but when I start to use this link the time increase to more than 1000ms and then disconnect, I n...
