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We have several remote sites that had used Cisco lightweight APs with a WLC at the central location for several years. These were running in local mode. This summer, we began transitioning to cloud-managed Meraki APs. In order to support both Cisco a...
Good dayI have a 5508 wireless controller and AIR-AP3802E-E-K9 APS.to which firmware version can I upgrade controller firmware so that also APs gets updated and everything works perfectly after?and what is the simplest way to go about doing an upgra...
We configured Sponsored Guest access on a guess ssid and it works - great - but it just lets everyone on in spite of the fact that the sponsor has not yet approved the access. The emails between requestor and sponsor seem to be working, but when the ...
If I enable the Flexconnect Local Switching option on a particular WLAN, will that effect the APs in Local mode that are using the WLAN, or does it not take effect until the mode is changed? In order words, can I use the same SSID with both Local mod...
We need to authenticate many users via an external captive portal, but without RADIUS/LDAP etc, so using Meraki Cloud Authentication:Is there a limit, on how many devices we can have authenticate against a pre-configured Meraki guest user (configured...
Hi,I am running 3800 AP's with a Cisco 9800 WLC (17.3.6) and seeing that following messages on the 3800 AP's:*** RSN ERROR: Received a data frame when no keys are plumbedDoes anyone know what this means and if this might be affecting my clients?
Hi All-I have a couple of new 1542 Outdoor APs that are not connecting to the controller, a 5520 running 8.10.183.0. I assume that this is due to the expired certificate issue. I cannot find the right thread here.So, I did the following:1. Set the co...
Hi all,Has anyone already migrated APs between Personas? I can't find answers to a couple of questions:Is the migration one-way, or can I later migrate back? How often can I migrate the same AP?CWs in DNA mode have a fixed regulatory domain. What dom...
Have anyone else experienced 6Ghz SSID disappearing on MR30.3 ?Our current problem:We are using some 9164s for surveying, and in previous software, in survey mode 6Ghz works just fine.But when we upgraded to MR30.3 and put the AP back into survey mod...
Hello All,I have a Cisco 9124D access point that is for some reason unable to turn up beyond 20 dbm, this is in the US regulatory domain. its' a C9124AXD-B. It is being managed by a WLC 9800-80 running 17.3.6. According to the release note this AP sh...
Hello, I am back with another question.When AP tries to communicate with WLC? How far can AP go in terms of distance to create the capwap tunnel?Will it be broadcast or unicast?
What security & frequency does the mesh repeater choose to talk to the mesh gateway?e.g. is it WPA2 PSK & 5GHz?
I'm working on with a customer on a 2106 controller with 1130 series ap's. Everyting seems fine until the client does a reauthentication. At this point the clients send a stream of authentication attempts to the RADIUS server (40 or so a second). The...
Hi Everyone,Is it possible to have Dual Foreign Controller (Active and Standby) in the Central USA and have multiple anchor wlc across the US to route guest wi-fi internet traffic locally.For example :- Dual Foreign Controllers (Active and Standby) i...
Hello,We recently purchased new CW9166i's that we are planning to install in place of our old AP's, As part of our planning process we are trying to figure out what the maximum range for the 9166's are and how many users each access point can handle...
