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We deploy a large number of cellular wireless gateways as part of our IOT solution, which operates on rooftops and outdoor spaces to collect IOT data on building equipment. We are finding that in some cases, an unknown Air Marshall is shutting down o...
Resolved! RF profiles & roaming
HiIf two different APs belongs to two different RF profile (the difference in RF profile is the mandatory data rates)How would roaming between these work? Should it work as usual or what.Both are connected to the same WLC.
Hi Experts,I am having a weird issue with Catalyst c1000 switch and Aironet3802 APs. This afternoon someone at our workplace brought in three microwaves in a one room and operated them simultaneously. It overloaded the circuits in the room, and as a ...
Hi, I have 5520 WLC running on 8.5 version. I need to add few C9120AXE series APs to it for which i will upgrade the WLC for 8.10. Also i need to add C9124AXI-ROW model APs as the country is china. My question is weather this WLC model 5520 with ver...
Hello,I am trying to build a script that copies SSID info from one network and updates another network with that info.PUT endpinthttps://api.meraki.com/api/v1/networks/{destination_id}/wireless/ssids/{ssid['number']}It seems to work ok with PSK SSIDS...
Resolved! Port 1 in MR52 is POE capable ?
Hello, i have situation where i want to use second port i.e. Port 1 on MR52 to provide POE power to a device and bridge its traffic to different vlan than port 0.Any body have any idea if that possible ?
Hi guys, could someone explain me what is minimum bitrate control ?and is there any way to turn stronger the wireless signal ?I have one external MR76 and I would like to force it reach out further away, few meter more.
Hi folks. I recently started working at a small local school system as a technician on their IT team. We have a Meraki setup here that spans 5 school buildings here in town. Our Meraki Network is pretty basic, as far as I can gather and see from the ...
Resolved! WLC 9800 series design - FlexConnect
Hello,In the Cat.9800 series datasheet - controllers support maximum 100 FlexConnect APs per site.Can someone explain me this limit more pragmatically ?Is it only a best practice or is it a configuration blockage? Somethings like flexconnect profile ...
We have 6 pairs of 9800-80 on HA, and we noticed that on all pairs there is a process (SAMsgThread) that runs every 15 minutes that affects the 9800 controller CPU. That process SAMsgThread is the responsible for Smart Licensing operations. Depending...
Resolved! Cisco WLC 9800-40
Dear All, I need to know if the following AP model are supported by WLC 9800-40: AIR-LAP1142N-E-K9AIR-LAP1262N-E-K9 Looking the compatibility matrix I see that should be support starting from the IOS XE 3.2.0SE to the last release? Is it right?https:...
Resolved! WLC or Switch DHCP
I have 5508 WLCs which have the DHCP servers configured under the SSID interface. Local switching is in operation. Under the SSID config, neither DHCP Server Override or DHCP Addr. Assignment are selected Under the L3 Vlan on the switch, we have IP h...
I was looking into wireless connection problems with a client and saw high utilization on the 2.4Ghz band. I thought it had to do with channel interference so I moved the channels around the APs seemed to improve slightly for a day but its back up to...
Hello,I was wondering best practices when it came to this feature for Mesh on the 9800's. Do I enable this or disable this? What would be use cases for enabling/disabling it? I have a simple P2P bridge where I have one AP set as a RAP and the othe...
Dear Cisco Community, I am trying to undesrtand the best practices and the best policies to deal with Rogue APs, and many doubts emerged. Let me just clarify that I am just a beginer. Under Rogue Policies on the Wireless Controller, the AP Authenti...
