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Is it best practice to have the mgmt IP of your controllers on separate subnet from your switches? In other words is it OK to have management IP of switches, controllers, etc on the same subnet or is it smarter to create another separate one just fo...
Hello,We are in the process of migrating from our 5508 WLCs to new Catalyst 9800-40-K9 WLCs. Everything has been configured but I am having a difficult time with the Smart Licensing configuration. I've set up the trust between our device and CSSM, an...
Lets say a customer has legacy light-weight APs powered up near newly installed Meraki APs. The legacy (essentially rogue) APs are not associated to a controller. In theory could they still have old config retained and be broadcasting an SSID and a c...
Hi everyone,I would like to know if you have a document that informs about how we have to install an access point : what kind of wall? what kind of drilling ?Everything that can help us to install MR in order to enjoy the best performance
Hi all,because of the new models of C9120 access points we have to use version 8.10.181.0https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/catalyst-9120axi-access-point/218081-c9105-c9120-c9130-access-points-manufact.htmlWe've tried with Chrome Ver...
I'm attempting to troubleshoot a wireless issue & looking to see if there is a CLI command or way through the UI for the 5520 WLC to pull or create a list of all the associated AP's as well as their ethernet & wireless interface MAC's? I've found th...
Hi All,We have installed new WLC 9800 and new access points 9130 series. Tested all SSIDs successfully.In order to replace old WLC 3500, we updated IP address of new 9800 but when it came up, we can only see 2 tabs Dashboard and Monitoring on the lef...
Hi All, Hoping this is something simple and it's just me doing something dumb. I'm setting up a Flexconnect environment with 3 SSID'sCorporate Network - Local Switching and Local Authentication using an external Windows NPS serverMobile/BYOD Network ...
Hi everybody, I am trying to use one AIR-CAP2702i as an AP and another one as a repeater. The AP works like a charme but trying to login into the repeater with e.g. a smartphone ends with : Interface Dot11Radio1, Station fe40.54b0.b45c Associated KE...
Hi,what is the purpose of RADIUS NAI Realm option (checkbox) under the WLAN Advanced options on WLC? Where can I configure it with GUI?
Currently we are not using FRA. I have enabled it before and things got wonky so I disabled it and am trying to test things more as I go.So first up. I do get the XOR radio 2.4/5ghz concept. Cell in a cell...macro/micro. But testing it leaves me puzz...
Hi team, We are deploying 9800 WLC with DNAC. We are deploying Flex connect solution. When we provision through DNAC, we saw flex profile name created. We want to understand how flex profile name created as we only enable flexconnect in Wireless prof...
Hello guysI´m trying to setup 2 Cisco Aironet 2802e-e-K9 AP's. One is also the controller running the ME mode (master) and the other one is running the CAPWAP mode (slave). So far so good, but after booting the AP's, the wifi is up for about 3-5 minu...
how can i authenticate using local radius? not using cloud radius
Hi,We have 2 pieces Cisco WLC 5520 and every one has its own APs (about 450 APs for everyone), If we want to create a HA, SSO between these two, Do we have to move all APs to one of them before we start the HA configuration ?If we don't need to move ...
