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Hi i have a some AP1562I that are running Mobility express 8.3.122.0 one as a WLC and others as AP, but looking to upgrade it to the latest version but couldn't find out if i could upgrade straight to 8.10.151.0, or if not which versions I would need...
Hello!We have WLC 2504(airos 8.5.130 ) with mix of AP1832 and AP1702I. Clients report sometimes slow performance and lags.I start test today - sit in direct AP vision and start ping controller and gw. I see same issue. Delay jump from 2ms to 80 -150...
Resolved! Cisco WAP Autonomous - with bridge mode
I have been out of the IT world for a few years, but my current job is requiring me to take on more IT related tasks. One of my current tasks is to get a mobile "robot" to talk over wifi after a failure of an older setup (2 wireless bridges). I have ...
Hi everyone,I was reviewing the configuration of a C9800 yesterday and I stumbled on this configuration line :access-session mac-move deny I went googling about it and I sort of understand the key concept behind it, being that if it is set to deny, a...
Hi,We have Catalyst 9800-40 WLC , and we are facing the issue "Two Access Points with same name are not able to join controller "I tried to add new access points . Initially APs joined controller and their MAC ID was shown in Access point list. I we...
Hello, Anyone can explain the picture of AP signal. The picture shows signals strength in different angles so that we can know how strong the signal is at different angle. Do you think the picture show signal strength at some distance away from the A...
Resolved! Change AP names with a bulk file
Hello everyone! I'm a beginner in the Wireless world and I want to change most AP names in my topoloogy while using Cisco Prime 3.3 (100+ devices). To achieve this I believe I need to: 1) Export a csv with the APs I want to modify.2) Modify their hos...
I work for an MSP and also do sales into some enterprise clients, I have a client with 4x 3602 APs and another 17x 3702 APs ready to be installed.A colleague of his told him he needs a wireless controller now, he wants to know if that is a requiremen...
Resolved! WLC 5760 - Rename AP via CLI
Hello, I am in a situation where I need to rename a huge number of APs which wouldn't be feasible from the GUI. I spent a lot of time trying and searching for a how-to but to no avail!The commands listed under 'ap' don't include a rename! Is there a ...
Resolved! Autonomous WGB to CAPWAP conversion
Hi All- A colleague of mine grabbed a 3702i that I have configured as a workgroup bridge and hung it in the ceiling. I can get to it via ssh / http. Any chance I can convert it to capwap in place. Advice on the procedure.would be appreciated! Wes
If a change to the Data rate options in 802.11b/g Global Parameters from Disabled to Supported or Mandatory is made, do the APs have to reboot to implement the new configuration?
I configured our new C9800 to send logs to our syslog server. logging facility local0 logging source-interface GigabitEthernet0 vrf Mgmt-intf logging host x.x.x.xAs you can see I want to send the messages via the out-of-band management interface.This...
Under Configuration -> Security -> Web Auth, on the new 9800 WLC you have a option called Web Auth Parameter Map.How many Web Auth Parameter Map can you have on the new 9800 WLC?I can't seem to find a number on this online. But would it be reasonable...
My 9800-40 HA stack on 16.12.4a, which is not yet in production lost its sso state.I did a hard reboot of the stack and while I have sso back the active is not hearing/responding to discovery requests. I have 6 9117's and a 1852 which is my lab test...
We currently have a Cisco WLC 4402 with approximately 50 Aironet 1142 APs . When we we provision an AP both our guest and secure wlans are automatically setup on the APs. Is there a way or configuration where we could have certain APs "not" have the ...
