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I have 2 AP 2700E y just 4 antennas air-ant2535sdw-r.what happen, if I install 2 external antennas instead 4 antennas?How is the behavior of my AP?
Resolved! Virtual Interface (WLC)
Hello,are there any background information about the virtual Interface and his IP-address: [Config Guide]..... A virtual interface must be configured with an unassigned and unused gateway IP address. (no question !!)A virtual interface IP address is ...
I have the following toplogy:I am able to connect the students and lecturers to their respective WLANs. However when I save and reopen the packet tracer file, some devices will randomly become unable to connect to the WLAN. Reopening the same packet ...
HiThere's a setting in "Wireless > Firewall & Traffic Shaping" called "Layer 2 LAN Isolation". Previously, our wifi has not had this setting enabled, but another administrator on the network recently enabled it, and explained to me that this signific...
Resolved! DHCP Renewal - L3 Roaming
Hi,If a client moved across a L3 boundary and their lease expires, will they renew their address from the vlan associated with the anchor AP or will they obtain a new address from the VLAN tagged on the hosting AP?Any explanation would be appreciated...
When new devices connect to wifi (authen dot1x by ACS) cisco 9800 always have issue can't connect wifi in 5minutes. I checked log and see it "Authorization failed or unapplied for client" x5 times => %CLIENT_EXCLUSION_SERVER-5-ADD_TO_BLACKLIST_REASON...
Resolved! MR56 on 802.3af
Hello,Trying to pitch MR56 however it needs 802.3at but we are looking at 802.3af poe budget.What functionality will we lose, until we get 802.3at?Would they even show up in dashboard!Thanks in advance.
Hello Guys,I need to specify the drawbacks of using a WLC and I need to make sure the below is right:1- Once you use a WLC then the traffic is encrypted between the AP and WLC, Therefore when the capwap tunnel passes through the DC firewall it will n...
Hello i am puzzled with situation where lots of WAPs are trying to reach to destination IP address 13.13.13.13 via udp/5246 port.We have on prem WLC that has no traces of these WAPs; Prime Infrastructure shows info about only one access point in its ...
Resolved! Maximun VLANs in my MX84
I have 21 Vlans in my MX and each one is for an SSID just 6 not. I´m having issues with the DHCP Leases in the last vlan that I configured.Does anyone know if Meraki has a limitation for that or a best practices for the VLANs specifically.Regards
It looks like there is no real need to enable "HA SKU secondary unit" on the backup controller, since I could just simply add the same amount of licenses to both WLCs since my APs will only be joined to 1 WLC at a time? Am I correct? or am I misinter...
hello, when i plug my ap 2800 on my 2960X-FPS-L, i see only 15.4Watts on the 'sho power inline' and on my WLC, how ever, i know that hose AP needs more power, how can i enable the full power(POE+ or 802.3at) on my switch?there is no way to have the 3...
I am wondering if there is any way we can reduce the number of disconnects of clients when they are roaming over flexconnect ap's? 5520 Controller 8.5.1402802 WAPsWindows 10/Ipad's/Android Phones/IphonesFlexconnect Local switching with Central Authen...
Hi everyone,I just wanted to share a recent experience that may avoid you some headaches. Last november we upgraded one of our WLCs from 8.2.166 to the still (Feb-18-2020) recommended version 8.5.151. A couple of days after the upgrade some users sta...
Hi When I roam from one floor to another with my Staff Device while connected to Staff WiFi I am facing this issue.Each floor access switch is configured different VLAN for STAFF WiFi , So when I roam from one floor to another I get different IP addr...
