Duplicating wlans on backup controller

[Eric Lindsey]

We have inherited a 5508 controller running 7.0 code and WCS running 7.0 code. This site did not have a backup controller. So we have installed a wism as a backup controller. The problem is no one can seem to remember the pre shared keys for the wlans on the primary controller. Can I use WCS to duplicate the wlans to the secondary controller and have the psk copied?

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[Scott Fella]

If you have any Windows 7 machines with the psk, you can always view that from the Windows 7 wireless profile. WCS might or might not have correct info.

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[Amjad Abdullah]

Eric,

Just as Scott mentioned you can get the PSK from the PCs the users connect from. Many supplicants allow you to view the shared string in plain text.

If you pushed the psk WLAN template to the original WLC from the WCS and the WCS still has the same template with the same PSK then it is possible to publish the same template to the backup WLC. Otherwise you can not.

HTH

Amjad

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[Scott Fella · Accepted solution]

Sure as long as the psk is valid. Why not look at a windows 7 machine that has that wireless profile. You can view the psk that way.

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