How to broadcast AP hostname in the beacon for Cisco EWC on a 9130

[ron]

I want the APs to broadcastthe hostnames, so i can see them on an analyser or during a survey.

In a regular controller, there is a button in the GUI to broadcast the AP hostname in the IE (Information Element) of the Beacon.

Since Running EWC on a 9130 (17.15.3), i cannot find where to enable this feature. Not in the GUI or CLI. Its normally under the WLAN settings. Couldnt see it in the CLI command reference either...

Does anyone know how?

[ron · Accepted solution]

i can now answer that myself.

In the web interface, you have to set it to advanced mode (expert) first, then more options are available.

Goto the gear icon at the top, and set preferred config mode from 'simple' to 'expert'. Then you can see the checkbox under the relevant WLAN settings tab. Go to the advanced tab. Enable Aironet IE, and Advertise AP Name, and it works. Do this for each SSID.

In the old Mobility Express (ME), it was more obvious to tell if you were in simple or expert mode. EWC is a bit more 'subtle'.