OEAP in WLC 5520 is Disabled

[Joy3]

Hallo,

I am testing OEAP but the section where I am to enable it is greyed out. Does anyone have an idea why this is the case? Thanks.

[marce1000 · Accepted solution]

 - Ref : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/technotes/8-1/5520-WLC-DG/b_Cisco-5520-WLC-deployment-guide.html

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AP Platform Support

The Cisco 5520 supports the following access point models:

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• OEAP 600 Since the latter is old and the 1810 OEAP model is not mentioned in the list , this could be considered normal
  M.

[Joy3]

Hallo @marce1000. I see that. So OEAP isn't supported by all APs. I will try it with that OEAP AP. Thanks for point that out.

[marce1000]

                            >....I will try it with that OEAP AP.

 - Ok, but for the 1810OEAP , you will apparently need another controller (as mentioned in first reply)

 M.

[Rich R]

You haven't mentioned what AP model you're trying to configure or what version of software you're running on the 5520?
As per https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/8-10/config-guide/b_cg810/configuring_officeextend_access_points.html
"All the supported indoor AP models with integrated antenna can be configured as OEAP except the AP-700I, AP-700W, and AP802 series access points."

[Joy3]

Hallo @Rich R, you answered my question that caused this problem in another post. I had the native VLAN in the WLC enabled, which automatically disabled OfficeExtend AP. On disabling the Native Vlan, all the APs could be used as OEAP.

[Rich R]

Glad we could help then @Joy3