shuting down an lightweight access point

[nh6we]

We setup an access point at a remote location as a test.  We would now like to remotely shut it down.  Is there a way of shutting down an access point (lightweight) remotely to free up its AP license off of our controller?

I appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks

[Charles Hill]

Hello nh6we,

To remotely shut an AP down, you can log into the local switch where the AP resides.

Enter the following commands.

show cdp neigh | i AP  (this will show all of the directly connected AP's)

Locate the AP that you would like to shut down and the switchport.

conf t

int g0/1  (switchport that shows the AP)

shut

I would put a description on the port that lets you know the AP is connected to that port.  That way in the future, if you would like to turn it back up, you know where its connected.  Login and do a no shut, and its back up.

Hope this helps.

[nh6we]

Thanks, but is there any way of shutting it down via the wireless controller?

[Charles Hill]

I do not see a way to shut down a registered/working access point via the wireless lan controller.

I have looked but with no luck.

[Rafee Tantray]

you can disable AP via controller cli

config ap disable <AP Name>

[Leo Laohoo]

Is there a way of shutting down an access point (lightweight) remotely to free up its AP license off of our controller?

Power off the AP or (if using non-PoE), put the AP in a different VLAN.

[Rodrigo Pires]

Hélio there 

on wlc, go to

monitor >> all aps (detais )>> choose the ap >> general >> admin status >> set to disable.

the ap will remain up however will not provide any connectivity.

Lightweight does not use license, only the controller 

[abwahid]

Hi,

1 - If you have remote access to local switch to whom your access-point (POE) is connected, just shutdown that port, by this way you can power-off the access-point.

2 - As far as AP license off is concern

If you have licensed DTLS image on your controller then AP license off of controller can be achieve by disabling the DTLS of the specific AP by controller.

you can enable or disable DTLS data encryption for a specific access point or for all access points using the config ap link-encryption {enable | disable} {Cisco_AP | all} command