WLSM and WPA Key Management

[jcosgrove]

I just converted about 200 AP's that were using multiple standalone WDS AP's into one large WDS using the WLSM. The problem seems to be I lost the capability of having WPA key managment. Does anyone know of future support for WPA key management in the WLSM and any timelines for release. Now I am hammering my ACS server much more as people roam from AP to AP.

[jcosgrove]

Any word on this?

[psmith]

I have WPA running with WLSM as the WDS device.

You didn't specify the AP model, but WPA works fine for my 1200-series AP's. My 350-series AP's are another story - can't get them to work (see my forum topic on that issue here: http://forum.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/NetProf?page=netprof&forum=Wireless%20-%20Mobility&topic=General&CommCmd=MB%3Fcmd%3Ddisplay_location%26location%3D.1dd7fb6f)

[jcosgrove]

My main question is does the WLSM support WPA Key management. It seems at every roam request the authentication has to go all the way back to the ACS servers each time and the WLSM does not cache the credentials and hand the roam event without going all the way back to the ACS server. When running the WDS using the AP the AP would cache the WPA authentication and handle the roaming.