We currently have a 4404 controller that is approaching 100 AP’s (their max). The boss would like to add redundancy into the project. Which leaves me with a lot of questions and I am fairly new to cisco WLAN controllers.While a second 4404 would cover for redundancy would that be true if the AP’s pass the 100 mark?If I get a bigger controller that can support more than 100 (5508?)can the existing 4404 still work in the plan as a backup?Or do I just need to purchase two bigger units and auction off the 4404?
I know that the 3600 series APs are not supported on the 4404 WLC. However, would the following scenario be supported? I would like to use the 4404 (software rel. 7.0) as a guest anchor with a 5508 (software release 7.2) as the foreign controller supporting series 3600 APs. I ask because the APs do not need to join the guest anchor.
I have a Cisco 4404 wireless lan controller managing about 85 AP's.
The wireless side is setup for a private wlan and a public wlan. On the public side, users are directed to a captive-portal agreement page before they can get on the internet. My question is if there is a way for a single client, specified by either mac address or static IP , can be connected to this wlan without being prompted for the agreement page? I would like to setup a wireless printer for guests connected to this public side.
Iam having trouble to conect my 1121-AG AP`s to my 4404 WLC.
My WLC version is 7.0.116.0.
I can see he AP is getting an IP address from the controller(internal DHCP). But from some reason they can`t connect to the WLC. I have tried many things such as:
1)reset to default settings
2) move the AP to Autonumos mode and back to LWAPP mode -- didnt work.
Our company has 8 4404-100 Cisco wireless controllers and each WLC has 8 W LANs configured. They are all working fine. However, the WLAN ID sequence is not consistent. I'm wondering if it's possible to change the WLAN ID on these WLCs without (or slightly) impacting the users. I don't want to re-configure all the WLAN profiles.
we are in the midst of designing a wireless Mesh AP solution for our customer.
Customer Requirement:-
1. Customer wants to deploy REmote MEsh APs (1500 Series) with a centralized 4404 Controller at HQ site.
2. The Remote and HQ site is linked thru a leased line with 2 routers in between
Based on cisco's document REAP and HREAP is not supported in LWAPP Mesh APs. So if the Mesh APs were to be deployed at Remote sites (3 total). How this be achieved?
We recently acquired a 4404 Cisco controller for our network and have been adding our 1200 and 1130 Access points to the controller.This was accomplished by upgrading the APs to LWAPP and then they would automatically be discovered by the controller and then join. Lately, new 1131 APs that have undergone the same process, are not joining the controller. They are discovered but then the close the connection. We are running a flat network so all devices are in the same subnet.Software Version of the controller 6.0.188.0. [code]
If the 2600 series access points are compatible with a 4404 controller running 7.0.235.3 code? I was looking for a compatibilty matrix for the AP to controller to code comparison but couldn't find one.
I am in process of replacing our 44xx controllers with new 55xx controllers. During the upgrade, I would like to add redundancy to our guest controllers that reside in the DMZ and had a question about regarding the setup.
If I remember correctly, I would place both guest controllers on the same mobilty group, and then add both of the controllers to the foreign controllers. The foreign controllers will form mobility with both anchors, but choose the one with the lowest MAC address as primary. On the foreign controller, if the lowest MAC addressed anchor controller does not respond, it will connect to the second controller. Is that still true? or is there a better way to go about it?
Also, I was wondering, do I need to put different guest network ranges on each of the Anchor controller? or can I use the same exact range on both anchor controller (since if a controller goes down, the clients would be reconnecting to the second controller anyways?)
Any best way to setup redundant Anchor (guest) controllers).
Looking at upgrading an ASA 5505 I've inherited. Wondering what type of license(s) I need to get (or if I should look at a different solution) to "max it out"
So.. there are 8 switch ports. I know I can create vlans, and assign vlans to individual switchports. But can I fully use ALL 8 ports? and have 8 security segments? If I wanted to 'max out' the available subnets, would the following arrangement be feasible?
Finally, I'd really like (not NEED) to have this config with GigE ports vs FastE ports. Money is not unlimited, but I do need to stay as low as possible (and still stay Cisco).. I'd love to see some maxed (or nearly so) sample configs (sanitized, of course).
We have a DSL line at work which a few people share for Internet access.Sometimes if someone is doing a Windows Update or big download etc, the connection is maxed out and slow for everyone else.Is there a way to give everyone a set amount of bandwidth via a Cisco router (2811) or will I need to use something like a packeteer?
I use a DLink DIR-655 router but it only allows around 24 MAC addresses to be specified in the filter list of ALLOWED MAC ADDRs. With a few laptops in the family, a game box, NAS, printer, e-readers, smart phones, I'm maxed out. Alternatively, could I daisy chain them to have one handle wireless devices only and another handle wired devices? If so, I could probably dealt with 24 max wireless MAC addresses specified for a while. If there's a better router out there that's not so limited, I'll upgrade.
I've just plugged in 4 Nexus5548 switches and ran through the initial setup without any issues. However, the fans seem to be stuck on full speed. At the moment they're the loudest thing in the server room.
I know this isn't the most recent OS however I was hoping to avoid updating if necessary as I don’t have the service agreement linked to my account and can’t download the update without it. Is there anything else I can try first or anything I have missed?
Software BIOS: version 3.5.0 loader: version N/A kickstart: version 5.1(3)N1(1a) system: version 5.1(3)N1(1a) power-seq: Module 1: version v1.0 Module 3: version v2.0 uC: version v1.2.0.1 SFP uC: Module 1: v1.0.0.0 BIOS compile time:
We have a customer that have 2 5508 as primary and backup controller and a 4400 as an anchor controller. We plan to upgrade the 5508 to 7.3.112.0 and the 4400 is already 7.0.116.0. Will there be any issue if the anchor controller is not the same code as the foreign controller? Do I also have to upgrade the acnhor controller to 7.0.240.0?
We are trying to navigate the waters in choosing between a in-house, controller-based, wireless network solution or a cloud-based solution. We have been presented with the usual suspects in cloud-based (Aerohive, Meracki, etc) and with Cisco (5500) and Aruba on the other side. We are a multi-campus organization with approx. 200 APs.Any hard reasons why go with a controller-based vs. cloud-based solution? If we must keep the conversation limited to Cisco, why go Meracki over Cisco's WLC solutions or vise versa?
I am looking to configure a wired and wireless guest network. I have industrial barcode scanners that connect to one SSID and then there is the business network on the office SSID (no vlan seperation for these devices just different SSIDs). There is not really a need to seperate the business network from the scanners in any case. However, there are needs for a guest network and this needs to be seperated. At the bare minumum I would like to have the wireless guest network. Here is what I have: 2125 Wireless LAN controller managing 18 LAPs (1 indoor and 17 outdoors)Cisco Cat 2950 switches (2 x 24 port and soon to be replaced with 2 x 48 port 2960's with 802.1x capability) Sonicwall TZ210 firewallOne existing wired and trunked vlan for PLC infrastructure. One ESXi hosting Windows server guests (soon to be 2 with vMotion) The reason for the wired guest access network is tp prevent anyone from plugging into the wall jack in the office with thier home laptops or anyone else from being on the same subnet as our domain machines. Granted they would be unathenticaed but there would be no layer 2 seperation and that is what I think would be best.
How would I go about doing this on the wireless controller without an anchor controller just using my existing hardware? I would like to have the Guest SSID only availible in the front office. Is it possible to offer a guest network while still servicing the business network SSID on the same access point? Then might I be able to have the guest network be treated as it should at the controller? However this might present another issue altogether as the guest traffic will be over the same wire as the business SSID until it hits the controller for management.
I need to upgrade our Wireless Lan Controller to support new APs. I was able to get the new code due to a security advisory on the code we are running now. I am upgrading from 6.0.196.0 to 7.0.220.0 (MD). I have read in some of the technical docs that the WCS has to match the WLC. I cannot find any documentation as to what this entails on the WCS.
I have a Cisco WLC 4404 with version software 7.0.230.0 and it gived me a this logg
Oct 9 15:43:08 192.168.122.34 WLC_4404_CC: *osapiReaper: Oct 09 15:41:49.549: %OSAPI-3-FILE_OPEN_FAILED: osapi_file.c:370 Failed to open the file : /proc/895/stat.(erno 24)
I have a WLC 4404 installed and we would like to manage the bandwidth per SSID. Today we have configured many SSID because our campus has a lot of wireless users and any SSID has only one class C subnet (/24).
We would like to configure each SSID with more subnets. is this possible ?
Additionally we need to restrict the bandwidth per SSID. is this possible ? We have some SSID for less important users and we would like to assign the bandwidth per SSID.
I have a Cisco 4404 WLC that is up, has green status light, the interfaces are showing activity. I see it connected to my Cisco 6500, (Sh port status) it shows connected and trunking,; I also see a lot of activity on the interfaces. Also it will not let me console in, I can console in on my other Cisco 4404 WLC's with out and issues, so I know my cables and configure are correct. The only change a I made today was the time zone. I noticed the time was off by a hour and noticed that the time zone wasn't set so I set it correctly. Shortly after that I saw the WLC go belly o up in my WCS. I tried rebooting the WLC several times without luck. Since I can not gain access via the console I can not really trouble shoot.
Trying to upgrade my Wireless LAN controller model 4404, I'm running 4.1.190.4 code and want to upgrade to 6.0.202. Looking at the release notes for 6.0.202 and the compatibility matrix, the matrix indicates I two intermediate loads first. One is 4.1.192.35m and the other is 6.0.182.0 then I can load 6.0.202 code. My problem is I can't find the 4.1.92.35m code. Looking at the software download the highest 4.1 folder has is 4.1.185.0. where to find the 4.1.192.35m code for 4404 WLC?
WLC 4404 is configured as Anchor controller, the MAC violation are captured by Controller. the Violated MAC are deleted manually through GUI, but when tried deleting through CLI using command
>Config exclusionlist delete <mac address>
we get error message as error deleting user <mac address>
We have 2 4404 controllers running 6.0.x code. I have several SSID setup with different VLANS. When the clients associate they do not show the name of the AP they are connected to, is there any way to display the assocated AP name?
I got a WLC4404 running software version 5.1.151.0 with 40 LWAPPs (mostly 1242AG). We got new Dell Latitude E6500 Laptops with Intel 5100 NICs. After upgrading the bios to the latest version and installing the latest wlan driver, wireless is working the most time.After about 4 reboots I see the following message in the WLCs logfile: "Thu Sep 18 13:53:10 2008 AAA Authentication Failure for UserName:host/hostname.domain.name User Type: WLAN USER".After I disable the wlan-card, it's working again.
I am facing a strange problem in my WLAN Setup. none of my wireless clients are able to associate with Wireless LAN but when I delete and create a new wireless profile in WLC 4404 clients starts associating with WLAN. every 2-3 days I had to delete and create wlan profile. Is it related to IOS bug or any other problem? My Wireless LAN Controller image is AIR-WLC4400-K9-5-1-151-0.aes.
I have a 4404 with 3 SSID's configured on it. I only want all SSID's to be available on one floor in one building and not on any other AP's in any other building or floor.I thought the way to do it was via AP group but have not had any luck getting that to work. I setup a group for the AP's that I do not want all SSID's and then assigned those AP's to that group. However, I can still see all three SSID's where I only want to see 2 SSID's.
I've downloaded Prime Infrastructure 1.2 eval and wanted to see what it looked from WCS that I am currently using to manage the wireless network and I added the WLC (4404) device but it list the device as "Managed with Warning" and I can't find what the warning is.
