Cisco Cisco 2106 Wireless LAN Controller
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Release Notes for Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and Mesh Access Points for Release 4.1.191.24M-Mesh
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Important Notes
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Label and color coding of mesh links to reflect Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and Packet Error
Rate (PER) values on maps (Monitor > Maps > Map Name).
Rate (PER) values on maps (Monitor > Maps > Map Name).
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Traps for Poor Link SNR, excessive parent changes, console login and MAC authorization
failure.
failure.
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Alarms for excessive hop count, excessive child count, default bridge group name (BGN),
excessive association, no alternate path, and too high or too low SNR levels.
excessive association, no alternate path, and too high or too low SNR levels.
Note
Refer to “Monitoring Wireless Devices” (Chapter 6) in the Cisco Wireless Control System
Configuration Guide, Release 4.2 for details on monitoring the mesh network (access points,
links, statistics, alarms) at the following link:
Configuration Guide, Release 4.2 for details on monitoring the mesh network (access points,
links, statistics, alarms) at the following link:
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New reports for mesh access points: AP Uptime (Report > Access Point), Client count by RAP
(Reports > Client Report); and Mesh Packet Statistics and Mesh Stranded APs (Report > Mesh).
(Reports > Client Report); and Mesh Packet Statistics and Mesh Stranded APs (Report > Mesh).
Note
Refer to “Running Reports” (Chapter 14) in the Cisco Wireless Control System
Configuration Guide, Release 4.2 for more details on the mesh reports at the following link:
Configuration Guide, Release 4.2 for more details on the mesh reports at the following link:
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MAC Authorization by a RADIUS Server (NEW CLI Command)
To provide an additional level of security in authorizing an access point’s MAC address, the
following command is introduced.
following command is introduced.
config mesh security radius-mac-filter [enable | disable]
Enabling this feature, provides backup authorization for an access point on the RADIUS server in
case the MAC address is not found in the controller’s MAC filter. In addition to enabling the
command on the controller, the user must enter the MAC address of the access point as the username
and password in the RADIUS server.
case the MAC address is not found in the controller’s MAC filter. In addition to enabling the
command on the controller, the user must enter the MAC address of the access point as the username
and password in the RADIUS server.
This feature is disabled by default.
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Available Channels for a Mesh Access Point (NEW CLI command)
A new command, show ap channel AP_Name displays the available channels for a specified mesh
access point. An example of the command and its display is shown below.
access point. An example of the command and its display is shown below.
>show ap channel AP_Name
802.11b/g Current Channel ................. 1
Allowed Channel List......................1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
802.11a Current Channel ..................161
Allowed Channel List...................... 36,40,44,48,52,56,60,64,100,
.........................................104,108,112,116,132,136,140,
.........................................149,153,157,161