Chapter 8 AP Management

8.2 AP Management Commands

The following table identifies the values required for many of these commands. Other input values are discussed with the corresponding commands.

Table 28 Input Values for General AP Management Commands

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

ap_mac

The Ethernet MAC address of the managed AP. Enter 6 hexidecimal pairs

 

separated by colons. You can use 0-9, a-z and A-Z.

 

 

ap_model

The model name of the managed AP, such as NWA5160N, NWA5560-N,

 

NWA5550-N, NWA5121-NI or NWA5123-NI.

 

 

slot_name

The slot name for the AP’s on-board wireless LAN card. Use either slot1 or

 

slot2. (The NWA5560-N supports up to 2 radio slots.)

 

 

profile_name

The wireless LAN radio profile name. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric

 

characters, underscores(_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a

 

number. This value is case-sensitive.

ap_description

The AP description. This is strictly used for reference purposes and has no

 

effect on any other settings. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters,

 

underscores(_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a number. This

 

value is case-sensitive.

sta_mac

The MAC address of the wireless client. Enter 6 hexidecimal pairs separated by

 

colons. You can use 0-9, a-z and A-Z.

 

 

The following table describes the commands available for AP management. You must use the configure terminal command to enter the configuration mode before you can use these commands.

Table 29 Command Summary: AP Management

COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

capwap manual-add {enable disable}

Allows the NXC to either automatically add new APs to

 

the network (disable) or wait until you manually confirm

 

them (enable).

 

 

show capwap manual-add

Displays the current manual add option.

capwap ap add ap_mac [ap_model]

Adds the specified AP to the NXC for management. If

 

manual add is disabled, this command can still be used; if

 

you add an AP before it connects to the network, then this

 

command simply preconfigures the management list with

 

that AP’s information.

 

 

capwap ap kick {all ap_mac}

Removes the specified AP (ap_mac) or all connected

 

APs (all) from the management list. Doing this removes

 

the AP(s) from the management list.

 

If the NXC is set to automatically add new APs to the AP

 

management list, then any kicked APs are added back to

 

the management list as soon as they reconnect.

 

 

capwap ap reboot ap_mac

Forces the specified AP (ap_mac) to restart. Doing this

 

severs the connections of all associated stations.

capwap ap ap_mac

Enters the sub-command mode for the specified AP.

slot_name ap-profileprofile_name

Sets the radio (slot_name) to AP mode and assigns a

 

created profile to the radio.

no slot_name ap-profile

Removes the AP mode profile assignment for the

 

specified radio (slot_name).

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