Sleeping Clients - WLC 7.6

moody · ‎02-12-2014

We are running 7.6 on our 5508-WLC. We have a number of issues w/ 'i-clients' when they go asleep. From what I can tell, I need to enable the 'sleeping clients' feature (not just the session and idle timeouts).

On our WLANs we use Layer-2 (WPA+WPA2) security. Is my understanding correct, that to enable Sleeping Clients we need to also have layer-3 security enabled? If so - is there a way around that requirement?

Scott Fella · ‎02-12-2014

On our WLANs we use Layer-2 (WPA+WPA2) security. Is my understanding correct, that to enable Sleeping Clients we need to also have layer-3 security enabled? If so - is there a way around that requirement?

Sleeping clients only works with WebAuth with no layer 2 encryption. If you are using a layer 2 encryption, it will not work as its not supported.

Thanks,

Scott

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moody · ‎02-12-2014

Thanks Scott -

just a quick follow-up.

is l3 a better/more secure way of doing authentication? we don't use it so i'm not that familiar w/ it (still reading up on it). we're thinking of moving to l3 security if it'll buy us the sleeping clients option - i'm not sure what else it provides for us though or if it's even a good idea.

Scott Fella · ‎02-12-2014

For your internal users, 802.1x is the best way to secure your wireless. WebAuth is best for guest users. Having active directory, you can bring up an NPS radius server that is joined to the domain and authenticate computer or users.

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