04-20-2018 10:11 AM - edited 11-18-2020 03:12 AM
Featured Speaker
Javier Contreras is a Senior Tech Lead for the Wireless Business Unit in Cisco, with over 2 decades of experience in the IT and networking industry; for the last 13 years he has been focusing on the EMEA region. Previously, he worked at IT Training and Security consulting companies. He has participated and contributed in several projects such as high priority cases of wireless infrastructures, development of wireless CCIE certification and software upgrades maintenance, security/pen tests on wireless, and WLCCA. Javier leads the Wireless Configuration Analyzer tool. He has created over 211 Sev1/2 bugs, 284 sev3 and 90 PSIRT. Javier holds a CCIE Certification in Wireless and Security (10749).
Javier lives in Barcelona; in his free time he likes to practice Taichi Qunag as a hobby.
You can download the slides of the presentation in PDF format here. The related Ask The Expert sessions is available here. The complete recording of this live Webcast can be accessed here.
A: Please send an email to wlc-conf-app-dev@cisco.com with your CCOid to request access to the tool
A: It is only windows, if you are using mac you can use Wireless Config Analyzer Express
A: WLCCA can be downloaded from following link:
https://upload.cisco.com/cgi-bin/swc/fileexg/main.cgi?CONTYPES=wlc-conf-app-dev
A: In the following link you can find all details to access the WLCCA tool https://supportforums.cisco.com/t5/wireless-lan-controller-config/bd-p/12168506-discussions-wlc-config-analyzer
https://cway.cisco.com/tools/WirelessAnalyzer/
A: You can export this as CSV and then open CSV with Excel
A: They have different feature sets WCA expresss provides summary of the info and not have all checks available in WLCCA
A: This is an offline tool no need to have any connectivity
A: No need to remove previous versions
A: Yes, only available when running WLCCA
A: Yes, we covered WLCA express that is cloud-based
A: No, there is no detail client info in show run-config so we cannot do this check
A: Windows version have also a summary of the network and best practices
A: Here you can find all info about WLCCA:
https://supportforums.cisco.com/t5/wireless-lan-controller-config/bd-p/12168506-discussions-wlc-config-analyzer
A: Config paging disable needs to be configured in WLC
A: There is no way to export the info at this moment
A: From WLC CLI show boot From GUI in Monitor "Software Version"
A: No hardware requirement for WLCCA, just needs windows
A: It will provide summary of network status
A: No, WLCCA will only work on Windows for MacOS you can use WCA Express
A: You need to send an email to wlc-conf-app-dev@cisco.com with your CCOid to request access to the tool
A: No cost
A: There could be different reasons for clients not been able to connect to AP, this needs to be troubleshooted to identify what could be the root cause
A: 447
A: You can review it, solve you’re related questions and find out the download link here: https://supportforums.cisco.com/t5/wireless-lan-controller-config/bd-p/12168506-discussions-wlc-config-analyzer
A: DFS monitoring is added on WLC Express warning is showed if more than 5 DFS occurs per day per AP. WLCCA doesn’t have any check for DFS.
A: Yes, WLCCA shows best practices.
A: WLCA Express only show data for client servicing APs, WLCCA shows data for all AP modes, no way to disable it.
A: No hardware requirement, just memory.
A: Yes, gain should be configured to ensure that txpower is not exceed.
A: WLCCA will help to keep track of the health of the network and quickly identify low health arears and overall health and best practices.
A: Some of the features are integrated into PI. But no plans to integrate tool with PI.
A: Yes, you can compare configs from different WLCs
A: Some of the features will be incorporate in the future wireless products.
A: You can filter by ap-group or flexgroup.
A: There is no limit on number of controllers.
A: Heard power – antenna gain.
A: Yes, there are some plans to integrate some of this features in future wireless products. Some features are already in PI and Assurance.
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