A Few Cisco WLC CLI Commands

These are mostly commands that I need at various times. This is not meant to be exhaustive.

Collecting Data about APs

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*** Show data in a stream ***

Disable / Enable
--More-- or (q)uit

*** Disable ***

config paging disable

*** Enable ***

config paging enable

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*** Show all WLANs ***

Show wlan summary

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*** AP Groups ***

Tells RF Profiles in use

WLAN ID and Interface

Attached APs

*** All AP Groups on a controller ***

show wlan apgroups

*** AP Groups for a particular school ***

Grep include "SCHOOL-HS" "show wlan apgroups"

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*** FlexConnect Groups ***

Tells FlexConnect Groups in use

Gives a list of AP Eth MACs that belong to a particular FC Group

Tells
Native VLAN
WLAN ID and its VLAN ID

*** All FlexConnect Groups on a controller ***

show flexconnect group summary

*** FlexConnect Groups for a particular FC Group ***

show flexconnect group detail SCHOOL-HS-2

*** FlexConnect Groups members only ***

show flexconnect group detail SCHOOL-HS-2 aps

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*** AP Info – BSSID MAC, Current Channel / Power ***

Tells Info for:
AP Name
BSSID MAC Address
Slot Admin
Operation
Channel
TxPower

(Use 11a or 11b depending on band type)

*** All APs on a controller ***

show advanced 802.11a summary

*** All APs for a school ***

grep include "SCHOOL" "show advanced 802.11a summary"

*** Single AP – MAC or AP Name ***

grep include "04:5f:b9:00:00:00" "show advanced 802.11a summary"

*** Transmit Power Settings ***

show advanced 802.11a txpower

*** Transmit Power Settings – particular AP / school***

grep include "SCHOOL" "show advanced 802.11a txpower"

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*** AP Info – BSSID MAC, Current Channel / Power ***

Tells Info for
AP Name
Slots
AP Model
Ethernet MAC
Location
Country
IP Address
Clients
DSE Location

*** All APs on a controller ***

show ap summary

*** All APs for a school ***

grep include "SCHOOL" "show ap summary"

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*** RF Profile information ***

*** Find all the RF Profiles on a controller ***

Tells
RF Profile
Band
Greenfield
Applied

show rf-profile summary

*** Info in a particular RF Profile ***

Tells
AP Groups that use the profile
Radio policy
Min / Max Tx Power
WLAN ID / Max Clients
Trap Threshold
DCA Channel List

show rf-profile details "SCHOOL-RF-A"

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*** AP Info – NDP Info as the AP sees it ***

*** By band / Change 11a or 11b ***

show ap auto-rf 802.11a "SCHOOL-R707"

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*** AP Info – CDP / RF Neighbors ***

show ap cdp neighbors detail SCHOOL-R707A

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*** AP Info – LWAPP Time ***

Grep include "LWAPP" "show ap config 802.11a SCHOOL-R204"

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*** AP Info – Locate AP by flashing the LED ***

config ap led-state flash 3 “SCHOOL-R106”

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*** Enable / Disable Radios ***

*** By band / Change 11a or 11b ***

config 802.11b enable “SCHOOL-R106”

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*** Convert AP to monitor mode ***

*** By band / Change 11a or 11b ***

config ap mode monitor submode wips “SCHOOL-R106”

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*** Convert AP to FlexConnect member from monitor mode ***

*** Find AP MAC ***

grep include "SCHOOL-R106" "show ap summary"

*** Add AP to FC Group based on floor ***

config flexconnect group SCHOOL-HS ap add 0c:d0:f8:00:00:00

*** Add AP to AP Group ***

config ap group-name SCHOOL-HS SCHOOL-R106

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*** Turn on Hostname IE Broadcast ***

*** From the Controller GUI ***

WLANs > (select WLAN ID) > Advanced > tick Aironet ID > Apply

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