Re: needed recomondation on tool for wifi troubleshooting

Andrew great catch , yes cisco did release WLC upgraded code which also have
had major issues with some special endpoints (ipads) not working correctly but
with the WLC upgrades they are working correctly now.

Regards,
 Joe Sanchez

On Apr 5, 2012, at 8:45 AM, Andrew Lissitz <all.from.nj_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Morning team,
>
> To add to what others have mentioned ... RRM has been known to cause issues
with frequent changes to channels ... Cisco made some improvements to RRM, so
make sure you are running newer code on WLC and APs. (always a good idea
anyhow ...). In the past, some people would turn it off since it could knock
clients off and back on, etc ...
>
> I would focus on the client first... more than likely that is the problem.
>
> You can run wireshark and capture everything to/from a wifi interface. Give
it a try and see if your client is trying to reconnect; look for the
management frames. A helpful link (if you want to know more):
http://wiki.wireshark.org/Wi-Fi
>
> Additionally I would check:
> -Client Software and any forums for people who have also had this. If it is
the NIC or software, then there are probably plenty of people complaining.
>
> HTH,
> Andrew
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 8:32 AM, AKHILESH THAKUR <akhi_thakur_at_hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Thanks Joe,
> We are facing problem where whenever a channel change is happening in AP,
> client get disassociated and doesnot connect at all.
> THis is intermittent and if we reset the wifi adaptor the clients connects
> back but to the different AP.
>
> What do u think can be a issue. I know this is not the right information
> required for troubleshoot.
> Can Airmagnet help me in this.
>
> Regards
> Akhilesh
>
> > CC: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> > From: marco207p_at_gmail.com
> > Subject: Re: needed recomondation on tool for wifi troubleshooting
> > Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 07:00:01 -0500
> > To: akhi_thakur_at_hotmail.com
> >
> > Airmagnet
> >
> > Regards,
> > Joe Sanchez
> >
> > On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:50 AM, AKHILESH THAKUR <akhi_thakur_at_hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear All,
> > > I need to troubleshoot why client adaptor changes from one AP to other
AP.
> Is
> > > there any tool that can help me to troubleshoot this.
> > > Need is this can be acheived via Airpcap or netstumbler. I am using
> windows
> > > OS.
> > > which tool is best to each frames on wireless side like probe ,
> association
> > > and other managment and control frame.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Akhilesh
> > >
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