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Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.8.x - Client Limit [Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers] - Cisco
Client Limit
· Information About Client Limit, on page 1 · Configuring Client Limit Per WLAN (GUI), on page 1 · Configuring Client Limit Per WLAN (CLI), on page 2 · Configuring Client Limit Per AP (GUI), on page 3 · Configuring Client Limit Per AP (CLI), on page 3 · Configuring Client Limit Per Radio (GUI), on page 4 · Configuring Client Limit Per Radio (CLI), on page 4 · Verifying Client Limit, on page 5
Information About Client Limit
This feature enforces a limit on the number of clients that can to be associated with an AP. Further, you can configure the number of clients that can be associated with each AP radio. From Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.8.x onwards, client limiting is supported per AP, per radio, and per radio per WLAN.
Limitations for Client Limit
· APs other than the Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series APs, support only 200 clients per radio. If you configure more than 200 clients for these APs, the number of clients that can be associated with the AP radios will still be limited to only 200 clients, as per the AP capability value.
· Client limiting is supported on the Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series APs in Flex mode.
Configuring Client Limit Per WLAN (GUI)
Procedure
Step 1 Step 2
Choose Configuration > Tags & Profiles > WLANs. Click a WLAN from the list of WLANs.
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Step 5
Click the Advanced tab.
Under the Max Client Connections settings, enter the client limit for Per WLAN, Per AP Per WLAN, and Per AP Radio Per WLAN.
Click Update & Apply to Device.
Configuring Client Limit Per WLAN (CLI)
Procedure
Step 1
Command or Action enable Example:
Device# enable
Purpose Enters privileged EXEC mode.
Step 2
configure terminal Example:
Device# configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.
Step 3
wlan wlan-name Example:
Device(config)# wlan ramban
Specifies the WLAN name.
Step 4
client association limit maximum-clients-per-WLAN
Configures the maximum number of clients that can be associated to the given WLAN.
Example:
Device(config-wlan)# client association limit 110
Step 5
client association limit ap
Configures the maximum number of clients that
max-clients-per-AP-per-WLAN
can be associated to an AP in the WLAN. The
Example:
valid range is between 0 and 1200 clients. The default value is 0.
Device(config-wlan)# client association
limit ap 120
Note
A Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series AP
can support a maximum of 1200
clients.
Step 6
client association limit radio
Configures the maximum limit of clients that
maximum-clients-per-AP-radio-per-WLAN(0--400) can be associated to an AP radio in the WLAN.
Example:
The valid range is between 0 to 400 clients. The default value is 200.
Device(config-wlan)# client association
limit radio 100
Note
A Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series AP
radio can support a maximum of
400 clients.
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Step 7 Step 8
Command or Action end Example:
Device(config)# end
show wlan id wlan-id Example:
Device# show wlan id 2
Purpose
Returns to privileged EXEC mode. Alternatively, you can also press Ctrl-Z to exit global configuration mode.
Displays the current configuration of the WLAN and the corresponding client association limits.
Configuring Client Limit Per AP (GUI)
Procedure
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
Step 6
Choose Configuration > Tags & Profiles > AP Join. Click Add. In the General tab, enter the name and description of the corresponding AP join profile. Click the Client tab. In the Maximum Client Limit field, enter the maximum client associations per AP. The valid values are between 0 and 1200. The default value is 0. Click Apply to Device.
Configuring Client Limit Per AP (CLI)
Procedure
Step 1
Command or Action configure terminal Example:
Device# configure terminal
Step 2
ap profile ap-profile-name Example:
Device(config)# ap profile ap-profile-name
Step 3
association-limit max-client-connections Example:
Purpose Enters global configuration mode.
Configures an AP profile and enters AP profile configuration mode.
Configures the maximum client connections per AP. The default value is 0.
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Command or Action
Device(config-ap-profile)# association-limit 200
Step 4
end Example:
Device(config)# end
Purpose Note
A Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series AP can support a maximum of 1200 clients.
Returns to privileged EXEC mode. Alternatively, you can also press Ctrl-Z to exit global configuration mode.
Configuring Client Limit Per Radio (GUI)
Procedure
Step 1 Step 2
Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
Choose Configuration > Tags & Profiles > RF/Radio. In the RF tab, click the required RF profile name from the displayed list of RF profiles.
The Edit RF Profile page is displayed.
Click the Advanced tab. Under the High Density Parameters section, in the Max Clients field, enter the maximum number of client connections per AP radio. The valid range is between 0 and 400. The default value is 200 client connections. Click Update & Apply to Device.
Configuring Client Limit Per Radio (CLI)
Procedure
Step 1
Command or Action configure terminal Example:
Device# configure terminal
Purpose Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2
ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz | 6ghz} rf-profile rf-profile-name
Configures an RF profile and enters RF profile configuration mode.
Example:
Device(config)# ap dot11 6ghz rf-profile rf-profile-name
Step 3
high-density clients count maximum-client-connections <0-400>
Configures the maximum number of client connections per AP radio. The valid range is
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Step 4
Command or Action
Purpose
Example:
between 0 and 400. The default value is 200
Device(config-rf-profile)# high-density client connections.
clients count 200
Note
A Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series AP
radio can support a maximum of
400 clients.
end Example:
Device(config)# end
Returns to privileged EXEC mode. Alternatively, you can also press Ctrl-Z to exit global configuration mode.
Verifying Client Limit
To verify client limit in local mode, run the following command:
Device# show wireless stats client delete reasons | sec Max
Maximum client limit reached on AP
:0
Maximum client limit reached on AP per wlan
:0
Maximum client limit reached on AP radio per wlan : 0
Maximum client limit reached on AP radio
:0
To verify client limit in the FlexConnect central authentication mode, run the following command:
Device# show wireless stats client delete reasons | sec max
AP limiting maximum client per AP
:0
AP limiting maximum client per AP radio per wlan : 0
AP limiting maximum client per AP radio
:0
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