Networking-Notes

  Having a customer running FTDs managed by FMC configured for remote access vpn. The authentication is performed through LDAP.   Taking a request that they can’t login with anyconnect and the message login failed appeared. Then I resetted my own password from AD as I didn’t save it when I created it (if I don’t save it on KeePass then always need a reset). I tried to login with my credentials and I successfully connected.   Then I knew that the issue was with specific user. I checked the FW config and everything was there correctly!   Intead of resetting the password I proceeded with some debugs on the firewall to better understand and find the issue. Before that I connected on FTD cli then on system support diagnostic-cli    sho debug debug aaa authentication enabled at level 1 debug aaa authentication enabled at level 1 (persistent) debug aaa authorization enabled at level 1 debug aaa authorization enabled at level 1 (pers...

As a wireless engineer with focus in wireless I could say I am more than familiar with airos WLCs. My experience with installations troubleshooting and maintaining those WLCs I can say I feel very confident. As those WLCs now are going to be replaced with iosxe wireless controllers I need to learn those new platforms. Even I have attended lot of webinars, cisco live presentations and documentation, I can say that I was scare of this new model. I don’t know the reason. I found this new model difficult for me at the beginning. As I understand later on the key on this was my first installation. I had to study a lot to understand this model and deploy the customer needs. After even the first installation I have different opinion!   Conclusion: Even the philosophy its different between the 2 WLCs, an engineer with airos experience will not find it very difficult to understand 9800. A tip for the wlc is to navigate into wireless setup (right up corner) Choose advanced Setup. You will see...