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We use a 5508 Wireless Controller. Currently, when the controller goes down for maintenance, our APs drop clients and basically wait for the controller to come back up.<br />
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Is there a configuration option within the controller web UI that will instruct the APs to go into an autonomous mode if the controller is unavailable?
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We use a 5508 Wireless Controller. Currently, when the controller goes down for maintenance, our APs drop clients and basically wait for the controller to come back up.

Is there a configuration option within the controller web UI that will instruct the APs to go into an autonomous mode if the controller is unavailable?

Cisco 5508 WLAN Controller - Autonomous AP Fallback

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