Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Radio Resource Management Configuration Guide, Release 7.4
Configuring RRM Neighbor Discovery Packets

Configuring RRM Neighbor Discovery Packets

The Cisco Neighbor Discovery Packet (NDP) is the fundamental tool for RRM and other wireless applications that provides information about the neighbor radio information. You can configure the controller to encrypt neighbor discovery packets.

This feature enables you to be compliant with the PCI specifications.

Information About RRM NDP and RF Grouping

An RF group can only be formed between controllers that have the same encryption mechanism. That is, an access point associated to a controller that is encrypted can not be neighbors with an access point associated to a controller that is not encrypted. The two controllers and their access points will not recognize each other as neighbors and cannot form an RF group. It is possible to assign two controllers in a static RF group configuration that has mismatched encryption settings. In this case, the two controllers do not function as a single RF group because the access points belonging to the mismatched controllers do not recognize one another as neighbors in the group.


Caution


Inter-operation between 7.0.116.0 release and earlier releases: Because the NDP feature has been introduced from the 7.0.116.0 release, only transparent settings can ensure a RF-group formation between these cases. Previous controller releases do not have the NDP encryption mechanism.



Caution


Inter-release 7.0.116.0: Controllers that are intended to be in the same RF group must have the same protection settings.


Configuring RRM NDP (CLI)

To configure RRM NDP using the controller CLI, enter this command:

config advanced 802.11{a|b} monitor ndp-mode {protected | transparent}

This command configures NDP mode. By default, the mode is set to “transparent”. The following options are available:

  • Protected—Packets are encrypted.
  • Transparent—Packets are sent as is.

Use this command to see the discovery type:

show advanced 802.11{a|b} monitor