Fastlane+ Frequently Asked Questions

●      Optimized roaming for iOS and iPadOS devices with Adaptive 802.11r

●      The ability to prioritize business applications on iPhones and iPads using the Apple configurator app or Cisco Meraki^® device management software to whitelist an application

●      A 40% increase in the Mean Opinion Score (MOS) for VoIP traffic, providing users with higher-quality voice and video content.

●      A 30% decrease in latency and a 10% decrease in jitter, optimizing the wireless network to be more reliable.

●      A 20% increase in throughput, allowing users to stream high-definition voice and video content.

●      The benefits of Fastlane+ are best observed in a network environment with 60% channel utilization and above.

●      For Fastlane+ to be effective, the network environment must have a significant number of Fastlane+ supported Apple clients (Wi-Fi 6 capable iPhone and iPad on iOS 14 and iPadOS14 and above).

●      Fastlane+ optimizes the user experience of voice and video application traffic.

●      WebUI: Follow the steps below in sequence to enable Fastlane+ (PMF and ASR).

1.     Navigate to the WLAN page and click on the WLAN you’d like to enable Fastlane+ on.

2.     Click the Security tab and set PMF (Protected Management Frame) to either Optional or Required.

3.     Click the Advanced tab and click the check box next to Advanced Schedule Request Handling.

●      CLI: Run the following commands in sequence to enable Fastlane+ (PMF and ASR).

config terminal

wlan <WLAN Profile Name>

scheduler asr

This command enables ASR.

exit

security pmf <optional or required>

This command enables PMF.

show wlan <WLAN ID>

This command displays whether ASR is enabled or disabled.

●      Cisco DNA Center: Follow the steps below to create a template that you can provision to your WLC to enable Fastlane+ (PMF and ASR). (These steps assume you already have a Catalyst 9800 Series WLC assigned to a site within Cisco DNA Center.)

1.     Open the menu and navigate to Tools > Template Editor.

2.     Click the + button, and click Create Project, then provide a unique project name.

3.     Click the + button and click Create Template.

4.     For Name, input a unique Template Name; for Project Name, input the name of the project created in step 2; for Tags, input a unique tag name; for Device Type(s), select Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers or Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers for Cloud (depending on which one you’re using), and for Software Type, select IOS XE. Click Update.

5.     Add the following lines to the template:

wlan {{ wlan_name }} {{ wlan_id }} {{ ssid_name }}

security pmf {{ PMF_required_or_optional }}

scheduler asr

{{ shut }}

6.     Within the Action drop-down menu, click Save, then Commit.

7.     Open the menu and navigate to Design > Network Profiles.

8.     Click Add Profile, select Wireless, and click Add next to Attach Template(s).

9.     For Device Type, select Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers or Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers for Cloud (depending on which one you’re using); for Device Tag, select the tag you associated to your template created earlier, and under Template, choose your template name created earlier. Click Save.

10.  Open the menu, navigate to Provision > Inventory, then navigate to the WLC you’d like to provision.

11.  Select the check box next to the WLC you’d like to provision, click Tag Device at the top, select the tag added to the template earlier, and click Apply.

12.  Select the check box next to the WLC within the Actions menu, then click Provision > Provision Device.

13.  Click Next > Next > Next, then click the name of the WLC within the Advanced Configurations page.

14.  Provide the following inputs in the fields:

WLAN Name: <unique WLAN name>

WLAN ID Number: <unique WLAN ID>

SSID Name: <unique SSID name>

PMF_required_or_optional: <input either “required” or “optional”>

Shut: no shut

15.  Click Next, then Provision.

●      CLI: Run the following commands in sequence to enable Fastlane+ (PMF and ASR).

config WLAN asr {enable | disable} <WLAN ID>

This command enables ASR.

config wlan security pmf <optional or required>

This command enables PMF.

show WLAN <WLAN ID>

This command displays whether ASR is enabled or disabled.