Chapter 6. Understanding the Troubleshooting Tools

The purpose of this chapter is to educate you about the options and possibilities for troubleshooting wired and wireless issues within your deployments. This also makes it easier for you to formulate a troubleshooting plan. It might even provide seasoned engineers with new options in troubleshooting their everday issues in a fresh manner.

Troubleshooting on the WLC

The Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) has some diagnostic logs and tools built in it that can assist us when a potential problem arises. However, these tools alone are not comprehensive enough in most cases to fully troubleshoot many issues. In fact, the controllers do not contain nearly the amount or the caliber of information and logs ...

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