Author: Nithya Chandar

Did you turn things upside down in your WiFiManager when you faced a typical issue - your Cisco Vx works not being discovered properly?

Just Freeze . The solution is a one liner " your credentials may be incorrect"

To check out the correct credentials for this device, here's what you can do:

1.Go to the device interface by entering the http://IP-address of the device.

2.Now the screen showing the details with Tabs as Home, Network associations, logs and setup details.

3.Here you can click on the Setup details to enter the Express setup

4.Now you can click on the Security Link under Services Tab as shown in the screen shot-1.

5.This takes you to the Login details page where you can click on the User Information.

6.You can note the SNMP community that is shown here under the username category-Screenshot-2

7.This community can be supplied while adding credentials when adding CiscoVx Works device for discovery.

Remember..not to do this...

(Please note that you need not consider the community shown under the SNMP Link which shows only the SNMP Trap Community.)

You can see the screenshots here:

Screenshot1 shows the device Interface and the Security link:

Screenshot 2 shows you the proper SNMP community of the device:

Author: Nithya Chandar

Do you keep receiving email alerts for that default SSID being used or that the EAP is disabled? Are you frustrated by the repeated alerts you get? Here's the simple way out..You can very well instruct your WiFiManager to stop notifying you about it. Just follow these steps:

When you have opened your webclient,

1.Traverse to "Fault Tab" >> Alarm Settings.

2.Click on the Alarm category- say, Vulnerability Alarm link - if its the EAP or SSID alert I am talking about.

3.Uncheck the option against the EAP Disabled" or "the Default SSID in use"

4.Click on Finish.

And that's it. You have done it! You will stop receiving those notification alerts repeatedly!

Let me show you how -

1. Click on the Inventory tab in WiFi Manager.

2. Rogue Access Points are detected by the symbol next to the "Name". Click on the Rogue Access Point, you want to block and you will get the following screen.

3. Scroll down to "Connected to Switch Port". There is a link called [Block AP], right next to the port number.

Click and voila!, you blocked that Rogue Access Point.

It couldn't get easier than this!

Please note: You will need to provide the correct "write community" for the switch to which the access point is connected.