- Cisco Wireless Controller Configuration Guide, Release 8.5
- Book Title
- Country Codes
- Results
- Chapter: Country Codes
- Country Codes
- Information About Configuring Country Codes
- Information About Japanese Country Codes
- Restrictions for Configuring Country Codes
- Configuring Country Codes (GUI)
- Procedure
- Configuring Country Codes (CLI)
- Procedure
Cisco Wireless Controller Configuration Guide, Release 8.5
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- Preface
- Overview
- Cisco Wireless Solution Overview
- Initial Setup
- Administration of Controller
- Monitoring Dashboard
- Managing Licenses
- Managing Software
- Managing Configuration
- Network Time Protocol Setup
- High Availability
- Managing Certificates
- AAA Administration
- Managing Users
- Ports and Interfaces
- IPv6 Clients
- Access Control Lists
- Multicast/Broadcast Setup
- Controller Security
- Cisco Umbrella WLAN (OpenDNS)
- SNMP
- Overview
- Auto-Anchor Mobility
- Mobility Groups
- Configuring New Mobility
- Encrypted Mobility Tunnel
- Monitoring and Validating Mobility
- Country Codes
- Radio Bands
- Radio Resource Management
- Wireless Quality of Service
- Location Services
- Wireless Intrusion Detection System
- Advanced Wireless Tuning
- Timers
- AP Power and Uplink LAN Connections
- AP Connectivity to Controller
- Managing APs
- Connecting Mesh Access Points to the Network
- Checking the Health of the Network
- Troubleshooting Mesh Access Points
- Client Traffic Forwarding Configurations
- Quality of Service
- WLANs
- Per-WLAN Wireless Settings
- WLAN Interfaces
- WLAN Timeouts
- WLAN Security
- Client Roaming
- DHCP
- Client Data Tunneling
- AP Groups
- Workgroup Bridges
- Software-Defined Access Wireless
- FlexConnect
- FlexConnect Groups
- FlexConnect Security
- Monitoring the Controller
- System and Message Logging
- Debugging on Cisco Wireless Controllers
- Controller Unresponsiveness
- Debugging on Cisco Access Points
- Packet Capture
- Troubleshooting Articles by Cisco Subject Matter Experts
Book Title
Cisco Wireless Controller Configuration Guide, Release 8.5
Country Codes
Results
Chapter: Country Codes
Country Codes
Information About Configuring Country Codes
Controllers and access points are designed for use in many countries with varying regulatory requirements. The radios within the access points are assigned to a specific regulatory domain at the factory (such as -E for Europe), but the country code enables you to specify a particular country of operation within that regulatory domain (such as FR for France or ES for Spain). Configuring a country code ensures that each radio’s broadcast frequency bands, interfaces, channels, and transmit power levels are compliant with country-specific regulations.
The following are some guidelines for configuring country codes:
Information About Japanese Country Codes
Country codes define the channels that can be used legally in each country. These country codes are available for Japan:
- JP: Allows only –J radios to join the controller
- J2: Allows only –P radios to join the controller
- J3: Uses the –U frequencies, but allows –U, –P, and –Q (other than 1550/1600/2600/3600) radios to join the controller
- J4: Allows 2.4G JPQU and 5G PQU to join the controller.
Note The 1550, 1600, 2600, and 3600 APs require J4.
See the Channels and Maximum Power Settings for Cisco Aironet Lightweight Access Points document for the list of channels and power levels supported by access points in the Japanese regulatory domains.
Restrictions for Configuring Country Codes
- APs can only operate on the channels for the countries that they are designed for.
Note If an AP was already set to a higher legal power level or is configured manually, the power level is limited only by the particular country to which that AP is assigned.
Configuring Country Codes (GUI)
Procedure
Disable the 802.11 networks as follows:
- Choose Wireless > 802.11a/n /ac > Network .
- Uncheck the 802.11a Network Status check box.
- Click Apply .
- Choose Wireless > 802.11b/g/n > Network .
- Uncheck the 802.11b/g Network Status check box.
- Click Apply .
Choose Wireless > Country to open the Country page.
Select the check box for each country where your access points are installed. If you selected more than one check box, a message appears indicating that RRM channels and power levels are limited to common channels and power levels.
Click OK to continue or Cancel to cancel the operation.
See the default country chosen for each access point and choose a different country if necessary as follows:
If you remove a country code from the configuration, any access points currently assigned to the deleted country reboot and when they rejoin the controller, they get re-assigned to one of the remaining countries if possible.
- Perform one of the following:
- Leave the 802.11 networks disabled.
- Reenable the 802.11 networks and then disable only the access points for which you are configuring a country code. To disable an access point, choose Wireless > Access Points > All APs , click the link of the desired access point, choose Disable from the Status drop-down list, and click Apply .
- Choose Wireless > Access Points > All APs to open the All APs page.
- Click the link for the desired access point.
- Choose the Advanced tab to open the All APs > Details for (Advanced) page. The default country for this access point appears in the Country Code drop-down list.
- If the access point is installed in a country other than the one shown, choose the correct country from the drop-down list. The box contains only those country codes that are compatible with the regulatory domain of at least one of the access point’s radios.
- Click Apply .
- Repeat these steps to assign all access points joined to the controller to a specific country.
- Reenable any access points that you disabled in Step a.
Reenable the 802.11 networks if you did not enable them in Step 6.
Click Save Configuration.
Configuring Country Codes (CLI)
Procedure
See a list of all available country codes by entering this command:
Disable the 802.11 networks by entering these commands:
config 802.11a disable network
config 802.11b disable network
Configure the country codes for the countries where your access points are installed by entering this command:
config country code1 [ , code2 , code3 , . ]
If you are entering more than one country code, separate each by a comma (for example, config country US,CA,MX ).
Enter Y when prompted to confirm your decision.
Verify your country code configuration by entering this command:
See the list of available channels for the country codes configured on your controller by entering this command:
Save your changes by entering this command:
See the countries to which your access points have been assigned by entering this command:
To see a summary of specific access point you can specify the access point name. You can also use wildcard searches when filtering for access points.
If you entered multiple country codes in Step 3, follow these steps to assign each access point to a specific country:
- Perform one of the following:
- Leave the 802.11 networks disabled.
- Reenable the 802.11 networks and then disable only the access points for which you are configuring a country code. To Reenable the networks, enter this command: config 802.11 < a | b >enable network To disable an access point, enter this command: config ap disable ap_name
- To assign an access point to a specific country, enter this command: config ap country code < ap_name | all >Make sure that the country code you choose is compatible with the regulatory domain of at least one of the access point’s radios.
Note If you enabled the networks and disabled some access points and then run the config ap country code all command, the specified country code is configured on only the disabled access points. All other access points are ignored. - To reenable any access points that you disabled in Step a, enter this command: config ap enable ap_name
If you did not reenable the 802.11 networks in Step 9, enter these commands to reenable them now:
config 802.11 < a | b >enable network
Save your changes by entering this command: