Access Points Survey Mode

AP Survey Mode

To enable the Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series APs and other upcoming AP models for site survey at customer sites, a new AP command is introduced to help APs to switch to survey mode. When an AP is in survey mode, the AP GUI is enabled and is used for configuring the RF parameters for site survey investigation.

To enable survey mode on an AP, run the ap-type site-survey command from the AP CLI.

The following features in the AP GUI are hidden, when the AP is in the survey mode:

  • WAN

  • Firewall

  • Network Diagnostics


Note


To make the hidden features visible on the AP GUI, you must switch the AP back to the CAPWAP mode, by running the ap-type capwap command from the AP CLI. In CAPWAP mode, the AP GUI becomes available only when the OfficeExtend AP field is enabled in the flex profile page associated to that AP.



Note


To access the AP survey mode from the GUI, you must enter the default login as 'admin' and the default password as 'admin' (both case sensitive).

When the AP is in survey mode, it broadcasts an SSID by default. The default password to connect to this SSID is 'password' (case sensitive).