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Troubleshoot CAT9100 Series

APs Speeds
802.11ax
Ricardo Garcia Duarte

Technical Consulting Engineer
DGTL-TSCENT-403
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Agenda
1. Supported Hardware
2. WLC & AP Configuration
3. Verification & Troubleshooting
4. Takeaways
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Who Is This For?
• Wireless network administrators
• Design engineers
• Technical personnel
• Wireless enthusiasts
1. Supported Hardware
The 11ax Access Point Family
• Catalyst 9115 – Three radios: 2.4GHz

Cisco® Catalyst® 9100 (4x4), 5GHz (4x4), and BLE
Increased capacity with Wi-Fi 6 • Catalyst 9117 – Three radios: 2.4GHz
technology (4x4), 5GHz (8x8), and BLE
• Catalyst 9120 – 2.4 GHz (4x4), 5 GHz
(4x4), Cisco RF ASIC and BLE/IoT
• Catalyst 9130 – Four radios: 2.4 GHz
(4x4), 5 GHz (8x8 and 4x4), Cisco RF
ASIC, and BLE/IoT
Infrastructure Considerations
• On Access Point (AP) switch ports:

• Multigigabit (mGig) port use
• Cabling length
• Cable type
• Access or trunk mode?
• Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)
• On Wireless LAN Controller (WLC):

• Balance between client density vs. throughput
• Throughput must be ensured along the end-to-end path
End-to-end Wi-Fi 6
Access Points (APs) Access Switches Core Switches Wireless LAN Controller (WLC)
Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst
9100 Series 9200/9300/9400 9500/9600 Series 9800 Series
Wi-Fi 6, 802.3bt Ready
Wi-Fi 6
48P 5G + 25G/40G uplinks
Wi-Fi 6
Industry’s only modular

Wi-Fi 6 Campus Optimized WLC with 40G/100G
25G/40G/100G uplinks
Most comprehensive
mGig portfolio
Wi-Fi 6
2. WLC & AP
Configuration
WLC Basics
• AireOS WLC version 8.10.112.0 or higher
BSS Coloring
• IOS-XE WLC version 17.1.1t or higher
• CAT9100 series APs 1024 QAM OFDMA
• 802.11ax capable clients

Target Wake Time
Channel Bonding
Step 1. Set channel width to 160 MHz to increase bandwidth.
New Higher Rates
Step 2. Ensure not only that 11ax mode is enabled but also all MCS rates are set.
11ax Global Settings
Step 3. Ensure that features such as BSS Color and TWT are globally enabled.
11ax WLAN Configuration
Step 4. Verify that WLAN settings allow the use of OFDMA & MU-MIMO.
3. Verification &
Troubleshooting
3.1 From The Air
Over-The-Air Packet Capture
3.2 From The AP
Client Maximum Rate
Is the client 11ax capable?
“show dot11 clients”
Client Maximum Rate
Client Maximum Rate
“show client summary”
Client Maximum Rate
“show client summary”
Detailed Client Capabilities View
“show controllers dot11Radio 1 client [mac-address]”
Detailed Client Capabilities View
“show controllers dot11Radio 1 client [mac-address]”
802.11ac Client Speed
VHT
MCS92SS
802.11ax Client Speed
HE
MCS112SS
802.11ax Client Speed
HE MCS118SS
MCS112SS 4.8 Gbps
Client Current Tx/Rx Rates
11ac client
11ax client
Client Current Tx/Rx Rates
11ac client
11ax client
Real-time Speed Debug
“debug dot11 client rate [mac address]”
3.3 From The Client
11ac True Speed?
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11ax True Speed?
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4. Takeaways
Additional Benefits of Wi-Fi6
• It’s not all about speed… but if speed is needed, speed is great.
• Power savings.
• Power savings.
• Low latency.
• Power savings.
• Low latency.
• Moving towards a deterministic model.
• Power savings.
• Low latency.
• Moving towards a deterministic model.
• Higher client density.
High Client Density
No Spatial Reuse
(20 MHz
channels)
High Client Density
Spatial Reuse
(80/160 MHz
No Spatial Reuse channels)
(20 MHz
channels)
High Client Density
Spatial Reuse
Without Backoff
(BSS Colors)
Spatial Reuse
(80/160 MHz
No Spatial Reuse channels)
(20 MHz
channels)
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Performance
Linear Voice delay

Source: Cisco sponsored research
Wi-Fi 5 (ac)
Source: Cisco sponsored

research
Latency (ms)
Wi-Fi 6 (ax)
Client Count
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Performance
Linear Voice delay Consistent Data throughput

Wi-Fi 5 (ac)
Source: Cisco sponsored

research
Wi-Fi 6 (ax)
Throughput (Mbps)
Latency (ms)
Wi-Fi 6 (ax)
Wi-Fi 5 (ac)
Source: Cisco sponsored research Source: Cisco sponsored research
Client Count Client Count
What’s Next?
• How can I address the signal reception difference between AP and clients so that
RSSI and speed is nearly or exactly the same both ways?
What’s Next?
• I know my client specifications and throughput requirements but an end-to-end

solution will take time. Is 11ax an overkill for my network?
What’s Next?
• I know my client specifications and throughput requirements but an end-to-end

solution will take time. Is 11ax an overkill for my network?
• I see the same speeds as 11ac. Why should I get all this new equipment?
Thank you
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Troubleshoot CAT9100 Series

Ricardo Garcia Duarte

• Wireless network administrators

• Catalyst 9115 – Three radios: 2.4GHz

• On Access Point (AP) switch ports:

• On Wireless LAN Controller (WLC):

48P 5G + 25G/40G uplinks

Industry’s only modular

• AireOS WLC version 8.10.112.0 or higher

• CAT9100 series APs 1024 QAM OFDMA

• 802.11ax capable clients

“show dot11 clients”

“show dot11 clients”

“show dot11 clients”

“show client summary”

“show dot11 clients”

“show client summary”

• Moving towards a deterministic model.

• Moving towards a deterministic model.

• Higher client density.

Linear Voice delay

Source: Cisco sponsored

Source: Cisco sponsored research

Linear Voice delay Consistent Data throughput

Source: Cisco sponsored

Client Count Client Count

• I know my client specifications and throughput requirements but an end-to-end

• I know my client specifications and throughput requirements but an end-to-end

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