<seotitle>WCAE - Wireless Config Analyzer Express</seotitle> <seodescription>Tool for Configuration auditing, Best Practices score, in-depth RF analysis and checking typical support issues. Support for AireOS and 9800 IOS-XE Controllers, availble in Mac OS, Windows 10 and Cloud versions. The tool will help on preventing TAC cases, and ensure you can detect the most common problem scenarios.</seodescription>

Wireless Config Analyzer Express

• Support, Questions, Feature requests: wcae@cisco.com
• Webex Teams Room
• Tool home page:

Cloud Version

What is new

Checks Available

Downloads

• Cloud Version
• Mac OS Apple Sillicon
• Mac OS Intel
• Windows 10/11 Unsigned
• Direct Downloads

What is WCAE?

• Main Objective: Save time processing WLC configurations, provides information on common configuration errors and best practices
• Secondary Objectives: RF Analysis and Audit config against a rule set
• Supports both 9800 and AireOS controller types
• New implementation for the WLC Config Analyzer (WLCCA). it is a new re-write of the application, with clean up and improved checks
• Two versions available: as Cloud, just upload your file and get a summary report, or as mini-Desktop application, with more detailed information
• It is fully offline to the controller, it does not store any data, or sends any data back
• It is not a TAC supported products, basically provided "as is"
• Support, Questions, Feature requests: wcae@cisco.com

What is needed?

• if using AireOS controller: the output of the "show run-config" command. How to collect
• if using IOS-XE controller: the output of "show tech wireless"
• It does not work with TFTP config backup, or sh tech
• For AireOS, the best way to collect is is using TFTP with “transfer upload data run-conf”
• Alternatively: use SSH with config paging disabled

What is supported?

• Single WLC scenario. No support for multiple WLCs/files
• AireOS version 8.0 and higher, any model
• IOS-XE version 16.11 and higher, any model
• All controller/Mobility Express (ME) and Embedded Wireless Controller hardware types

Reports included

• Excel or text results file on same location as source
• WLC and AP check results
• Syslog summarization
• For 9800, Tag and Profile usage summarization
• RF Stats per band, Flex group, AP group/Tag
• RF Health per band
• Channel stats
• AP configuration summary
• Per AP RF health and stats
• Neighbor reports
• Flexconnect AP config verification

WCAE Cloud

• Focus on Summaries not Details
• Provides around 190 automatic checks
• RF Stats, RF Health summarised per AP Group/Tag, Flex Group and controller
• No installation required