WLC functionality can be activated on ESR-15, ESR-15R and ESR-3200 using license. For all devices with WLC functionality, an increase in the maximum number of access points is available under the WLC-AP-N license (see the data sheet for limits).
To download the license, enter the following command. The IP address of the server to be used must be specified as the <server> parameter. To update from an FTP or SCP server, a user name (<user> parameter) and password (<password> parameter) must be entered. As the <file_name> parameter specify the name of the license file placed on the server (when using SCP, you must specify the full path <folder> parameter). After entering the command, the device will copy the file to the internal memory, check the data integrity and save it.
TFTP:
esr# copy tftp://<server>:/<file_name> system:licence
FTP:
esr# copy ftp://[<user>[:<password>]@]<server>:/<file_name> system:licence
SCP:
esr# сору scp://[<user>[:<password>]@]<server>://<folder>/<file_name> system:licence
SFTP:
esr# copy sftp://[<user>[:<password>]@]<server>:/<file_name> system:licence
Example of license download via SCP:
esr# сору scp://adm:password123@192.168.16.168://home/tftp/licence system:licence
Reload the device to activate the license:
esr# reload system
After reload, check that the license is activated:
esr# show licence Licence information ------------------- Name: eltex Version: 1.0 Type: esr-15 S/N: NP1F000000 MAC: CC:9D:A2:00:00:00 Features: WLC-AP-100 - Wireless Local Controller access points limit WLC - Wireless Local Controller
The downloaded license overwrites the active license! If the downloaded license does not contain the functionality that was in the already active license, this functionality will stop working after reload:
esr# show licence Licence information ------------------- Name: eltex Version: 1.0 Type: esr-15 S/N: NP1F000000 MAC: CC:9D:A2:00:00:00 Features: WLC - Wireless Local Controller BRAS - Broadband Remote Access Server After reboot: ------------------- Name: eltex Version: 1.0 Type: esr-15 S/N: NP1F000000 MAC: CC:9D:A2:00:00:00 Features: WLC-AP-100 - Wireless Local Controller access points limit WLC - Wireless Local Controller esr#
In the example above, after reload the device, access to the functionality under the BRAS license will be blocked and all current settings in the configuration related to BRAS will no longer be active.
Thus, in case of expanding the list of available functionality, when contacting ELTEX technical support or sales department, it is necessary to provide information about the list of already active licenses, so that the new license file already contains the functional licenses used.