← Back to all lab tasks Looking for graded challenges? Browse all Lab Tasks → Objective-based build labs + troubleshooting scenarios that grade themselves as you go.

Free-play Cisco 9800 · IOS-XE 17.9

Free-play Cisco 9800 WLC console

A live in-browser Cisco 9800 wireless-controller CLI. Configure a WLAN, attach a policy profile, bind them with a policy tag, assign an AP — the same command chain a real WLC 9800 uses. No sign-up, no install, no vendor firmware needed.

Independent educational training. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Cisco Systems, Inc. Cisco® and Catalyst® are trademarks of Cisco.

WLC1 · Catalyst 9800

Enter enable then configure terminal to begin. Type ? for the command list in any mode. ↑ / ↓ for history.

Try this first — a basic WLAN

enable — enter priv EXEC
configure terminal
wireless management interface Vlan10
ap country US
wlan CoffeeShop-WiFi 1 CoffeeShop
security wpa psk set-key ascii 0 MyPassword123
no shutdown
end
show wlan summary

Currently supported

System (enable, configure terminal, hostname, exit/end, terminal length) · wireless management interface · ap country · WLAN creation + WPA2/WPA3 PSK / 802.1X security · wireless policy profile (VLAN, central/local switching, shutdown) · policy tag (WLAN ↔ policy binding) · per-AP tag assignment · show wlan / wireless / ap summary · show running-config · copy running-config startup-config.

Next up: site tags · RF tags · CAPWAP / AP-join simulation · cross-engine bridge so a WLC change reflects on connected switches (real topology behaviour). Coming in later releases — this Phase 1 is intentionally the standalone controller.

Free-play Cisco 9800 WLC console

Try this first — a basic WLAN

Complete the chain — policy profile + tag + AP

Currently supported