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Known Issues

Known Issues

These are the known issues in this release of FortiWLC. Controller issues listed in this section are applicable on all models unless specified; AP issues are applicable to specific models.

Tracking ID

Description

Impact

Workaround

627642

Rogue AP sub rule names added from the GUI do not support special characters such as &, #, ??, \.

Add the sub rule in the CLI mode.

636630

DHCP pool configuration is not retained after upgrade.

670270

Sometimes, the GUI prompts for login credentials in Chrome when navigating to other pages.

685389

[FAP-U32x/42xEV] VLAN trunking is not working.

683287

LACP configuration is not retained after upgrade.

The following known issues are specific to IPv6 discovered APs.

Tracking ID

Description

Impact

Workaround

635268

The AP does not discover the controller if v4v6 is set to V6only/V6preferred/V4preferred and ipv6 is set to none in the AP configuration CLI mode.

640425

With lower PMTU configured, remote AP scenarios fail (packet size more than 1470).

The client does not receive all IPv6 multicast traffic. Use default PMTU.

653079

Internal DHCPv6 feature does not work after NPlus1 failover.

684367

Browsing is sluggish if connected to APs discovered over IPv6 with IPSec configured.

685396

IPv6 forwarding does not work after upgrade to 8.6.

  • Edit the VLAN interface and enable IPv6 configuration.
  • Edit the ESS profile and enable IPv6 Forwarding.

The following known issues are specific to FortiWLC 64-bit OS support migration.

Tracking ID

Description

Impact

Workaround

665917 Custom captive portal mode changes to default during migration.

Configure captive portal after migration.

676617 [NPlus1] Slave controller is inaccessible after migration. Disable NPlus1 after migration.

684659

The syslog host is lost after migration.

Configure the syslog after migration.

Known Issues

These are the known issues in this release of FortiWLC. Controller issues listed in this section are applicable on all models unless specified; AP issues are applicable to specific models.

Tracking ID

Description

Impact

Workaround

627642

Rogue AP sub rule names added from the GUI do not support special characters such as &, #, ??, \.

Add the sub rule in the CLI mode.

636630

DHCP pool configuration is not retained after upgrade.

670270

Sometimes, the GUI prompts for login credentials in Chrome when navigating to other pages.

685389

[FAP-U32x/42xEV] VLAN trunking is not working.

683287

LACP configuration is not retained after upgrade.

The following known issues are specific to IPv6 discovered APs.

Tracking ID

Description

Impact

Workaround

635268

The AP does not discover the controller if v4v6 is set to V6only/V6preferred/V4preferred and ipv6 is set to none in the AP configuration CLI mode.

640425

With lower PMTU configured, remote AP scenarios fail (packet size more than 1470).

The client does not receive all IPv6 multicast traffic. Use default PMTU.

653079

Internal DHCPv6 feature does not work after NPlus1 failover.

684367

Browsing is sluggish if connected to APs discovered over IPv6 with IPSec configured.

685396

IPv6 forwarding does not work after upgrade to 8.6.

  • Edit the VLAN interface and enable IPv6 configuration.
  • Edit the ESS profile and enable IPv6 Forwarding.

The following known issues are specific to FortiWLC 64-bit OS support migration.

Tracking ID

Description

Impact

Workaround

665917 Custom captive portal mode changes to default during migration.

Configure captive portal after migration.

676617 [NPlus1] Slave controller is inaccessible after migration. Disable NPlus1 after migration.

684659

The syslog host is lost after migration.

Configure the syslog after migration.