Wireless Access Point Keeps Crashing Collect Crash Log

An access-point is crashing or resetting and you need to  collect the crash logs:

An example error in your Wireless LAN Controller Events :


 Now we can check the AP and log into it directly to to check the log files by doing a 
                 "show log"

                  "show stacks"

These commands will display a couple items that you a generally looking for in regards to the AP continuously resetting or disconnecting. Reasoning codes, errors, crash log information upload.

The Crashlog file of the AP is uploaded to the WLC with the reasons after the AP has come back online and reassociated itself. So to collect this complete log we can get it from the WLC because it should then be removed from the AP.

After obtaining the information you can log into the WLC and do a show ap crash-file  this will show the file inside the flash of the WLC.  
 
In order to obtain the crash file you can do a couple items:

Get information from WLC GUI:
1. Log into the WLC 
2. Click Management Tab
3. Go to Tech Support Under Management
4. Click AP Crash Log 


Get information from WLC CLI:

 show ap crash-file
 show ap crash-file APNAME

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