Amber 11A/N and 11B/G/N from relocation

[Cinruskin]

Greetings! I have an IAP 105 that I am placing in a separate building from the other IAP 105s I have. I have plugged it into the network in the first building, and all lights light up green. I then move the AP to the second building and plug it into the switch. The PWR and ENET lights light green,l but the 11A/N and 11B/G/N lights are solid amber. I tried this with two different APs. They light up fine in the first building, but go amber in the second. The only difference I can see is that there is an additional network switch (HP Procurve 1800) inbetween the APs. I don't understand why the switch would make any difference for the radios? I could understand if there was a problem with the ENET! I searched the forums, and the only things I saw talked about SSID configurations, but I'm not changing any settings, just the physical location. Can solid amber on the radio lights indicate something else?

[Victor Fabian]

The amber lights indicates that the radios are not set for N but this should be impacted by relocation if the configuration hasn't changed or connected to another switch.

Do you have another VC in that other location or segment?

[SethFiermonti]

They usually indicate that the AP is running in WLAN mode or non-802.11n mode.  Do you still see the SSIDs broadcasted?

[SethFiermonti]

Also...check the SSID encryption settings on the WLAN.  If you have 802.1x or PSK...is it set to WPA2-AES?

If not, you will get the amber LEDs

[Cinruskin]

Wow, you guys are awesome! Thanks for the quick replies! As you say, just moving the AP shouldn't cause this problem. I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by VC? But, if you mean switches, there is just the one.

[Cinruskin]

Seth, I do not see the SSID broadcast. Yes, it is set to WPA2-AES.

[Victor Fabian]

Do you have more IAPs on your network ?

The VC is the virtual controller in an IAP cluster

[Cinruskin]

Ah. Thank you. Forgive my noobiness! I have 5 other IAPs, but none on the other switch. I just plugged in another HP switch in my office (same model) and tried it again. All green lights.  The only difference is location and length of Cat 5 run. But again, how can that be affecting the radios?!

I appreciate your help!

[cappalli]

Is the new switch in the same layer 2 segment?

[Cinruskin]

yes.