Controllerless Networks

I'm trying to use an Instant AP to measure RSSI/SNR for surveying purposes. We used to use a campus AP with a "backup" SSID that would always be up. Is there a way of keeping the Instant AP up and broadcasting the SSID even when there is no link to the Ethernet port? (Right now, I have a battery that supplies POE, but being a battery, there's no interface link.)

I appreciate any insight on this. Thanks!

Go to System > Uplink > Enforce Uplink: Ethernet

Already did that. My configuration is identical to your screen shot, Tim. It still reboots.

I also do already have it set to "Can be used without uplink". Still no dice.

My issue was not putting the ap in standalone mode.

Here's some pertinent parts of the (re)boot messages:

Ethernet uplink not active yet
Ethernet uplink not active yet
*snip*
Ethernet uplink not active yet

*snip*

Got all network params from APboot env. Skipping[   43.551940] bonding: bond0: releasing backup interface eth1
 DHCP
[   43.644760] ethernet_device_event: dev eth1 is down
10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1

*snip*

AP rebooted Thu Jan 1 00:07:42 UTC 1970; Gateway unreachable

 Here's items from my config:

survey-ap225# sho uplink status

Uplink preemption             :disable
Uplink enforce                :eth0
Ethernet uplink eth0        :DHCP
Uplink Table
------------
Type      State  Priority  In Use
----      -----  --------  ------
eth0      DOWN   0         Yes
Wifi-sta  INIT   6         No
3G/4G     INIT   7         No
Internet failover             :disable
Max allowed test packet loss  :10
Secs between test packets     :30
VPN failover timeout (secs)   :180
Internet check timeout (secs) :10
ICMP pkt sent        :0
ICMP pkt lost        :0
Continuous pkt lost  :0
VPN down time        :0



survey-ap225# sho uplink config

Uplink preemption             :disable
Uplink enforce                :eth0
Ethernet uplink eth0        :DHCP
Internet failover             :disable
Max allowed test packet loss  :10
Secs between test packets     :30
VPN failover timeout (secs)   :180
Internet check timeout (secs) :10



survey-ap225# sho ip int brief
Interface                   IP Address / IP Netmask            Admin   Protocol
br0                         10.0.0.1 / 255.255.255.0           up      up



survey-ap225# sho ip route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
10.0.0.0        0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 br0
172.31.98.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.254.0   U         0 0          0 br0
0.0.0.0         10.0.0.1        0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 br0



survey-ap225# ping 10.0.0.1
Press 'q' to abort.
PING 10.0.0.1 (10.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms

 I appreciate everyone's assistance. I'm not sure why it's saying gateway is unreachable when I can ping it. The issue is that the AP is plugged into a battery that has an RJ-45 port that delivers POE. There's no 802.3 interface or linkstate, so for all intents and purposes, the enet0 on the IAP-225 is down.

Is there a way to keep the AP up regardless of link state (similar to how a remote AP functions when it loses its uplink with a virtual-ap configured as "backup" or always on)?

Ryan,

Did you convert it to standalone mode first?  Check out the thread post here http://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Unified-Wired-Wireless-Access/Site-Survey-with-IAP-Manual/m-p/57274/highlight/true#M549 by Pmonardo...

Thanks, Colin. I overlooked that step. Things seem stable now.

Under WLAN Settings, click Show advanced options, select "Can be used without uplink"