Duplicate name APs

[davided]

Hello, i've a 3600 Aruba Controller and i'm using AP93s  for local and remote WiFi network.

After reloading an old configuration i've an anomaly on a remote branch AG.

I have 2 AP that for some reasons are now configurated with the same name, but they still working ( i'm sure of this because i've some PCs connected to both the APs ).

Now, on the GUI i only have 1 of this AP displayed, the other one is displayed under "Unprovisioned Access Points" "Duplicate AP Name". If i use the GUI to provision again the AP it seems that the changes are applied to both the APs so i can't break this loop.

Obviously their MAC address is different, so there is a way to reconfigure the AP using the MAC address to identify the single AP?

tks,

Davide

[cjoseph]

Try this:

http://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Command-of-the-Day/COTD-clear-gap-db-access-point-housekeeping...

[davided]

I tried your suggestion, the command has cleaned all my offline APs and the duplicate AP, than for some minutes i totally lost one of the AP from any pannel, then after a bit it reappeared with same name and some IP of the other one (same situation).

[cjoseph]

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davided wrote:

I tried your suggestion, the command has cleaned all my offline APs and the duplicate AP, than for some minutes i totally lost one of the AP from any pannel, then after a bit it reappeared with same name and some IP of the other one (same situation).

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Okay.

You might want to rename the AP with the problem, then:  http://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Command-of-the-Day/COTD-AP-rename/m-p/44/highlight/true#M14

[davided · Accepted solution]

I tried to change the ap-name using the MAC or the Serial number but without success. simply my commands seems to be ignored, i take the command without errors but after an "ap show database" i can check that he do nothing.

Then i chose a bit more radical solution : i've ask to a collegue in the branch office to cut off the power to one of the AP (the one with pwr led blinking), then i renamed that AP and changed his IP address. After that i've switched on again the first AP and it come up with no problem.

Thanks for your help anyway

[cjoseph]

If you change the name, it will reboot the AP and then it should come up with the new name, but you have to let it reboot to see it reflected.

[Jose C]

Hi, when I found two APs with the same name I do the following.

- Rename the active AP with a temporary name.

- Reboot the AP with UNI... flag

Then both APs become active and you could rename them again without any problem.

Regards,

Jose

[cjoseph]

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j8888 wrote:

Hi, when I found two APs with the same name I do the following.

- Rename the active AP with a temporary name.

- Reboot the AP with UNI... flag

Then both APs become active and you could rename them again without any problem.

Regards,

Jose

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If you find two APs with a duplicate name, do a "show ap database long" to determine the mac address or serial number of the AP that you want to fix.  Next, do an "ap-rename" with wired mac address or serial number, and the AP will reboot immediately when you change the ap's name, and that should be it.

Usually if you have a duplicate AP name, the second AP that comes up does not work.