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AP won't attach to newly upgraded controller

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  • 1.  AP won't attach to newly upgraded controller

    Posted Mar 27, 2013 03:10 PM

    I just upgraded our test controller from 6.1.3.7 to 6.2.1.  I also attached a local controller to it (also running 6.2.1).  I plugged in an AP105, manually configured the 'master' and 'servername' environment vars but it won't attach to the controller it just sits there doing:

     

    Retry count exceeded
    eth0 up: 1 Gb/s full duplex
    DHCP broadcast 1
    DHCP IP address: xxxxxxx
    DHCP subnet mask: 255.255.254.0
    DHCP def gateway: xxxxxxx
    DHCP DNS server: xxxxxxx
    DHCP DNS domain: xxxxxxx
    ADP broadcast 208
    ADP multicast 209
    ADP broadcast 209
    ADP multicast 210
    ADP broadcast 210

    So it is clear that it is getting an IP, I have also confirmed that adp is enabled on the master and local controllers.  I'm not sure what else to try.  Thoughts?

     



  • 2.  RE: AP won't attach to newly upgraded controller
    Best Answer

    Posted Mar 27, 2013 04:58 PM

    Can you show an output of your printenv?

     

    To be clear you can do setenv on master and serverip; not servername.

     



  • 3.  RE: AP won't attach to newly upgraded controller

    Posted Mar 27, 2013 05:06 PM

    that was it.  thanks for the tip.  Is there documentation mentioning that somewhere that would have saved me from posting here?



  • 4.  RE: AP won't attach to newly upgraded controller

    Posted Mar 27, 2013 10:00 PM

    The user guide has mention of this.  The section in the 6.2 Guide is titled Managing AP Console Settings; page 437.  

     

    The following summarizes the options:

     

    Set Environment Variables

    • setenv ipaddr x.x.x.x
    • setenv netmask x.x.x.x
    • setenv gatewayip x.x.x.x
    • setenv master x.x.x.x
    • setenv serverip x.x.x.x
    • setenv name xxxxxx
    • setenv group xxxxxx

    Required without DNS or option 43:

    • setenv master
    • setenv serverip

    Required without DHCP:

    • setenv ipaddr
    • setenv netmask
    • setenv gatewayip

    To set an AP as a RAP:

    • setenv remote_ap 1

    Optional Commands:

    • setenv dnsip
    • setenv group xxxxxx
    • printenv
    • setenv
    • save
    • purge
    • reset
    • ping
    • boot
    • version
    • clear os
    • upgrade
    • tftpboot
    • dhcp