Wireless Access

Hi,

I can't do any mutations on an already  provisoned AP. The AP shows up on the mastercontroller when I list the ap database with "show ap database ". It also shows up with the command "show ap active "  on the local Controller. But when I try to reprovision the AP I get the message  "AP with name ... not found"

We have 2 mastercontrollers and 4 locals in our network and are running on version 6.1.2.4.

Does any one know how I can solve this problem?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

molena

Most problems I've seen that affect AP provisioning are nonalfanumerical characters in their name and to a lesser extend spaces.

If the above is correct for your AP try and rename it through the cli to something basic and try again.

For our AP's we use for instance the following naming : AP105-99.8E.-.001

We use it for all our AP's .

The only way I know of to rename an AP is to reprovision it in the Web-gui under <Configuration>AP-installation>Provisioning. When I select that AP ( it shows up in the list ) and try to provision it , I get the message  "AP with name .. not found.

When I look under < Monitoring > Network> All Access Points >  this AP doesn't  show up in the list.

How can I rename a  AP on the CLI?

You can rename an AP on the commandline by using the link here:  http://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Command-of-the-Day/COTD-AP-rename/m-p/44/highlight/true#M14

I have tried this but I get the same result.

This is what I get on the master controller:

 #show ap database | include AP105-99.8E.-.001
AP105-99.8E.-.001    < Group>     OAW-AP105     <IP Address >      Up 79d:17h:19m:47s      < Switch IP >

 # ap-rename ap-name AP105-99.8E.-.001  AP105-new
AP with name "AP105-99.8E.-.001" not found.

The AP is functioning normaly, clients are connected to it.

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@molena wrote:

I have tried this but I get the same result.

This is what I get on the master controller:

 #show ap database | include AP105-99.8E.-.001
AP105-99.8E.-.001    < Group>     OAW-AP105     <IP Address >      Up 79d:17h:19m:47s      < Switch IP >

 # ap-name AP105-99.8E.-.001  AP105-new
AP with name "AP105-99.8E.-.001" not found.

 

The AP is functioning normaly, clients are connected to it.

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Try the same command, but with quotes:

ap-rename ap-name "AP105-99.8E.-.001"  AP105-new

I get the same result:

# ap-rename ap-name "AP105-99.8E.-.001" AP105-new
AP with name "AP105-99.8E.-.001"  not found.

Okay.

Use the serialnumber instead:

"show ap database long" will give you the serialnumber.

Then you do this:

ap-rename serial-num <serial number of ap> <new name of ap>

This works !

Thanks!

Kind regards,

molena

Hi 

Im new here and for Aruba Access Points  as well.

I ve brought the access points live and users are connected and working from them.

I need to find Serial Number which i have not noted down.

Im not sure how to find it now. Can anyone let me how The serial numbers can be found ?

show ap details ap-name <apname>

-or-

show ap details ip-addr <ip address>

Hey thanks a lot. These commands are to be given from the controller right ?

Yes, from the CLI. If you prefer the GUI, you can see the serial numbers under:

Configuration > Wireless > AP Installation > Provisioning

Hey Thanks a lot. Appreciate the time and effort  you took to respond to my queries.