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Advertise AP-name in Aruba Central

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  • 1.  Advertise AP-name in Aruba Central

    Posted Feb 19, 2020 11:06 AM

    Hi,

     

    I would like to advertise AP-names on Aruba Access Points which are managed by Aruba Central, so that they advertise their names in Ekahau during a site survey.

     

    It's possible for IAP's since release 8.4.0.0, my APS are on sw release 8.6.0.2_73853. But I cant change my SSID with CLI and add the command advertise-AP-name because they are managed by Aruba Central. When I try this I get an fault message that the APS are managed by Aruba Central.

     

    Is it possible somehow to add this command in Aruba Central?



  • 2.  RE: Advertise AP-name in Aruba Central
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    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Feb 20, 2020 11:08 PM

    currently there is no webUI knob in Central for this.

    you can try using template based configuration.



  • 3.  RE: Advertise AP-name in Aruba Central

    Posted Feb 21, 2021 06:50 PM
    We were able to find a workaround for this (though  I REALLY hope Aruba builds this in to Aruba Central.)

    1.  Unsubscribe the virtual controller IAP from Aruba Central (identify using serial number) ACCOUNT HOME > SUBSCRIPTION ASSIGNMENT > Uncheck IAP

    2. SSH into IAP (VC) and enable advertise-ap-name command on the wlan

    3.  Once heatmapping is done resusbscribe IAP (VC) in Aruba Central

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    Tony Decker
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  • 4.  RE: Advertise AP-name in Aruba Central

    Posted Feb 22, 2021 08:37 AM
    Hi Tony,

    Another workaround  which works is that you configure 1 WLAN before you connect the AP to Aruba Central, then configure the advertise-ap-name with SSH.

    Then in central import the config from this AP in a new group and start your config from there. Then it also works, it sucks, but it works.

    But this is not how you want to configure APs Aruba Central.



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    Kevin de Leeuw
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