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Instant (IAP) - Removed APs showing as down - how to purge

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  • 1.  Instant (IAP) - Removed APs showing as down - how to purge

    Posted Aug 28, 2024 01:30 PM

    A question that I've been meaning to ask for ages, and it's not a big deal - it's more cosmetic than anything.

    I've had a cluster of IAPs for years, and over the years I've removed APs and replaced them with new ones - it started life as a cluster of IAP225s and now it's 515s (and it's been through the 3xx series in the middle)

    When replacing APs I have just unplugged the old ones added new ones in (In retrospect what I should probably have done is delete the old APs from the cluster while they were still visible)
    But the situation I have now is there are 4 Up and 8 'down' APs on the overview page, however on the AccessPoints page I can only see the live ones.
    Is there something I'm missing - how do you purge the APs that no longer exist?



  • 2.  RE: Instant (IAP) - Removed APs showing as down - how to purge

    Posted Aug 29, 2024 03:04 AM

    Would this work for you?



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  • 3.  RE: Instant (IAP) - Removed APs showing as down - how to purge

    Posted Aug 29, 2024 06:16 AM

    No - that's where I'd assumed I see the old APs, but all that exists there are the live ones.




  • 4.  RE: Instant (IAP) - Removed APs showing as down - how to purge
    Best Answer

    Posted Aug 29, 2024 10:46 AM

    Hi!
    You have to disable "Auto join mode" (System (advanced)) and they will show up under "Access Points". After you have removed it you can go back to "Auto Join mode". It took me years to figure this out :)




  • 5.  RE: Instant (IAP) - Removed APs showing as down - how to purge

    Posted Aug 29, 2024 10:57 AM

    Bingo!
    Not sure I'd have ever made that logic jump :)
    Thanks!




  • 6.  RE: Instant (IAP) - Removed APs showing as down - how to purge

    Posted Aug 30, 2024 03:14 AM

    You can use also the cli:

    conf
    no allowed-ap <mac>
    exit
    commit apply



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