Hi,
I recently setup six AP-105 devices in my office. They are joined and managed by the built-in "Virtual Controller". They are currently running on firmware version 6.1.3.1-3.0.0.2_34479.
I have two networks configured. One network is for "employees" and DHCP is handled by the network. Another "Guest" network is setup for guests and DHCP is handled by the "Virtual Controller".
After setting up the two networks, I allowed some users to connect so I could test things out. Everything seemed fine at first, but after a few days a pattern began to develop. iPhone and iPad users connected to the "Guest" network began to complain that every morning after arriving to work they noticed that their devices had successfully connected to the "Guest" network, but they were not able to receive any "data". Some reported that if they rebooted their device it would work fine after that (until the next day).
Users with iPads or iPhones who connect to the "Employee" network, don't seem to have any problems "re-connecting" to the network.
This leads me to believe there is an issue with the Virtual Controller IP DHCP assignments and/or the NATing being done to facilitate the "Guest" DMZ. Something just seems to be getting stalled in the routing of traffic.
I thought it might be a problem with DNS, but I got the same behavior regardless of how I tried to configure the DNS related to the guest network. When troubleshooting the DNS theory I tried opening a browser on an iPad and entering an URL using its IP and it connected fine. After that, the iPad was able to navigate normally without issue. However, I have to assume that the behavior will return tomorrow when the device "rejoins" the network.
Is anyone else experiencing this issue?
Thanks.
Bill