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IAP VC as DHCP to peer APs

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  • 1.  IAP VC as DHCP to peer APs

    Posted Nov 13, 2015 01:36 AM

    Hi.

     

    We have just received our first batch of IAPs and we are designing a network of over 20 units.

    Now I find myself a bit puzzled since I was expecting the IAP and VC to act like a regular controller

    but I can't seem to make the VC distribute ip addresses via DHCP to it's AP peers.

     

    There will be more sites done with IAP and my initial thoughts were to make every site a self

    contained IAP enviroment that bridges the clients to a existing L2 architecure, but I'm having

    trouble with the Aruba logic of thins.

     

    Can someone verify for me if the IAP VC can even act as a DHCP server for fellow APs and if

    not what is the suggested solution by Aruba? I'm not going to fool around with static ip addresses

    and I'm a bit annoyed by the thought that I'm going to have to build a DHCP server for this setup.

     

    Thanks in advance!



  • 2.  RE: IAP VC as DHCP to peer APs
    Best Answer

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 13, 2015 01:38 AM
    Usually the upstream switch or DHCP server provides DHCP. They cannot provide DHCP to themselves.


    Thanks,
    Tim


  • 3.  RE: IAP VC as DHCP to peer APs

    Posted Nov 13, 2015 03:05 AM

    Thanks for the quick reply!

     

    I'm a bit dissapointed but I'm not going to argue over this. A DHCP server it shall

    be. The network is terminated at a firewall and the switch network is L2 only. I think

    the most sensible way is to make the firewall act as a dhcp relay.

     

    If anyone has any good ideas I'm still open to suggestions. I'm not keen on making

    the firewall as a dhcp server, doesn't seem suitable for the task and I wouldn't like

    to make a single switch act as a DHCP, seems like a bad practice.