So here is what we're experiencing...
We have 4 APs & a Switch behind a mesh link in building that has no fiber service (which I'm told requires abatement).
AFAICT, the mesh links don't report any problems, but the APs behind the link seem to bootstrap, anywhere between 3 - 6 times a day; we have Airwave sending us AP Device Up/Down messages.
#show ap debug counters group armory
AP Counters
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Name Group IP Address Configs Sent Configs Acked AP Boots Sent AP Boots Acked Bootstraps (Total) Reboots
---- ----- ---------- ------------ ------------- ------------- -------------- ------------------ -------
army-1-2d52 armory 192.168.55.114 5 5 0 0 1 (1 ) 0
army-1-2df8 armory 192.168.54.116 5 5 0 0 1 (1 ) 0
army-1-2e08 armory 192.168.54.115 20 18 0 0 1 (1 ) 0
army-1-2e20 armory 192.168.54.114 8 7 0 0 1 (1 ) 0
Total APs :4
Here are the counters from the Mesh Point & Portal. The Point & Portal are on a different controller than the APs.
#show ap mesh topology aruba-mesh
Mesh Cluster Name: aruba-mesh
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Name Mesh Role Parent Path Cost Node Cost Link Cost Hop Count RSSI Rate Tx/Rx Last Update Uplink Age #Children
---- --------- ------ --------- --------- --------- --------- ---- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------
armory-mesh-point Point (N) nesbit-mesh-portal 11 0 10 1 26 54/48 1m:27s 1m:31s 0
nesbit-mesh-portal Portal (N) - 0 1 0 0 0 - 1m:31s 3d:4h:1m:34s 1
Total APs :2
(R): Recovery AP. (N): 11N Enabled. For Portals 'Uplink Age' equals uptime.
#show ap mesh active aruba-mesh
Mesh Cluster Name: aruba-mesh
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Name Group IP Address BSSID Band/Ch/EIRP/MaxEIRP MTU Enet Ports Mesh Role Parent #Children AP Type Uptime
---- ----- ---------- ----- -------------------- --- ---------- --------- ------ --------- ------- ------
armory-mesh-point mesh-aps-armory 192.168.55.148 d8:c7:c8:b3:9b:50 802.11a/149/20/20 Tunnel/Tunnel Point nesbit-mesh-portal 0 124 3d:3h:59m:43s
nesbit-mesh-portal mesh-aps-armory 192.168.55.115 d8:c7:c8:b3:9f:d0 802.11a/149/21/21 1500 -/Off Portal - 1 124 3d:3h:54m:25s
Total APs :2
#show ap debug counters group mesh-aps-armory
AP Counters
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Name Group IP Address Configs Sent Configs Acked AP Boots Sent AP Boots Acked Bootstraps (Total) Reboots
---- ----- ---------- ------------ ------------- ------------- -------------- ------------------ -------
armory-mesh-point mesh-aps-armory 192.168.55.148 7 7 0 0 2 (2 ) 1
nesbit-mesh-portal mesh-aps-armory 192.168.55.115 2 2 0 0 1 (2 ) 2
Total APs :2
I'm now gonna bombard you w/ some info...
#show ap mesh debug counters ap-name armory-mesh-point
Mesh Packet Counters
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Interface Echo Sent Echo Recv Probe Req Probe Resp Assoc Req Assoc Resp Assoc Fail Link up/down Resel. Switch Other Mgmt
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ------ ------ ----------
Parent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0
Child 269136 267435 634 119(119 HT) 182(56 HT) 177 (56 HT) 5 118 0 0 2583082
Received Packet Statistics: Total 3119036, Mgmt 2586652 (dropped non-mesh 0), Data 532384 (dropped unassociated 0)HT: pns=0 ans=0 pnr=119 ars=56 arr=0 anr=56
Recovery Profile Usage Counters
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Item Value
---- -----
Enter recovery mode 1
Exit recovery mode 1
Total connections to switch 0
Mesh loop-prevention Sequence No.:272792
Mesh timer ticks:273118
Change-record: HT-link renegotiation, linkdown:2s, linkup:2s, previous portal:d8:c7:c8:b3:9f:d0, previous parent: d8:c7:c8:b3:9f:d0
#show ap mesh debug counters ap-name nesbit-mesh-portal
Mesh Packet Counters
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Interface Echo Sent Echo Recv Probe Req Probe Resp Assoc Req Assoc Resp Assoc Fail Link up/down Resel. Switch Other Mgmt
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ------ ------ ----------
Parent 270679 266753 602 602(602 HT) 177(56 HT) 177(56 HT) 0 176 - - 0
Received Packet Statistics: Total 3126998, Mgmt 2592799 (dropped non-mesh 0), Data 534199 (dropped unassociated 0)HT: pns=602 ans=56 pnr=0 ars=0 arr=56 anr=0
Recovery Profile Usage Counters
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Item Value
---- -----
Enter recovery mode 0
Exit recovery mode 0
Total connections to switch 0
Mesh loop-prevention Sequence No.:272806
Mesh timer ticks:272805
I'll need to sort through the profiles to make sure we're looking at the right threshold setting for these APs.
If you see anything glaring, or can make any suggestions, I'm all ears. Additionally, we're working on moving the mesh point (or portal) so that we have a clear line of sight. I believe there is a tree in the way at the moment, and being that its spring, it's about to come alive w/ folliage.
More as things develop. Thanks,