That could be, if the customer that had the AP505 managed by Central has 'autosubscribe' turned on. Apparently someone is paying a Central subscription to manage your APs. If you know who manages that Central account, they can unsubscribe the APs and release them back to you. Another option would be to block traffic to Central or use the 'activate-disable' command to disable all Central/Activate communication on the AP. But still then, if a some point the config is reverted, your APs may connect back to Central so best is to find the account owner and make sure they release your AP(s).
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Herman Robers
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Original Message:
Sent: Oct 08, 2023 11:54 PM
From: JP-TrueNorth
Subject: 2nd hand access point seized control of my access points
I purchased a couple of 505 access points to replace my 305 and 304 IAPs.
Fired up a 505, worked like a charm in joining the cluster, had mesh mode working --- was all great.
Then I noticed the configuration menu missing in the WebUI and that the system was being managed by Aruba Central.
I returned the 505s to the seller, but now I have lost control over both my 305 and 304. Even after resets they insist that they are under Aruba Central control
HELP! I've now lost control of my network!!!!!