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WLC cannot see LAP

Hi, Please see the diagram in attachment. Now the WLC can ping the switch and AP(10.5.5.16), and I already configured interface vlan 5 in the WLC, which is mapped to wlan, but the WLC still cannot see the AP. Anyone can give some suggestion ? Thank you.

(Cisco Controller) >show interface su

Interface Name Port Vlan Id IP Address Type Ap Mgr Guest
-------------------------------- ---- -------- --------------- ------- ------ -----
10.5.5.0 1 5 10.5.5.2 Dynamic No No
add30 1 30 172.16.30.3 Dynamic No No
ap-manager 1 60 192.168.60.3 Static Yes No
management 1 60 192.168.60.2 Static No No
service-port N/A N/A 172.16.10.5 Static No No
virtual N/A N/A 1.1.1.1 Static No No

(Cisco Controller) >
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Craig Beck

The AP needs to see the WLCmanagement and ap-manager interface.

Either put the AP on VLAN 60 or use one of the WLC discovery methods to tell the AP what the IP of the WLC's management interface is.

eemoon

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Great! Thank you for your fast reply. After changing vlan to 60, the WLC can see the AP. Then I am trying to find how to use anther way to tell the AP what IP of the WLC's management interface is. I could not find it. What is it?

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eemoon

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it is very good link. However, i do know why the WLC suddenly can not see the AP again. I follow the guides below, and answer the questions. but I still cannot find the reason

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Can the AP and the WLC communicate? Yes
Make sure the AP is getting an address from DHCP (check the DHCP server leases for the AP’s MAC address). in same subnet
Try pinging the AP from the controller. it is ok

Craig Beck

What version of code is on the WLC?

What model AP do you have?

eemoon

ASKER

I got it again after trying several times! it looks like the management interface and AP-manager interface should be at the same vlan. When the wlc could not see the ap, I got message from the AP as below:

In below, what is Interface Dot11Radio0?

Nov 20 18:14:12.104: %CAPWAP-5-CHANGED: CAPWAP changed state to DISCOVERY
*Nov 20 18:14:12.104: %CAPWAP-5-CHANGED: CAPWAP changed state to DISCOVERY
*Nov 20 18:14:12.167: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Dot11Radio0, changed state to administratively down
*Nov 20 18:14:12.167: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Dot11Radio1, changed state to administratively down
*Nov 20 18:14:12.177: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Dot11Radio0, changed state to reset
*Nov 20 18:14:12.196: status of voice_diag_test from WLC is false
*Nov 20 18:14:12.196: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Dot11Radio1, changed state to up
*Nov 20 18:14:12.210: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Dot11Radio0, changed state to up

Craig Beck

Thanks.

What do you get in the trap log on the WLC?

eemoon

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Manufacturer's Name.............................. Cisco Systems Inc.
Product Name..................................... Cisco Controller
Product Version.................................. 7.0.220.0
RTOS Version..................................... 7.0.220.0
Bootloader Version............................... 4.0.217.0
Emergency Image Version.......................... N/A
Build Type....................................... DATA + WPS

System Name...................................... C4402
System Location..................................

AP: 1142N

Do you think if management interface and AP-manager interface should be at the same subnet ?

Craig Beck

Yes, the ap-manager interface MUST be on the management subnet. You have it configured correctly.

Dot11radio0 is the 2.4GHz radio.
Dot11radio1 is the 5GHz radio.

Can you post the output from the WLC trap log please?

eemoon

ASKER

Can you post the output from the WLC trap log please?

How to do that?

Craig Beck

On the first page you see (the Monitor page) on the WLC there's a "View All" link by the bottom-right of the screen. Click that link then screenshot the output.

eemoon

ASKER

Log      System Time      Trap
0      Fri Nov 20 23:12:14 2015      AP's Interface:0(802.11b) Operation State Up: Base Radio MAC:35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 Cause=Radio channel set. Status:NA
1      Fri Nov 20 23:12:14 2015      AP's Interface:0(802.11b) Operation State Down: Base Radio MAC:35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 Cause=Radio channel set. Status:NA
2      Fri Nov 20 23:12:14 2015      Channel changed for Base Radio MAC: 35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 on 802.11b/g radio. Old Channel: 1. New Channel: 11. Why: Interference. Energy before/after change: -67/-82. Noise before/after change: -82/-82. Interference before/after change: -67/-118.
3      Fri Nov 20 23:12:06 2015      Interference Profile Updated to Pass for Base Radio MAC: 35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 and slotNo: 0
4      Fri Nov 20 23:09:06 2015      Interference Profile Failed for Base Radio MAC: 35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 and slotNo: 0
5      Fri Nov 20 23:06:06 2015      Rogue AP : c8:a7:0a:a7:57:f6 detected on Base Radio MAC : 35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 Interface no:1(802.11n(5 GHz)) on Channel 132 with RSSI: -86 and SNR: 11 and Classification: unclassified
6      Fri Nov 20 23:03:05 2015      Rogue AP : c8:a7:0a:a7:57:f8 detected on Base Radio MAC : 35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 Interface no:0(802.11n(2.4 GHz)) on Channel 1 with RSSI: -70 and SNR: 23 and Classification: unclassified
7      Fri Nov 20 22:57:05 2015      AP's Interface:0(802.11b) Operation State Up: Base Radio MAC:35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 Cause=Radio interface reset. Status:NA
8      Fri Nov 20 22:57:05 2015      AP's Interface:0(802.11b) Operation State Down: Base Radio MAC:35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 Cause=Radio interface reset. Status:NA
9      Fri Nov 20 22:57:05 2015      AP's Interface:1(802.11a) Operation State Up: Base Radio MAC:35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 Cause=Radio interface reset. Status:NA
10      Fri Nov 20 22:57:05 2015      AP's Interface:1(802.11a) Operation State Down: Base Radio MAC:35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 Cause=Radio interface reset. Status:NA
11      Fri Nov 20 22:57:02 2015      AP's Interface:1(802.11a) Operation State Up: Base Radio MAC:35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 Cause=Radio reset due to Init. Status:NA
12      Fri Nov 20 22:57:02 2015      AP's Interface:0(802.11b) Operation State Up: Base Radio MAC:35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 Cause=Radio channel set. Status:NA
13      Fri Nov 20 22:57:01 2015      AP 'AP30f7.0d8c.bf12=1', MAC: 35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 disassociated previously due to AP Reset. Uptime: 0 days, 00 h 24 m 13 s . Last reset reason: operator changed 11g mode.
14      Fri Nov 20 22:52:58 2015      Controller time base status - Controller is out of sync with the central timebase.
15      Fri Nov 20 22:52:49 2015      Cold Start:
16      Fri Nov 20 22:52:13 2015      Link Up: Slot: 0 Port: 1 Admin Status: Enable Oper Status: Link Up
17      Fri Nov 20 22:52:07 2015      A RF group member has been added on 802.11a network on controller with IP 192.168.60.2(MAC 00:2b:d5:68:ca:00)
18      Fri Nov 20 22:52:07 2015      A RF group member has been added on 802.11b/g network on controller with IP 192.168.60.2(MAC 00:2b:d5:68:ca:00)

Craig Beck

13 Fri Nov 20 22:57:01 2015 AP 'AP30f7.0d8c.bf12=1', MAC: 35:bd:c8:7e:b2:e0 disassociated previously due to AP Reset. Uptime: 0 days, 00 h 24 m 13 s . Last reset reason: operator changed 11g mode.

A change made on the WLC caused the AP to disassociate.

eemoon

ASKER

Thank you !