How To Add Access Point To Cisco Wireless Controller 2500

How to add Cisco wireless AP to Cisco wireless controller

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• Showtime appointment Sep 26, 2011

• #one

We accept a Cisco wireless controller, and in the web interface we can see a list of all our business wireless Cisco APs. But we take ane AP that doesn't announced in the list.

I can't detect any Add AP option at all in the wireless controller's interface. Anyone know? Apparently the APs are setup and then that they simply become detected but this one doesn't. The AP is active and working.

• #2

A lightweight AP joins a controller via DHCP, DNS or broadcast. You don't add them or anything on the controller, yous setup your systems to provide the IP address of the controllers and then the AP joins it. Best and easiest mode is to employ DHCP.

Check your DHCP scopes to see if there'south a selection 42 with the controller address
Check DNS for record for cisco-lwapp-controller
Check if layer2 mode is enabled on the controller (later versions don't back up it)

See more than here.
http://world wide web.cisco.com/en/Us/products/ps6366/products_tech_note09186a00808f8599.shtml

• #3

A lightweight AP joins a controller via DHCP, DNS or broadcast. You don't add them or anything on the controller, you setup your systems to provide the IP address of the controllers then the AP joins it. Best and easiest way is to use DHCP.

Cheque your DHCP scopes to come across if there'due south a option 42 with the controller address
Check DNS for record for cisco-lwapp-controller
Cheque if layer2 mode is enabled on the controller (afterwards versions don't support it)

Encounter more here.
http://www.cisco.com/en/United states/products/ps6366/products_tech_note09186a00808f8599.shtml

Thank you. I'm finding it hard to find a DHCP scope range. I'grand assuming it's already defined somewhere on the wireless controller's spider web interface, but at present I can't even notice that. If I tin located this telescopic setting I may be able to adjust it and so it detects the remaining AP (which may be on a different IP range). Do you know where the scope setting could exist?

• #four

Thanks. I'm finding it hard to observe a DHCP scope range. I'm assuming it's already defined somewhere on the wireless controller's web interface, but now I can't fifty-fifty observe that. If I can located this scope setting I may be able to adjust information technology and so information technology detects the remaining AP (which may exist on a different IP range). Do you know where the telescopic setting could be?

You need to await at your DHCP server (If you take more than than one, the one that handles the network that the controller and APs are on), not the Controller.

Too, I think Spidey had a typo...should be Choice 43, not 42.

• #5

The internal dhcp function can exist found under Controller tab, so Intern DHCP on the left hand side.
If you utilise selection 43 to deploy AP's though, the scope is probably on a defended dhcp server, instead of the internal on the controller.
How the AP'southward are deployed can depend on if they're L2 adjacent to your controller.
Did you or someone else gear up up the initial deployment?

• #6

The internal dhcp part can exist constitute under Controller tab, then Intern DHCP on the left paw side.
If you utilise option 43 to deploy AP's though, the scope is probably on a dedicated dhcp server, instead of the internal on the controller.
How the AP's are deployed tin depend on if they're L2 adjacent to your controller.
Did you lot or someone else fix the initial deployment?

Thank you, it was someone else simply getting in contact is difficult. Information technology must be on our DHCP server as the internal DHCP server on the controller has not been configured.

On our DHCP server, we do have scopes for Cisco Aironet, 241 Selection 43, but it merely has the IP accost of the controller. I tin can't see any settings in DHCP showing the scope for the actual APs. I tin't see whatever ranges defined anywhere. Yet this ane AP (and a few others) are not adding into the controller which we really desire to get working in the same way.

• #seven

I am assuming that you have managed switches. If you do, and so check the config for the switchport that one of the working APs is connected to, and and so check the config for one of the APs that is non working. My suspicion is that you need to change the VLAN for the APs that don't work.

• #8

A lightweight AP joins a controller via DHCP, DNS or broadcast. You lot don't add them or anything on the controller, you lot setup your systems to provide the IP accost of the controllers and so the AP joins information technology. Best and easiest manner is to use DHCP.

Check your DHCP scopes to see if there's a option 42 with the controller address
Cheque DNS for record for cisco-lwapp-controller
Check if layer2 mode is enabled on the controller (later versions don't support it)

See more here.
http://world wide web.cisco.com/en/Us/products/ps6366/products_tech_note09186a00808f8599.shtml

The to a higher place is correct, only dont forget some AP will use the capwap address equally well, so I e'er add CISCO-LWAPP-CONTROLLER and CISCO-CAPWAP-CONTROLLER

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• #nine

OP what is the full model number on the AP? You may take the wrong version, either should be able to exist flashed to LW or IOS...but if coded wrong will not connect.

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