Mesh Registration takes hours!

engineerangelo · ‎05-26-2008

Hi,

We have a mesh implementation, the problem is this: it takes 3 - 4 hours for the MAP to register to the WLC. Has anyone experienced this before? Has anyone have an idea why it takes this long? By the way, This is just a point-to-point mesh network. Thanks.

Richard Atkin · ‎05-26-2008

This was a common problem in older code releases. What version of code are you running on the Controller, and what model MESH AP's are you using?

engineerangelo · ‎05-26-2008

Hi,

We're using the newest version 4.1.192.22M MESH. The APs are both 1242AG converted to LWAPP.

dennischolmes · ‎05-27-2008

Do you have the MAC addy of the AP added into mac filtering section? If not, it will associate eventually but as a blacklisted AP.

engineerangelo · ‎05-27-2008

Hi,

Yes, the MAC address has already been added to the WLC. This is the scenario that we've done: we tested how fast the MAP would register to the WLC several times by doing power cycles on the MAP. Sometimes it would register in just 5 mins and sometimes it takes 3 hours to register.

mosrvn1 · ‎07-14-2008

We experience the same problem. We have 4 RAPS and 23 MAPS(1522 AP's on 4402 controller 4.1.191.24M software). Convergence of the MESH takes between 2 - 4 hours to converge. Was there any resolution of your problem?

dennischolmes · ‎07-14-2008

there is a dhcp scope with the proper VCI identifier for your MESH APs and OPtion 43 enabled right? Did you add the bridge group name as well?

mosrvn1 · ‎07-14-2008

Yes, we have all of this configured. The Mesh is up, but when we loose one of the AP's due to a power failure it takes 2-4 hours to converge.

krishanmistry · ‎08-05-2008

Could be to do with a mismatch of bridge names between APs.

engineerangelo · ‎09-16-2008

The bridge group names are the same on both. Sometimes the MAP registers quickly.