Solved: Does an AP retain the configured name when moved to another controller?

srosenthal · ‎04-28-2017

I am getting ready to stage offsite several hundred AP's. I have a 5500 WLC in my lab and would like to prime the AP's on this WLC and then configure the name and ensure that the AP gets the proper code before installing them onsite.

Once I configure the AP naming and verify that the AP has downloaded the code from the WLC will the AP retain the name once it connects to the other WLC which is located onsite?

Thanks, Seth

George Stefanick · ‎04-28-2017

Sorry, I misunderstood. Once you rename the ap it will keep regalress of the controller it joins. Ap name will stay same ..

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Scott Fella · ‎05-01-2017

Seth,

Histname has to be unique when AP's are in the same mobility group due to the fact that AP's can move to the other controller. You should never have duplicate host names on the network.

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George Stefanick · ‎04-28-2017

If the ap joins the wlc it will remember it but to make sure set the high availability in each wlc.

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srosenthal · ‎04-28-2017

George,

Thank you for the quick reply. When you say if the AP joins the WLC, I just want to make sure we are talking about joining a WLC other than the one the AP was staged with. And if so, if I don't configure the high availability then it would not remember its name?

Seth

George Stefanick · ‎04-28-2017

Sorry, I misunderstood. Once you rename the ap it will keep regalress of the controller it joins. Ap name will stay same ..

"Satisfaction does not come from knowing the solution, it comes from knowing why." - Rosalind Franklin
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srosenthal · ‎04-28-2017

Thank you very much.

srosenthal · ‎05-01-2017

George,

Do you know if it is a problem for two different AP's to have the same name when they are on two different WLC's that are in the same mobility group?

Thanks, Seth

Scott Fella · ‎05-01-2017

Seth,

Histname has to be unique when AP's are in the same mobility group due to the fact that AP's can move to the other controller. You should never have duplicate host names on the network.

-Scott

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-Scott
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