3850 wireless AP config will not save

[administrator]

I have a 3850 switch stack and 1602i Lightweight access points. I setup the APs to join the switch via the DNS entry. When I access the 3850 GUI and go to the wireless controller to change the APs configs such as the names of the APs or their IPs, they change for a while they revert back to what they were within 1 minute.

[Saurav Lodh]

How to Configure a Static IP Address on an Access Point

Configuring a Static IP Address on an Access Point (CLI)

SUMMARY STEPS

1.    enable

2.    ap name Cisco_AP static-ip ip-address static_ap_address netmask static_ip_netmask gateway static_ip_gateway

3.    enable

4.    configure terminal

5.    ap static-ip name-server nameserver_ip_address

6.    ap static-ip domain static_ip_domain

7.    end

8.    show ap name Cisco_AP config general

[administrator]

The AP CLI has no "Config Term" in enable mode

[Rasika Nayanajith]

Hi

That's not the way you configure AP name on 3850 (no need to go to config mode). Here is the command

3850#ap name <OLD_NAME> name <NEW_NAME>

Below is an example to show this.

3850-2#show ap summary 
Number of APs: 1

Global AP User Name: Not configured
Global AP Dot1x User Name: Not configured

AP Name                 AP Model  Ethernet MAC    Radio MAC       State         
-------------------------------------------------------------------
L3502-1                 3502I     ccef.4872.0fc3  2c3f.382b.5260  Registered    

3850-2#ap name L3502-1 name LAP1

3850-2#show ap summary          
Number of APs: 1

Global AP User Name: Not configured
Global AP Dot1x User Name: Not configured

AP Name              AP Model  Ethernet MAC    Radio MAC       State         
-------------------------------------------------------------------
LAP1                 3502I     ccef.4872.0fc3  2c3f.382b.5260  Registered    

HTH

Rasika

**** Pls rate all useful responses ****

[Rasika Nayanajith]

GUI of these controller is not reliable. Try to use CLI & it will work all the time.

Below post give you some basic CLI commands including hostname change.

http://mrncciew.com/2013/09/29/getting-started-with-3850/

If you still prefer GUI, then go for the latest IOS-XE 3.3.2 version which has lots of GUI improvements

HTH

Rasika

**** Pls rate all useful responses ****

[administrator]

I have set the AP name from the 3850 CLI and Web GUI. In each case it sticks for about a minute and then reverts back to AP+MAC address. Same with the static IPs -- on that one I finially made a reservation on the DHCP server.

[Rasika Nayanajith]

What is the IOS-XE version of your 3850 ? I have no issues with 3.3.2 running for sometime & every time if I change an AP name it will retain.

HTH

Rasika

[administrator]

Switch Ports Model              SW Version        SW Image              Mode
------ ----- -----              ----------        ----------            ----
     1 56    WS-C3850-48P       03.03.02SE        cat3k_caa-universalk9 INSTALL
     2 56    WS-C3850-48P       03.03.02SE        cat3k_caa-universalk9 INSTALL
*    3 56    WS-C3850-48P       03.03.02SE        cat3k_caa-universalk9 INSTALL
     4 56    WS-C3850-48P       03.03.02SE        cat3k_caa-universalk9 INSTALL
 

[Rasika Nayanajith]

ok, you are running latest image.

I do not have 1602 to test, I think it is better to log a TAC case (if you have support contract) what Cisco is saying about this.

Keep us posted if you get any update from them

HTH

Rasika