topic Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller in Wireless

Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

carl_townshend — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 04:33:42 GMT

Hi All

I have set up my foreign and anchor WLC, however for some reason im not getting any DHCP addresses from my anchor controller even though the scope is setup etc.

any ideas why not ?

cheers

Carl

Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

Scott Fella — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:50:03 GMT

Do you have your mobility up between the foreign and your anchor? Did you configure your foreing wlc guest ssid to point to the anchor wlc and then the anchor wlc ssid should point to itself? Make sure that all the ssid configurations match exactly with exception on the interface, or else it will not work.... so check evey little checkbox in the ssid.

Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

carl_townshend — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:55:24 GMT

what do you mean the anchor ssid shoudl point to itself ?

Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

Scott Fella — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:09:32 GMT

The guest anchor wlc guest ssid... you need to point to itself (Local).

Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

carl_townshend — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:27:43 GMT

Hi there

Would I need to configure dhcp snooping trust ports on my core switch where the wlc plugs in? or is it all tunnelled back to the wlc and so wont need it ?

Re: Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

Scott Fella — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:48:29 GMT

You don't need dhcp snooping.

Thanks,

Scott Fella

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Re: Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

Scott Fella — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:54:31 GMT

Take a look at this guide. This explains how to setup your foreign and guest anchor wlc.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/technology/guest_access/technical/reference/4.1/GAccess_41.html

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Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

carl_townshend — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:21:00 GMT

hi there

thanks for that

just to clarify,

we anchor the foreign wlc to the dmz guest ssid wlc, then the dmz wlc anchors to itself for the the guest ssid ?

Re: Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

Scott Fella — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:43:29 GMT

Yes that is correct. I the dmz wlc is doing dhcp, then make sure on the SSID on the guest anchor that you specify the management ip address of that guest anchor in the primary dhcp entry.

Thanks,

Scott Fella

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Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

carl_townshend — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:32:03 GMT

Hi Scott

on my controller, I have created a guest vlan interface and mapped the ssid to that, however I believe its ok not to create this vlan on my switches as it effectively is a dummy interface, is that correct?

cheers

Carl

Re: Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

Scott Fella — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:09:29 GMT

If you have a guest anchor, only the switch that the guest anchor is connected to needs the guest vlan the guest SSID is mapped to not the internal wlc.

Thanks,

Scott Fella

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Re: Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

Roger Alderman — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:44:55 GMT

Carl

Keep things simple - as always.

Set up the foreign controller with the Guest SSID.

Point this SSID to the management interface.

Create a mobility group and add the anchor controller to the group.

On the SSID - set it to point to the anchor controller.

On the anchor controller set up an interface for the Guest SSID.

Point the interface to a DHCP server, be it external or the controller itself.

Set up the Guest SSID and point it at the interface.

Create the mobility group and add the foreign controller to the group.

Make sure the data and control paths come up.

Set your DHCP scope.

Point the anchor controller guest SSID to be 'local' (On the WLAN page - far right drop down arrow).

It should work - no need for an interface on the foreign. Everything is tunnelled via the management interface to the anchor. Any problems - email me!

Re: Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

carl_townshend — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:15:51 GMT

we are all working now Roger, I had selected a tick box under the SSID, require dhcp, so noone can put statics, Central had not configured this on there controller!

cheers matey

Re: Guest vlan dhcp not working from anchor controller

Ahmed Alani — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:10:35 GMT

works like a charm. thanks 🙂