AP fails to join controller

Naderi — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:20:28 GMT

Hello everyone,

I have WLC with 50 AP's and just bought some new AP's (AIR-AP1852I-Z-K9) but not joining or discovery by my cisco controller.

(Cisco Controller) >show sysinfo

Manufacturer's Name.............................. Cisco Systems Inc.
Product Name..................................... Cisco Controller
Product Version.................................. 8.5.151.0
RTOS Version..................................... 8.5.151.0

AP :
cisco AIR-AP1852I-Z-K9 ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l) with 997268/508800K bytes of memory.

AP Running Image : 8.5.140.0
Primary Boot Image : 8.5.140.0
Backup Boot Image : 0.0.0.0
AP Image type : MOBILITY EXPRESS IMAGE
AP Configuration : MOBILITY EXPRESS CAPABLE
2 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
2 802.11 Radios

NSS FW version : NSS.AK.C.CS-3-fix2

Part Number : 0-0000-00
PCA Assembly Number : 074-13149-04
PCA Revision Number : 01
Top Revision Number : A0
Product/Model Number : AIR-AP1852I-Z-K9

Bootloader Version............................... 8.3.15.96
Emergency Image Version.......................... 8.3.102.0

I have SSH access to these AP's.

Regards.

Re: AP fails to join controller

Leo Laohoo — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 07:47:09 GMT

@Naderi wrote:

AP Image type : MOBILITY EXPRESS IMAGE

Converting an AP from Mobility Express to CAPWAP Type

Re: AP fails to join controller

Naderi — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 08:00:39 GMT

Awesome! it's fixed. Thanks

Re: AP fails to join controller

Scott Fella — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 01:11:19 GMT

You need to covert them from Mobility Express to lightweight. Just search that and you will find instructions.

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