topic Re: AP looks like controller after booting up in Wireless

AP looks like controller after booting up

eigrpy — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:02:38 GMT

Hello, This is AP, but the AP looks like controller after booting up. Please see the below. What happen? Thanks

(Cisco Controller)
Cisco Aironet 3800 series Mobility Express

Re: AP looks like controller after booting up

balaji.bandi — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:05:21 GMT

May it was setup as mobility express before? what you trying to do ? you want to this AP to join WLC ?

Re: AP looks like controller after booting up

eigrpy — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:10:35 GMT

Thank you balaji, This is a new AP. I am trying to configure it and just set up ip add for the AP. The AP is standalone without connecting to WLC yet

Re: AP looks like controller after booting up

balaji.bandi — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:28:21 GMT

If you like to convert to capwap follow below commands :

Log back into the AP

Go into AP Cisco Shell:
(Cisco Controller) > apciscoshell

Log back into the AP again
Go into enable mode:
(Cisco Controller) > en

Change to CAPWAP mode:
(Cisco Controller) > ap-type capwap

Re: AP looks like controller after booting up

eigrpy — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:36:24 GMT

now it is not at the mode that allow us to type that commands.

it is like this:

The issue has not been resolved. When booting up, initially looks like coming into AP mode, but after while, it looks like coming into controller mode. That is why i labeled this question is resolved.

Re: AP looks like controller after booting up

balaji.bandi — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:54:12 GMT

what is the version of code ?

Converting an AP from Mobility Express to CAPWAP Type

To convert a Mobility Express AP into a CAPWAP AP, you must change its ap-type from mobility-express to capwap, though the CLI, as given in this procedure:

Connect to the Console Port, Telnet or SSH to the AP.
Login to the Mobility Express controller console.
In the Mobility Express controller console, use the command apciscoshell to connect to the AP console.
Login to the AP console using the username Cisco and password Cisco. Both are case-sensitive.
Enter enable.
Enter the command ap-type capwap, and confirm .

Re: AP looks like controller after booting up

eigrpy — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:17:27 GMT

Thank you very much. Issue resolve!

One more question, why it became Mobility Express?

Re: AP looks like controller after booting up

balaji.bandi — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:24:00 GMT

Not sure - what WLC you have? never seen that before it convert automatically to ME.

Re: AP looks like controller after booting up

Rich R — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:39:35 GMT

If it came from Cisco like that then it was ordered with ME installed.

If you bought it from somebody else then they could have converted it to ME.