topic Re: cisco vwlc ap join problem in Wireless

cisco vwlc ap join problem

FARO15ful — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 05:51:32 GMT

created new virtual machine with 8.10.196.0 version. but when ap try join wlc can download image from wlc.

*Mar 3 09:32:25.255: %CAPWAP-6-AP_IMG_DWNLD: Required image not found on AP. Downloading image from Controller.

*Mar 3 09:32:25.259: Loading file /ap3g2...

ERROR: Image is not a valid IOS image archive.

Download image failed, notify controller!!! From:8.2.170.0 to 0.0.0.0, FailureCode:3

*Mar 3 09:35:10.347: capwap_image_proc: problem extracting tar file

ap ios image is ap3g2-k9w8-mx.153-3.JC15 witch connected before to 8.2.170.0

what is the problem?

Re: cisco vwlc ap join problem

Mark Elsen — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:49:14 GMT

- It's possible that the current image on the AP is too old for an automatic upgrade by the controller; try
to install the needed image manually on the AP according to the AP model :
an example can be seen in https://blog.it-playground.eu/lightweight-ap-manual-firmware-upgrade/
Of course you will need to change the image name according to the AP name and capwap image for 8.10.196.0

Re: cisco vwlc ap join problem

FARO15ful — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 05:26:00 GMT

I just tftp upload Recover image (ap3g2-rcvk9w8-tar.153-3.JPQ3.tar) to ap ant it's worked. https://software.cisco.com/download/home/285029865/type/280775090/release/15.3.3-JPQ3

Thank you for your advise