APs changing WLC

[joand3512004]

Friends

I have a mesh network with approximately 50 APs, but when an AP becomes unavailable due to the link, for some reason it is joining another controller, even without the "High Availability" option being enabled.
The only common point is the Local Mobility Group, what can be happening?

Configuração do AP informa que ele está apontado "apenas" pra WLC Princial 

 

[Flavio Miranda]

Hi

 The "other" WLC is configured as Master?

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[joand3512004]

Oi Flavio, a unica referência é o grupo. Os elementos não estão apontando para a WLC secundária, cenário muito estranho:
Olha o debug:

*mmListen: Jul 05 19:45:24.818: Deleted ApList entry f0:b2:e5:dc:5f:90 from 187.4.154.218
*mmListen: Jul 05 19:45:24.818: Received ap-list-update from 187.4.154.218 (1 entries, flag = 0001)
*mmListen: Jul 05 19:45:24.818: Failed to find ApList entry f0:b2:e5:dc:5f:90from 187.4x.1x.xx for deletion
*apfMsConnTask_5: Jul 05 19:45:26.423: Sending Mobile Announce for client dc:bf:e9:5c:50:fb

[patoberli]

Do you maybe send both controllers IP addresses in the DHCP Option 43?
Or are they both registered in the CISCO-LWAPP-CONTROLLER.domain DNS entry?

[Alejandro Javier Foti]

There are several ways from an AP to learn controllers IP:

By broadcast (On the same VLAN or with IP helper), by DHCP opt 43, by DNS, By AP HA, WLC on the same mobility group and Primary backup controllers. Also if you have enabled fast heartbeats the AP prediscover potential failover controllers. 

In the DNS case, the DHCP will be informed about DNS Server and domain name. 

You can check that by issuing the following command on the AP:

#show capwap client ha

#show capwap client config

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AP1702I_5508#sh capwap client config
configMagicMark 0xF1E2D3C4
chkSumV2 255
chkSumV1 61514
swVer 8.5.121.0
adminState ADMIN_ENABLED(1)
name AP1702I_5508
location default location
group name A_RF_Profile
mwarName WLC-5508-LAB
mwarIPAddress 172.24.1.1     -----------> Primary (AP HA)
mwarName WLC-5520-Lab
mwarIPAddress 192.168.100.1 ----------> Secondary (AP HA)
mwarName
mwarIPAddress 0.0.0.0 ---------------> Tertiary (AP HA)

Configured Switch 1 Addr 192.168.100.1  -------------> Mobility group Member  (Mobility backup)
Configured Switch 2 Addr 172.24.1.1 ---------------> Itself (Mobility backup)

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AP1702I_5508#sho capwap client ha
fastHeartbeatTmr(sec) 1 (enabled)
primaryDiscoverTmr(sec) 40
primaryBackupWlcIp 192.168.100.1    ------------------> Primary backup controller (Global Config)
primaryBackupWlcName WLC-5520
secondaryBackupWlcIp 0.0.0.0        -----------------> Secondary backup controller (Global Config)
secondaryBackupWlcName
DHCP renew try count 0
Fwd traffic stats get 1027487
Fast Heartbeat sent 1027487
Discovery attempt 0
Backup WLC array:
Index [0] System name WLC-5508-LAB
Index [0] IP 172.24.1.1
Index [0] Aging Count 0

Hope it can help you!