C9130AXI-B - Changing AP Name

[ybp2000]

C9130AXI-B Access Point configured as WLC
I am trying to change the Tx power level via GUI and I get the following message
Error in Configuring Access Point: Error no ap_name exists

in GUI the AP name looks like this:

From the command prompt (show ap config slots) it looks like this:

I am trying to change the AP name from the CLI WLC to the correct format APXXXX.XXXX.XXXX (where XXXX.XXXX.XXXX is the MAC address) using the ap name @(^Az  name <new_name> command, but I get "Error: no ap_name exists"

What am I doing incorrectly? Any help would be appreciated

[Flavio Miranda]

@ybp2000 

 Do you have one AP as the WLC and another   AP as AP only?

[ybp2000]

@Flavio Miranda Both APs are WLCs. One is active, another is standby. At some point the AP name of one of the APs changed to the strange characters. 

[Flavio Miranda]

Try to run the wizard again but change only the hostname and skip the rest.

[ybp2000]

The hostname seems to be correct in the Wizard: WLCXXXX.XXXX.XXXX (X- Mac Address), but the AP address is not.
Are you saying that I should change the hostname from WLCXXXX.XXXX.XXXX to APXXXX.XXXX.XXXX?

[Flavio Miranda]

Can you connect to the AP? If you do, you can use the command capwap ap hostname and change it. Then, reload the WLC and the AP.

[ybp2000]

No, I am getting this
#wireless ewc-ap ap shell username admin
ssh: connect to host 192.168.255.253 port 22: Connection refused

[Flavio Miranda]

wireless ewc-ap ap shell username Cisco

[ybp2000]

I was able to change the name from the AP mode using capwap ap hostname <APXXXX.XXXX.XXXX> but now the AP does not boot into the EWC mode (boots in AP mode). How do I reconfigure it to boot into the EWC mode again? 

[Flavio Miranda]

Run the image again

ap-type ewc-ap 

[ybp2000]

Thanks.
This commands requires the tftp server file location.

ap-type ewc-ap
  WORD  URL of AP image <tftp|sftp>://<server_ip>/<file_path>

Will I need to specify both the AP image  and EWC image like in the example below?

ap-type ewc-ap tftp://192.168.1.25/ap1g6a tftp://192.168.1.25/C9800-AP-iosxe-wlc.bin

If this is the case, will I use all my settings that I had? 
Is there a way to reconfigure the device to boot the EWC image instead of AP image on startup without using tftp?

[Flavio Miranda]

Once the EWC is enable it should boot as EWC.  I believe something is not ok on the EWC. I would run the installation again.

 You said you had two EWC, right? Dont you have a backup from the other one?

[ybp2000]

No, I don't have a backup.

Both are running the capwap image and they are looking for the controller on the network during the bootup. Without finding it, they boot the AP image. 

It sounds like getting the image from the tftp server is the only option. Will I need to get both? AP and WLC images?

[Flavio Miranda]

As per the command you need to add both

[Gaurav Kansal]

Have you tried to hard reset the access point ?