Clients associate to Autonomous APs preferred than lightweight

[MARVIN SPITERI]

I am in the middle of migrating from Autonomous APs to Lightweight just installed 2 X 5508 WLCs and WCS but the clients are preferring to authenticate with the Autonomous APs rather then the new lightweight ones - I am using exact same SSID and security settings on the LAPs. Even if I manually disconnect the client and go just a few centimeters from the LAP the client will re-join an autonomous AP that is some 30m away...

any ideas?

[Surendra BG]

This is completely a client driver who decides what to connect and wat not to connect

try disabling the Autonomous APs Radio and see if the client can connect..

Regards

Surendra

[Serge Yasmine]

Marvin,

looks like the clients and the autonomous APs are good friends and not breaking up easily. :-D

no seriously, ssid on the wlc is enabled?

where you ever able to connect to the wlc ap?

check the data rates on the wlc under the radio band?

good luck

Serge

[Leo Laohoo]

The reason, I am suspecting, is the autonomous AP are transmitting in full power while the LWAP isn't.

[MARVIN SPITERI]

Issue was resolved - SSID was typed incorrect !!! - the client makes the decision based on the SSID - it was difficult to trace as the devices concerned where not laptops using scan but profiles !

Anyway thanks a lot to all

[Serge Yasmine]

Good catch :-) glad your issue is resolved. can you please mark you thread as answered? choose any answer you want.

Have a good one

Serge