Issue with H-REAP implementation

[sumanth_myneni]

Hi,

With a 4404 WLC, we tried to implement H-REAP using 1242 AP's. The AP's are continuously rebooting without getting registered to the WLC. Please provide me with the implementation document which is other that Document ID :71250 & WLC configuration guide for 4.0 version.

[Rob Huffman]

Hi Sumanth,

Here are some additional references;

Hybrid Remote Edge Access Point (H-REAP) Basic Troubleshooting

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk722/tk809/technologies_tech_note09186a008081103d.shtml

H-Reap Design and Deployment Guide

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6521/products_tech_note09186a0080736123.shtml

H-REAP Modes of Operation Configuration Example

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk722/tk809/technologies_configuration_example09186a00807cc3b8.shtml

Hope this helps!

Rob

[sumanth_myneni]

Hi Rob,

Thanks for sending me the links. I actually tried these but i couldn't successed. Could you suggest me why the AP's are continously rebooting? Also, please suggest me any other document.

[jordanperks]

Will they register in local mode and then once you set them to H-REAP they start rebooting?

[sumanth_myneni]

Yes. When we connect locally, the AP gets registered. At the remote end, the AP continously reboots.

[jordanperks]

What I meant was, when your remote APs are in local mode rather than H-REAP mode are they still rebooting? Not physically local, just the mode they are operating in.

[sumanth_myneni]

When the AP is in Local mode, the AP gets registered. It doesn't reboot continuously. We have more than 50 AP's working in LOCAL mode without issues.

[jordanperks]

So when the AP is in local mode it works fine and the second you use the controller or WCS to put it into H-REAP mode it starts rebooting over and over? Do you have the "enable H-REAP" box on your WLAN checked? I guess I am somewhat at a loss. I have yet to see this happen and I just asked my CCIE Cisco rep today if he has any idea and he couldn't think of anything.

[sumanth_myneni]

When the AP connects in local mode, we do not have any issues. If we connect to remote location via H-REAP, the AP doesn't allow me to do any configuration changes and reboots continously. I enabled H-REAP on SSID & in AP details tab too.

Please provide me with the document which can help me.

[sumanth_myneni]

Hi,

Please find the error that i observed.

"LWAPP_CLIENT_ERROR_DEBUG: spamHandleJoinTimer: Did not recieve the Join response"

Advice on why this is recurring.

[sumanth_myneni]

Can anyone assist me?

[Scott Fella]

First of all, did you stage the ap so that the ap has originally joined the controller? If not, then you will have to use dns to resolve cisco-lwapp-controller@yourdomain.com to the management interface ip address. The ap has to join the controller in order for you to configure the ap to h-reap. The ap reboots, because it hasn't joined the WLC.