Wireless Access

Hello,
I bought a used Aruba AP105 from Ebay.
It should be used at home and not in an enterprise environment, because the AP is significantly better than a standard home router.  
You can´t get a web interface of the "new" device and i can´t ping the AP either.
an IP is obtained from DHCP
I connected myself over seriall and I noticed that the device is in a boot loop.
Canceled that and IPs entered manually. A ping from AP to another device works.

apboot> printenv
bootdelay=2
baudrate=9600
autoload=n
boardname=Talisker
servername=aruba-master
bootcmd=boot ap
bootfile=mips32.ari
ethaddr=9c:1c:12:ca:8f:c7
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
stderr=serial
ethact=eth0
autostart=yes
serverip=tfpt

apboot> version

APBoot 1.4.0.3 (build 37726)
Built: 2013-03-21 at 20:13:41


The OS update will not work.

**** ERROR: upgrade failed ****.
apboot> upgrade os tftp://192.168.118.115/ftp/os.ari
eth0 up: 100 Mb/s half duplex
DHCP broadcast 1
DHCP IP address: 192.168.118.102
DHCP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
DHCP def gateway: 192.168.118.1
DHCP DNS server: 192.168.115.160
DHCP DNS domain: pflueger.local
Using eth0 device
TFTP from server 0.0.0.0; our IP address is 192.168.118.102; sending through gateway 192.168.118.1
Filename '//192.168.118.115/ftp/os.ari'.
Load address: 0x2000000
Loading: *
TFTP error: 'File not found' (1)
Giving up...
**** ERROR: upgrade failed ****.
apboot>

I've tested the release of another tftp client.
that basically works.
The image file was renamed because name is too long.


TFTP Server Log:

Connection received from 192.168.118.102 on port 1993 [05/11 17:37:15.645]
Read request for file <//192.168.118.115/os.ari>. Mode octet [05/11 17:37:15.646]
File <\192.168.118.115\os.ari> : error 3 in system call CreateFile Das System kann den angegebenen Pfad nicht finden. [05/11 17:37:15.647]
Connection received from 192.168.118.102 on port 2302 [05/11 17:38:41.376]
Read request for file <//192.168.118.115/ftp/os.ari>. Mode octet [05/11 17:38:41.376]
File <\192.168.118.115\ftp\os.ari> : error 3 in system call CreateFile Das System kann den angegebenen Pfad nicht finden. [05/11 17:38:41.377]
Connection received from 192.168.117.33 on port 56797 [05/11 17:40:20.931]
Read request for file <os.ari>. Mode octet [05/11 17:40:20.932]
OACK: <tsize=7304620,blksize=512,timeout=30,> [05/11 17:40:20.932]
Using local port 57063 [05/11 17:40:20.932]
<os.ari>: sent 14267 blks, 7304620 bytes in 16 s. 1 blk resent [05/11 17:40:36.429]

Does somebody has any idea?



I read the following articles:

https://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Controller-less-WLANs/How-do-I-configure-a-static-IP-addreess-to-an-Instant-Access/ta-p/185590

https://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Wireless-Access/What-commands-do-I-use-to-manually-upgrade-an-AP-115-from-a-FTP/td-p/189739

Is this an AP105 or an IAP105? The sticker on the back will tell you...

Below is written AP-105

The AP105 does not have a web interface and would need to be configured via a controller. An IAP105 does have a web interface for configuration and does not require a controller.

You also cannot convert an AP105 to an IAP105.

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**bleep**, so I bought the wrong one, or get additionally
an IAP and cover the house even better with wifi.

 

 

Thank you for your answer

No worries :)

Hello, I have to contact you again.

I have now bought an IAP-105 and this works as expected. Is it possible to operate the AP105 together with the IAP105 as master?

And if so how?

I constantly see DNS requests from the AP on Aruba Master. So I've made an entry on my Pihole so that the AP finds the IP of the IAP. There I have the option: Preferred master activated.

You can only have an IAP105 working with an AP105 if you convert the IAP105 to an AP105 and terminate these on a controller.

"terminate these on a controller"

And who is the controller?

AP105 would require an additional physical or virtual Aruba controller. An Aruba Instant AP (IAP) would use the "built in" Virtual Controller. 

OK, where can I find a working download for such a VM? I can not register as a private person. Others had where the problem. https://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Network-Management/Download-Aruba-OS-VMC/td-p/295549

support.arubanetworks.com is where you will find the VM images. You will need a valid support contract to access the site. Documentation is freely available however.

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