Wireless Access

I am a bit out of my depths here. I have an Aruba 3600 controller, running ArubaOS6.4.4.19 and I have about 62 of the 105 APs and a couple of the 93 antennas. 

There was a Windows Server set up to handle DHCP, it crashed so a Cisco router is now handling that task. I am not sure what I need to do on the controller, or what to set up in the router for the controller. Should I be configuring DHCP option 43?

Any help is appreciated. 

Cheers,

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Allan
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When you are talking DHCP option 43 you are talking about getting the APs to their controllers.

DHCP option 43 is one way to do it, DNS is another -often easier- way.

For DNS, just create an A record for aruba-master in whatever DNS server is supplied to the APs.

Read a bit more about the different option at 
https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/ArubaOS_64_Web_Help/Content/ArubaFrameStyles/AP_Config/AP_discovery_ADP.htm

If you want to use DHCP option 43 (again), check out  https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/ArubaOS_64x_WebHelp/Web_Help_Index.htm#ArubaFrameStyles/DHCP_Option_43/Windows_Based_DHCP_Serve.htm for further info.

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Koen V
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Original Message:
Sent: Jan 31, 2021 04:53 PM
From: Allan SeaLS
Subject: DHCP Server Change

I am a bit out of my depths here. I have an Aruba 3600 controller, running ArubaOS6.4.4.19 and I have about 62 of the 105 APs and a couple of the 93 antennas. 

There was a Windows Server set up to handle DHCP, it crashed so a Cisco router is now handling that task. I am not sure what I need to do on the controller, or what to set up in the router for the controller. Should I be configuring DHCP option 43?

Any help is appreciated. 

Cheers,

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Allan
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