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rishab444
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December 20, 2024

Troubleshooting Tip: FortiAP forced to upgrade as soon as plugged into Fortigate.

  • December 20, 2024
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Description The article outlines a situation where, for compliance reasons, the firmware on FortiAPs must remain consistent, but they are automatically upgraded as soon as they are connected to the FortiGate.
Scope FortiAP, FortiGate.
Solution
  • This behavior is expected when an image is uploaded onto the FortiGate for the FortiAPs and the image-download feature during join is enabled by default.

    config global

        config wireless-controller global

            set image-download enable

       end

  • Verify there is an existing image uploaded on the FortiGate using below command: 

     

 

execute wireless-controller list-wtp-image

  • To stop the force upgrade, remove all the images uploaded using the below command:


execute wireless-controller delete-wtp-image all

  • Another method is to completely disable the image download from global settings:

 

config global

       config wireless-controller global

           set image-download disable

        end

  • The feature can be disabled for a specific set of devices that are part of the same Operation Profile, or a single device that is the only member of the particular Operation Profile.

    config wireless-controller wtp
        edit <name>
            set image-download disable
        next
    end

  • Another configuration that can trigger the upgrade is "firmware-provision-on-authorization" under vdom's wireless-controller settings, ensure this is disabled which is the default behavior.

     config vdom
       edit <vdom name>
          config wireless-controller settings
              set firmware-provision-on-authorization disable
          end

 

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