FortiAP

Forum|Forum|9 years ago
August 31, 2016
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We recently took over an account with a fortigate 80C and a FAP210B. The Fortigate 80c crashed and will not boot due to internal memory issues. We have temporarily installed a different UTM (not fortinet) but obviously the AP is not working. I have defaulted the AP but am unable to web to it, I would like to configure it as a stand alone AP. I can telnet to it and can login.

The former IT company is unwilling to provide us with info on registration,

Bromont_FTNT

Staff

That FAP needs a Fortigate controller to function

ede_pfau

SuperUser

...and not only for pushing the config onto the AP but the AP tunnels the client traffic to the FGT to be then routed elsewhere. Because of this there is no standalone mode with FortiAPs.

Have you tried resurrecting the 80C? Console connection, boot thru powercycle, stop with any key, reformat flash, reload firmware from file via TFTP, reload previously saved config. Might help if at a pinch, RMA or replacement by a new FGT is of course the better longterm solution.