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How to migrate APs from FortiWLC to FortiGate via CLI

  • July 28, 2021
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Hi all,

 

We have an FortiWLC-50D-VM that controls some FAP-U421EV AP's. We would like to migrate these AP's from the FortiWLC to the Fortigate for wifi control.

 

Does anyone have some commands for how I can remotely migrate the AP's from the WLC to the Fortigate via the CLI  (for some reason the gui does not work on our WLC)

 

Thanks

    Best answer by madkiwi

    Hi Sossie,

     

    I've previously reconfigured an AP that was connected to FortiWLC-50D-VM so that it would join a FortiGate. 

     

    I SSH'ed to the AP in question and was able to change the boot image, sorry I didn't take very good notes at the time.

     

    Commands to show/set boot up configuration.

     

    bootimg {imageid | iid} Setting boot up image ID 0 - Meru Secondary 1 - Meru Primary 2 - Fortinet Secondary 3 - Fortinet Primary

    bootimg show show boot up image ID.

     

    I managed to set the bootimg to the Fortinet Primary, once the AP rebooted it then discovered the FortiGate and joined it. 

     

    Hopefully, this may help.

     

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    madkiwi
    madkiwiAnswer
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    July 28, 2021

    Hi Sossie,

     

    I've previously reconfigured an AP that was connected to FortiWLC-50D-VM so that it would join a FortiGate. 

     

    I SSH'ed to the AP in question and was able to change the boot image, sorry I didn't take very good notes at the time.

     

    Commands to show/set boot up configuration.

     

    bootimg {imageid | iid} Setting boot up image ID 0 - Meru Secondary 1 - Meru Primary 2 - Fortinet Secondary 3 - Fortinet Primary

    bootimg show show boot up image ID.

     

    I managed to set the bootimg to the Fortinet Primary, once the AP rebooted it then discovered the FortiGate and joined it. 

     

    Hopefully, this may help.

     

    sossie
    sossieAuthor
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    July 28, 2021

    Thanks for your response, unfortunately I'm not able to SSH or Telnet to the AP's. I just don't get a response from SSH or telnet. I assume its something configured in the old controller, but I can't find anything.

    madkiwi
    madkiwi
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    July 28, 2021

    Hi Sossie,

     

    From the FortiWLC, either via the GUI console or if you can SSH directly to the FortiWLC you can use the CLI command 'conn ap x' to connect to the AP. x is the AP ID. 

     

    Use the CLI command 'show ap' to determine the AP ID from the SSH session, or in the GUI display all the APs. 

     

    Once you have connected to the AP the bootimg command is available.

     

    When I made the changes, the APs weren't connected to the FortiWLC, hence I was able to SSH directly to the AP. 

    Let me know how it goes.

     

    Regards

    kieronrob
    kieronrob
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    August 31, 2021

    Hi,

     

    Hardware reset is the only way, just make sure that the AP's find the Fortigate before the WLC when they attempt their autodiscover.

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