Meru Technical Note - How do I change the AP ID assigned by the Controller?
I connected a new AP320 to the network this afternoon (my 14th) and the controller gave it an AP ID of 15 instead of 14. It skipped 14. How do I change the AP ID assigned by the Controller?
Scope
RELATED PRODUCTS: MC1500,1550,3000,3200,4100,4200
RELATED SOFTWARE VERSIONS: 4.0-165,5.0-96,5.1 and later releases
KEYWORDS: AP
Solution
Firstly we noted the serial Number of the AP and disabled the AP on the controller, then deleted the entry from web interface of the controller.
Below mentioned are the commands to be executed from CLI to add the new AP entries.
# configure terminal
(config)# no ap <ap-id>
The entry does not exist
#(config)# ap <ap-id>
# (config-ap)# mac-address <mac address of the new AP>
#(config-ap)# exit
#(config)# exit
# Copy running-config startup-config
We plugged back the AP and it came with AP ID 14 and enabled online.
From Gui
Configuration>Devices>APs>
You will see option Add>>>> enter AP id and all other required details listed, plug back AP on the network