Technical Tip: How to configure an AP in L3 mode

Description

This article describes how to configure an AP in L3 mode.

Scope

Related Products: All AP Models.

Related Software Versions: All code versions.

Solution

GUI configuration steps:

Step 1: In the left window pane, select the 'Configuration' tab -> Select Devices (APs) -> Select AP to configure to L3, select settings -> Select Connectivity.

Step 2: Choose 'L3 preferred' as the option in the 'Discovery Protocol' field.

Step 3: Complete the remaining fields, based on L3 information, for example, 'Controller Host Name', 'Controller address', 'Default Gateway', etc.

Step 4: AP will reboot and attempt to associate with the controller via L3, if L3 Discovery fails, it will try to associate via L2.

CLI configuration steps:

Step 1: Enter the AP command line interface by typing 'connect ap <AP ID>' in the Controller CLI.

Step 2: Type 'ip config' to display the current controller information on the AP. If you want to check the IP information of the AP, it is necessary to use 'ip info'.

Step 3: Type 'ip config l2l3 l3preferred'.

Step 4: Enter additional L3 information as required. For example, to configure the controller IP, type 'ip config controller name x.x.x.x' (where xxxx is the IP address of the controller).

Step 5: Type 'ip config save' to save the configurations on the AP.

Step 6: Type 'sys reboot' to reload the AP and connect to the configured controller IP.