HP Networking – Tracing Networks and Locating IP addresses
KB ID 0001110 After not touching one for a couple of years, I was back on HP switches recently, and I had to map out a clients switches. Now I could have used some software, but they didn’t have SNMP enabled so, I had to ‘re acquaint’ myself with LLDP. For a basic LLDP View of attached devices. HP-Switch-1# show lldp info remote-device LLDP Remote Devices Information LocalPort | ChassisId PortId PortDescr SysName...
HP E Series Wireless – Cannot Access Local LAN
KB ID 0000486 Problem You have an HP HP E-Series Mobility E-MSM460, 466 & 430 Access Point, and you cannot access resources on your local LAN (though internet access works fine). This is default “Out of the box” behavior, a lot of consumers want to provide wireless access but DONT want the wireless clients having access to their local servers. That’s fine but what if you do? Solution 1. Log into the web...
Setup and Configure HP Wireless E-MSM720 Wireless Controller with HP E-MSM430 Access Points
KB ID 0000692 Problem We got some ‘demo stock’ in the office this week, I don’t do a lot of wireless, so I thought I would get it setup and have a look to see how easy/difficult it was. Hardware used HP E-MSM720 Premium Mobility Controller (J9694A) HP E-MSM 430 Wireless N Dual Radio Access Point (J9651A) HP HP 2915-8G-P-o-E Switch (J5692A) The switch and controller are ‘tiny’ so if you want to put them...
Manually Configuring HP Wireless (MSM 720 controller) for Public and Private Wireless Networks
KB ID 0000833 Problem In the following procedure I’ll configure the following; HP 5412zl Switch. Cisco ASA 5510 Firewall. HP MSM720 Controller. HP MSM460 and MSM317 Access Points. If you are configuring an MSM765zl or MSM775zl use the following article first. HP MSM765zl and 775zl – Initial Setup and Routing Assumptions Private SSID will be on the normal corporate LAN (In this case 172.16.254.0/24). Public SSID will get...
Change HP Wireless Access Points from Autonomous to Controlled Mode
KB ID 0000853 Problem I had a client this week who was putting in an MSM730 Wireless controller, and a few MSM460 Access Points. They already had an MSM460 in their meeting room, and I was asked to add that into the new setup on the controller as well. Out of the box the access points are in controlled mode (look for a controller), if they don’t find one they assume they are in autonomous mode and either setup on 192.168.1.1 or get...
HP MSM Controller – Access Points Stuck ‘Waiting Acceptance’
KB ID 0000868 Problem When viewing the Controller > Controlled APs, You may see some of them stuck with a ‘Waiting Acceptance’ status. Solution This happens because the Access Point can contact the controller, (otherwise you wouldn’t even see it). But the controller cant get traffic back to the access point, to update its firmware, or to synchronize it. The root cause of this is usually because this access point is on...