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Change HP Wireless Access Points from Autonomous to Controlled Mode

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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 an address from DHCP (In the DHCP scope you will see the serial number of the AP as the name).

That’s great, but if you have deployed an AP in autonomous mode how do you change it back?

Solution

1. The Controller itself can still see the Access point(s) it puts them in the Autonomous APs section. You can also find the IP address the AP is using here as well.

2. Connect directly to the APs web console and log on (the default username and password is admin and admin).

Note: If you have forgotten the username and password you will need to hit the reset button on the back of the AP until the lights flash three times.

3. Navigate to Maintenance > System > Switch to Controlled Mode

Warning: This drops all the settings on this AP if you need them documents them first.

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Register HP Wireless Access Points With an HP MSM Controller on a Different Subnet

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KB ID 0000913 

Problem

If you have HP Access Points on remote sites, you have the choice of either leaving them in automomous mode, or registering them with a controller at another site. This is handy if you want to manage all your VSC’s from one location. You can do this via DNS, or via DHCP at that remote site, (I tend to setup both to be on the safe side).

Solution

Option 1: Set MSM Controller Location via DHCP

1. On your DHCP server, open the DHCP management console.

2. Expand the IPv4 scopes.

3. Action > Define Vendor Class.

4. Add >Display name = Colubris > Description = Vendor Class for Colubris Products > Under ASCII Set the value to Colubris-AP > The rest of the values will autofill > OK > Close.

5. Right click IPv4 > Set Predefined Options.

6. Set the Option class to Colubris > Add > Name = MSC > Data type = IP Address > Array = Ticked > Description = List of MSC IP Addressses > OK > OK.

7. Locate you active DHCP scope, and expand it > Right click > Configure Options.

8. Advanced Tab > Vendor Class = Colubris > 001 MSC = Tick > IP Address > Set the IP address(s) of your controller(s) > Apply > OK.

9. Check you can see the option listed, (as below).

Option 2: Set MSM Controller Location via DNS

1. In the forward lookup zone for your domain, you can create A/Host records for your MSM controller(s). Create them in the cnsrv1, cnsrv2, etc format.

WARNING:

You may find that you have a problem with the Access Points flagged as ‘Waiting Acceptance‘, if that happens see the following link.

HP MSM Controller – Access Points Stuck ‘Waiting Acceptance’

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