KB Article Type: Configuration
Related Products: All AP Models
Related Software Versions: All code version
Keywords: AP, L3, mode
GUI CONFIGURATION STEPS:
Step 1 : In the left window pane, click on the “Configuration” tab >> click Devices (APs) >> select AP to configure to L3, click settings >> click 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 ex. “Controller Host Name”, “Controller address”, “Default Gateway” etc
Step 4 : AP will reboot and attempt to associate to the controller via L3, if L3 Discovery fails, it will try to associate via L2.
CLI CONFIGURATION STEPS:
Step 1 : Enter AP command line interface, by typing “connect ap <AP ID>” in 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, you need to use "ip info"
Step 3 : Type “ip config l2l3 l3preferred”
Step 4 : Enter additional L3 information as required. For example, to configure 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 write” to save the configurations on the AP.
Step 6 : Type “system reboot” to reload the AP and connect to the configured controller ip.
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