Meru Technical Note - How do I change the AP ID assigned by the Controller?

[nmichael]

Description

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