topic RE: View The Switch Port An AP Is Attached To In Extreme Management in ExtremeCloud IQ- Site Engine Management Center

View The Switch Port An AP Is Attached To In Extreme Management

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 22:14:00 GMT

Hi,

When doing a search for an AP by name, serial, IP or selecting it via the Wireless -> Access Points section, it would be really useful to see what switch, and switch port it is connected to - which is one of the useful features the tool has in tracing where end-systems are connected.

Below is a few examples of the various places AP information is provided, but no detail on where in the network the AP is physically connected:

One way in I can see where the AP is attached is to do a compass search, as per below:

Just wondered if there is any other way, or the possibility could be added or is coming to show the information in the Oneview.

Many thanks in advance.

RE: View The Switch Port An AP Is Attached To In Extreme Management

Ronald_Dvorak — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 22:16:00 GMT

You'd do authentication on the switch port - then it would show the AP in EMC.
A basic MAC based auth with a allow all would be enough, it's just to feed the information into EMC.

RE: View The Switch Port An AP Is Attached To In Extreme Management

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 22:16:00 GMT

Oh yes, of course. Thanks for that. Will give it a go.

RE: View The Switch Port An AP Is Attached To In Extreme Management

Ostrovsky__Yury — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 22:21:00 GMT

Thats correct . But make sure that the number of users for auth on the port is limited to 1 , otherwise the wireless clients who doing mac/dot1x while bridged at AP will have an issue. In the latest XOS (21.2x I believe) there is an option for "Ap aware port" which will limit this number automatically.

RE: View The Switch Port An AP Is Attached To In Extreme Management

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 22:21:00 GMT

Thanks Yury, probably wouldn't have done that had you not mentioned it. Cheers.

RE: View The Switch Port An AP Is Attached To In Extreme Management

M_Nees — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 16:37:00 GMT

With XMC V8.3 WiNG APs should be recognize via LLDP and shown in map in the same manner as they will be authenticated.

I try that with identify APs but this failed in current 8.3 and will be available at future V8.5.

BR,
Matthias