topic AP backup tunnel not establishing in ExtremeWireless (Identifi)

AP backup tunnel not establishing

Andre_Brits_Kan — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 14:57:00 GMT

Hi Community

We have two C5210 Controllers configured in a High Availability cluster.
The solution is configured as a Primary/Backup solution, with all the AP's homing to the first controller as the primary and the secondary as the backup.

We have just over 600 AP's.

On the second controller we see the following error for random AP's.

The AP can reach both controller so this is not a routing error as refered to in the below post:
https://extremeportal.force.com/ExtrArticleDetail?an=000064655

Any ideas?

Regards

RE: AP backup tunnel not establishing

Nathiya_M — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 15:21:00 GMT

Hi Andre,

What is the firmware version running on the controller?

Regards,
Nathiya M

RE: AP backup tunnel not establishing

David_Choi — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 15:44:00 GMT

Hi Andre,
Did you configure "Wireless Controller Search List" in all APs as below?

Above configuration would be recommended in HA environment. Please ensure that the IP address of primary controller should be located in upper side and bottom side for secondary controller.

And also please check followings:

If there is any blocking point for UDP port 13911 between APs and secondary controller. if Secure tunnel is enabled on thoes APs (please disable if it is not neccessary) Can you also show us the screen of "AP availability" (Report > APs > AP Availability)?

RE: AP backup tunnel not establishing

Ronald_Dvorak — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 16:01:00 GMT

Hi Andre,

just to make sure ... you are talking about Availability with Fast Failover enabled ?

RE: AP backup tunnel not establishing

Jeremy_Gibbs — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:41:00 GMT

When I have seen this, often a cset factory on the AP will do the trick. But it's not all of the APs. It's usually only a few that went "crazy" after applying an update.

RE: AP backup tunnel not establishing

Ronald_Dvorak — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 23:53:00 GMT

As Jermey mentioned it's either after a software upgrade during the first authentication - will fix itself within minutes - or if "normal" availability is configured and the AP lost the connection to the home controller but the controller-controller link is still up = FAD.

RE: AP backup tunnel not establishing

Nathiya_M — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 08:31:00 GMT

Hi Andre,

Please check the High Availability Pre-requisites for your reference,

https://extremeportal.force.com/ExtrArticleDetail?an=000082528

Regards,
Nathiya M

RE: AP backup tunnel not establishing

Tony1 — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 20:09:00 GMT

We have the same problem. In the past a reboot of the Controller solved it.
Reboot, power cycle of the APs and factory default do not fix the problem. I will open a GTAC case.

Problem seems not be related to routing or firewall rules. We have some IP networks with APs that have backup tunnel and APs that do not have a backup tunnel.

It looks like this problem appears after some uptime of the Controller and then does primarily affect new access points.