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What would cause an access point to not pass through a DHCP offer to a wireless client?

What would cause an access point to not pass through a DHCP offer to a wireless client?

tom_dicks
New Contributor

‎10-18-2018 02:22 PM

What would cause an access point to not pass through a DHCP offer to a wireless client?
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collin_wicker
New Contributor

‎08-28-2019 04:37 PM

I believe I just ran into this issue this morning as well. I created a new radio policy with the DFS channels disabled and pushed it to the AP and then the client was able to receive an IP address. We've been running the same firmware for a while and this is the first time I've seen this. Does anyone have a firmware recommendation for AP250's that fixes this? We use DFS channels and I would like to not have to re-do our channel plan.

 

We are currently running 8.3r3 and HiveManager Classic on prem.

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greenj
New Contributor

‎01-25-2019 01:59 PM

Client monitor before making the change looked like this: Lots of cycles of Discover from the client and repeated Offers from the server, but never a Request from the client:

01/24/2019 10:28:06 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3486)station sent out DHCP DISCOVER message

01/24/2019 10:28:06 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3487)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:06 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3488)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:06 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3489)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:06 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3490)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:06 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3491)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:06 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3492)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:06 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3493)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:06 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3494)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:15 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3539)station sent out DHCP DISCOVER message

01/24/2019 10:28:15 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3540)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:15 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3541)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:15 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3542)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:15 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3543)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:15 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3544)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:15 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3545)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:15 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3546)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:28:15 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3547)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:23 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3756)station sent out DHCP DISCOVER message

01/24/2019 10:29:23 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3757)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:23 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3758)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:23 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3759)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:23 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3760)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:23 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3761)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:23 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3762)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:23 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3763)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:23 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3764)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:25 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3765)station sent out DHCP DISCOVER message

01/24/2019 10:29:25 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3766)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:25 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3767)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:25 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3768)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:25 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3769)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:25 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3770)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:25 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3771)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:25 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3772)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:25 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3773)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:27 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3774)station sent out DHCP DISCOVER message

01/24/2019 10:29:27 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3775)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:27 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3776)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:27 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3777)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:27 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3778)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:27 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3779)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:27 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3780)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:27 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3781)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:27 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3782)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 10:29:31 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17E9 FES-11-320  INFO  (3835)station sent out DHCP DISCOVER message

 

Client monitor after the change shows normal DHCP process:

01/24/2019 11:12:21 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17D5 FES-11-320  INFO  (1582)station sent out DHCP DISCOVER message

01/24/2019 11:12:21 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17D5 FES-11-320  INFO  (1583)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 11:12:21 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17D5 FES-11-320  INFO  (1584)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 11:12:21 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17D5 FES-11-320  INFO  (1585)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 11:12:21 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17D5 FES-11-320  INFO  (1586)DHCP server sent out DHCP OFFER message to station

01/24/2019 11:12:22 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17D5 FES-11-320  INFO  (1587)station sent out DHCP REQUEST message

01/24/2019 11:12:22 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17D5 FES-11-320  INFO  (1588)DHCP server sent out DHCP ACKNOWLEDGE message to station

01/24/2019 11:12:22 AM 9801A7C4EED7 0019771A17D5 FES-11-320  BASIC  (1589)DHCP session completed for station

 

-Jon

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bruce_stahlin
Contributor III

‎01-24-2019 10:12 PM

What does Client Monitor reveal? Under "Tools," select "Client Monitor" and enter the MAC of an affected client. This is a great way to see negotiations between APs and clients.

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greenj
New Contributor

‎01-24-2019 05:34 PM

We are also experiencing this issue where client not getting IP address via DHCP (esp. on AP320) and it resolved when we replaced the 5GHz radio profile with a fresh one that allowed us to disable DFS.

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