AP-7522 Client Bridging Isn't Working

[Aaron_Wright]

I have two AP-7522 access points. Both have version 5.9.1.4-004R. Both receive their power and network through a Symbol AP-PSBIAS-2P2-AFR "brick". I set the country name to "United States-us" on both because I read the radios will not turn on until you do.

AP#1 - This is the "host" access point connected to the wired LAN with access to the internet. The internal network is 192.168.1.0/24. I've given this AP the IP address 192.168.1.101. I configured a wireless network with SSID "myWireless", Secure-PSK, WPA2-CCMP, and the key is "myWirelessKey". Radio 1 is 2.4GHz, radio 2 is 5GHz.

AP#2 - This is the "client" access point that I want to bridge to AP#1. I have AP#2 connected to an unmanaged 5 port switch, which also connects a desktop PC. It's this desktop PC that needs access to the internet. I've given this AP the IP address 192.168.1.101. For the bridging configuration I followed the directions here (https://extremeportal.force.com/ExtrArticleDetail?an=000082884)

• en
• conf t
• profile
• interface radio 2
• rf-mode bridge
• bridge ssid myWireless
• bridge vlan 1
• bridge encryption-type ccmp
• bridge authentication-type none
• bridge wpa-wpa2 psk 0 myWirelessKey
• no bridge eap username
• no bridge eap password
• bridge eap type peap-mschapv2
• bridge roam-criteria missed-beacons 20
• bridge roam-criteria rssi-threshold -75
• bridge channel-list 5GHz 36,40,44,48
• bridge channel-list 2.4GHz
• comm wr

However when I run "show wireless bridge candidate-ap" it reports 0 candidate APs. AP#1 shows no wireless clients. The workstation can successfully ping AP#2 and vice versa. I am able to reach the web interface and ssh on AP#1 on the 192.168.1.0/24 network. But AP#1 can't ping AP#2 and vice versa. Nothing on the 192.168.1.0/24 network can ping AP#2 or the desktop PC. The desktop PC cannot reach anything on the 192.168.1.0/24 network.

Right now both APs are in the same room, 10 feet from each other, no physical obstacles between them.

In my searching I also found (https://extremeportal.force.com/ExtrArticleDetail?an=000063492) I tried the solution there but it didn't help.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, or what I'm missing?

Additional questions:
1 - Do I have to configure any bridging properties on the AP#1 that is connected to the wired network with internet access? None of the guides I've read mention anything about configuration on the "host" AP, but since I can't get this working I'm wondering if some configuration is necessary on AP#1.

2 - Do I have to load a special firmware version to be able to access bridging configuration in the web GUI? Right now none of those configuration options are there and I have to do everything through ssh/command line. I know this was the case for some APs in the past that didn't have a web GUI at all and you had to download the firmware that included the GUI.

Thanks for any help you can provide!
Aaron

[ckelly]

So radio 2 is showing the channel 48w entry. Seems like it may be connected.
Run again the command:
show wireless bridge statistics

[ckelly]

Yep, that's it exactly. Just make sure after you issue the "reload" command that if you see a prompt asking if you want to save your settings before reloading that you say *NO*. 

[Aaron_Wright]

Sorry, another typo on my part. I'm actually using 192.168.111.0/24 but sanitized it to 192.168.1.0/24 in my first post, then forgot to sanitize it in other posts.

I don't know about the NAT entry. I didn't enter that. Did the AP automatically put that in there after I configured ge1 for 192.168.1.102/24?

I'll factory reset and start from the beginning, keeping in mind what we've discussed here, and I'll get back to you.

Should I run "delete startup-config" and then "reload" to return to factory settings?

[ckelly]

This is starting to feel a little bit like a minefield situation (various settings in the config that I can't see that will cause issues). It might be easier and faster to simply default the AP and start from scratch so we'll at least know what we're dealing with.

Besides that though, questions:
Why is there a VLAN-1 entry in the override section that is on a different network? (192.168.111.0 vs 192.168.1.0)
Why is the nat entry there?

[Aaron_Wright]

"show wireless radio"

RADIO RADIO-MAC RF-MODE STATE CHANNEL POWER #CLIENT
ap7522-A81950:R1 B8-50-01-EB-D7-50 2.4GHz-wlan Off N/A (smt) 21 (smt) 0
ap7522-A81950:R2 B8-50-01-EC-51-C0 bridge On 48w (smt) 20 (smt) 0