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]

Not sure what happened to cause the loss of layer-3 access....
No paperclip reset button on that AP though.
Only other thing I can think of is...to try to access it via MiNT from another WiNG AP.

Do you have another WiNG AP connected on the same layer-2 network?
If you do, log into that AP and issue the CLI command:
show mint neighbors

[Aaron_Wright]

I wish I would have seen your last post before I tried the config again. I messed something up and lost all remote access. I had been accessing over the 169.254.x.x IP address, or the 192.168.111.102 address. Now neither work. tcpdump shows no layer 3 traffic.

Is there a tiny paperclip hole on this unit anywhere that can be used for factory reset? This PC doesn't have a serial port, and I don't think I have an Ethernet to USB console cable...

[ckelly]

Okay....if you're starting from scratch, this is what the CLI setup would look like.

en
config t
rf-domain default
country-code us
exit
profile ap7522 default-ap7522
interface radio 1
shut
interface radio 2
rf-mode bridge
bridge ssid myWireless
bridge encryption-type ccmp
bridge authentication-type none
bridge wpa-wpa2 psk 0 myWirelessKey
comm wr
self
interface vlan 1
ip address 192.168.111.102/24
exit
ip default-gateway 192.168.111.1
(Optionally) ip name-server
commit write

I think that should be it.

[ckelly]

Possibly. Not ever watched to see if that happens when it's not actually connected. if it is connected, the channel should stay the same...as long as it stays connected to same AP

[Aaron_Wright]

Now the channel is 161w, then 64w. Seems like it's searching? "show wireless bridge statistics" is empty