Ghosts in our 6 New Ubiquity Pros - provision issues.

Mel Beckman mel at beckman.org
Fri Jun 19 18:11:18 UTC 2015


Have you done a network analysis for viruses or bridge loops? This could be a broadcast storm caused by either of those network faults.

 -mel

> On Jun 19, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Sam Tetherow <tetherow at shwisp.net> wrote:
> 
> Only have 1 Pro on my network and it hasn't given me any issues, several of the original AP and AP-LR as well without issues.
> 
> What is the uptime on the AP?  You should be able to ssh into the APs using the controller username and password.  It is a linux base so 'uptime' will tell you.  You can also check for ethernet errors using 'ip -s link' on the AP side.
> 
> On 06/19/2015 11:45 AM, Bob Evans wrote:
>> We have all APs set with static addresses. EdgeMax only hands out IPs to
>> clients using the APs.
>> 
>> This happens when people are using the APs and when no one is even in the
>> building  at 2am when there are no clients connected. It can happen to one
>> then 5 hours later it happens again...then doesn't happen again for 12
>> hours. Totally random no interval.
>> 
>> It is nice to know that others have no issues with these UniFi AP Pros.
>> They seem to be fine except for the 2 mins or so they randomly drop link
>> and reboot themselves. All are on APC UPSes and other devices in the same
>> switch , like voip phones, never drop the ports.
>> 
>> They are all new, delivered in various batches over time. We checked and
>> all are the latest versions.
>> 
>> Bob Evans
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> The IP can change on the UniFi without having to re-adopt or
>>> re-provision.  APs are identified by MAC address at the UniFi protocol
>>> level (not layer 2).
>>> 
>>> On 06/19/2015 09:09 AM, Naslund, Steve wrote:
>>>> Here is another though.  If your APs are re-provisioning every eight
>>>> hours, what is your DHCP lease time?  Are you sure the APs are able to
>>>> renew their leases (if not, could your scope be full)?  Do you see the
>>>> IP addresses on the APs changing when they come back up?  These could
>>>> indicate a DHCP server issue.  If the AP gets a new IP address it will
>>>> likely have to be re-adopted to the controller.  You might want to
>>>> static address one or more APs to test this theory.
>>>> 
>>>> Steven Naslund
>>>> Chicago IL
>>> 
>> 
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