Potential issues preventing P300 from forming P2P wireless links?

[cecil_dsilvia]

Firmware version

• Make sure both Access points are on the same version

• SSH to the assets and run the command

# get version

or

# fw show all

• Make sure that the outputs match and the AP is booted on the right boot partition

Gateway detection

• Make sure that the Root Bridge has an ARP against its gateway
• Make sure that the non-Root bridge does not have an ARP entry for its gateway
  • Look for this information on the Support information Maintenance::Support Info page, Save to Local Computer -> supportinfo.txt.

### IP/MAC Learning Table ###
ip port VLAN mac addr ageing timer
10.0.16.1 eth0 16 00:09:0f:09:00:08 867.19
ipv6 port VLAN mac addr ageing timer

ARP detection

• Make sure that the an ARP entry does not exist for the Root on the non-root and vice versa

On the AP support logs look for the following output:

• Look for this information on the Support information Maintenance::Support Info page, Save to Local Computer -> supportinfo.txt.

### MESH Topology ###

Mgmt_MAC          S LastSeen Ch P-Metric IP               PATH

38:45:3b:22:62:80 R     1094 108  669.00 192.168.2.1 38:45:3b:22:62:80 

38:45:3b:22:86:00 N     1106 108    0.00 192.168.2.254 38:45:3b:22:62:80 38:45:3b:22:86:00 

38:45:3b:22:86:00 N     1094 108    0.00 192.168.2.254 38:45:3b:22:86:00 

Wired APs

38:45:3b:22:86:00 N     1124 255    0.00 192.168.2.254 38:45:3b:22:86:00

• Loop detection can be disabled - caution do this only if we are absolutely certain that there will not be a wired loop

rkscli: set meshcfg loop_detect disable OK
rkscli: get meshcfg

Keeping them in too close of a proximity

• Make sure the root and non root are separated by at least 10 - 20 feet
• It is difficult to align them just right if they are too close to each other due to the nature of the internal antenna -