Re: [Aironet] failed association

[Jim V. <jv...@bi...>]

> Any card in any of our laptops can connect to the AP, but when a second
> does, we get two log entries (visible through the web interface).
> 
> (in reverse order):
> 
>   2000/11/16 18:48:32 (Warning): Station seeker Failed Association, status
>   "Too Many Stations in BSS"
>   2000/11/16 18:48:32 (Info): Station seeker Authenticated
> 
> These always point to the second card that tries to connect.
> When this occurs, we can see arp layer traffic, and multicast, but no=20
> standard tcp/ip services are avialable.
> 
> What is the BSS?  And I can't find anywhere in the web or telnet interfaces
> to set the number of clients.


A "BSS" is a "Basic Service Set" - which I believe means basically a cell controlled
by an Access Point.

An "IBSS" is an independent version of the above i.e. w/out the central control
also known as an "Ad hoc" cell...

From the error messages it sounds like your AP is operating w/either a corrupted
installation key or is simply missing the installation key.

You can check and see if your AP has an installation key by rebooting it - and
viewing it's power up status display with a serial connection at 9600 baud.

It will display a directory of files - and the one you are looking for 
should be the first file in the list:

Config:AP Installation Key

What this means is the AP has an installation key file in it's "config" filesystem.
If this file is missing - you need to contact tech support (I think this is the proper
procedure) and see about getting another one for your AP.

I have never seen one "simply disapear" since they are stored in the flash on the AP -
the only time I have seen AP's missing them is when someone accidentally deleted it
from the bootup menu....

Which is rather difficult to do - but newer versions of firmware make it even harder now :-)

Jim

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