Improve Bonjour profile provisioning and redundancy 7.4.2

This information is also available in the FortiWiFi and FortiAP 7.4 Configuration Guide: Bonjour Profiles

This release improves FortiAP Bonjour profiles with the following features:

• Simplified Bonjour Profile Provisioning: You can now set the Bonjour profile at the FortiAP profile level so that it can apply to multiple FortiAP devices. If a Bonjour profile is applied at both the device and profile level, the configuration made at the device level takes precedence.

• Failover Mechanism: To ensure uninterrupted service, a new election procedure provides a failover mechanism or redundancy in case the Bonjour Gateway goes down. After a Bonjour profile is applied to multiple APs, the APs execute an algorithm to determine the Bonjour Default Gateway. The AP with the highest base MAC address is selected as the primary default gateway while the other APs are designated as backup default gateways in case the primary default gateway becomes unavailable.

To apply a Bonjour profile at the FortiAP profile level - CLI:

1. Create a Bonjour profile:

   config wireless-controller bonjour-profile
     edit "Bonjour-Profile"
       config policy-list
         edit 1
           set description "All"
           set from-vlan "10"
           set to-vlan "20"
         next
         edit 2
           set from-vlan "101"
           set to-vlan "202"
         next
       end
     next
   end

2. Apply the Bonjour profile to a FortiAP profile:

   config wireless-controller wtp-profile
     edit FAP234F-default
       set bonjour-profile "Bonjour-Profile"
     next
   end

3. When you select the Bonjour profile, a notice loads asking you to ensure that the FortiAPs you apply the Bonjour profile to have auto-election enabled. Enter y to confirm.

To verify that the Bonjour profile is successfully applied to a FortiAP:

1. From the FortiAP CLI, enter cw_diag -c bonjour:

   cw_diag -c bonjour
   Bonjour Gateway: Controlled by AC
   Configured Bonjour Vlans:
       10    ==> 20    services 00000001  all
       101   ==> 202   services 00000001  all
   Total 2 Bonjour Vlans
   Bonjour Gateway Election Info:
   1/2 e8:ed:d6:a5:2e:e8 state=cap,8825 live=16605 age=1
   2/2 e8:ed:d6:a5:31:08 state=oper,8807 live=8825 age=1
   ---- e0:23:ff:b2:18:68 state=cap,16609

The diagnoses output also provides details of the last election process under "Bonjour Gateway Election Info". The AP with the MAC address of 8:ed:d6:a5:31:08 is in the oper state, meaning it serves as the default gateway. Another two APs are in the cap state, meaning they act as back-up gateways in case the primary gateway becomes unavailable. If there are any more APs in the same setup, they will go into a hold state.