Maintain radio SSID WLAN IDs
WLAN IDs remain the same after a daemon restart or a controller reboot. BSSIDs also remain the same, which keeps the WiFi service stable. This is confirmed by read-only commands in the downloaded backup FortiOS configuration file and the iwconfig
output from FortiAP.
Sample FortiOS configuration
config wireless-controller vap edit "wifi-m-1" set mesh-backhaul enable set ssid "FOS-QA-LFU-FWF61E-M-1" set broadcast-ssid disable set passphrase qa12345678 set schedule "always" next edit "wifi-b-1" set ssid "FOS-QA-LFU-FWF61E-B-2" set passphrase qa12345678 set local-bridging enable set schedule "always" next edit "wifi-b-2" set ssid "FOS-QA-LFU-FWF61E-B-2" set passphrase qa12345678 set local-bridging enable set schedule "always" next edit "wifi-b-3" set ssid "FOS-QA-LFU-FWF61E-B-3" set passphrase qa12345678 set local-bridging enable set schedule "always" next edit "wifi-b-4" set ssid "FOS-QA-LFU-FWF61E-B-4" set passphrase qa12345678 set local-bridging enable set schedule "always" next edit "wifi-b-5" set ssid "FOS-QA-LFU-FWF61E-B-5" set passphrase qa12345678 set local-bridging enable set schedule "always" next edit "wifi-b-6" set ssid "FOS-QA-LFU-FWF61E-B-6" set passphrase qa12345678 set local-bridging enable set schedule "always" next end
Backup configuration file output
To verify that the SSIDs remain the same:
config wireless-controller wtp-profile edit "FAP423E-default" config platform set type 423E end set handoff-sta-thresh 30 set allowaccess https ssh snmp config radio-1 set band 802.11n,g-only set channel-utilization disable set vap-all none end config radio-2 set band 802.11ac set channel-utilization disable set darrp enable set vap-all none set vaps "wifi-b-1" "wifi-b-2" "wifi-b-3" "wifi-b-4" "wifi-b-5" "wifi-b-6" "wifi-m-1" set vap1 "wifi-b-1" set vap2 "wifi-b-2" set vap3 "wifi-b-3" set vap4 "wifi-b-4" set vap5 "wifi-b-5" set vap6 "wifi-b-6" set vap7 "wifi-m-1" end set ext-info-enable disable next end
cconfig wireless-controller wtp edit "FP423E3X16000320" set admin enable set wtp-profile "FAP423E-default" config radio-1 set override-vaps enable set vap-all none set vaps "wifi-b-1" "wifi-b-2" "wifi-b-3" "wifi-b-4" "wifi-b-5" "wifi-b-6" "wifi-m-1" set vap1 "wifi-b-1" set vap2 "wifi-b-2" set vap3 "wifi-b-3" set vap4 "wifi-b-4" set vap5 "wifi-b-5" set vap6 "wifi-b-6" set vap7 "wifi-m-1" end config radio-2 end next end
FortiAP iwconfig output
Verify the iwconfig
output before and after a reboot to confirm that the BSSIDs remain the same. The AP MAC addresses and WLAN IDs will be the same after the reboot.