Symptom

The WLC command "config ap rst-button [enable|disable] APname" does not work. It always returns the following error, regardless of the AP model, and regardless of the bootloader version installed in the AP: Reset Button is either not supported on this kind of AP, or the (Akita) AP boot version number is less than 12.3.2.4.

Conditions

Wireless LAN Controller with an Aironet access point joined.

Workaround

Enter one of the following commands on the AP CLI: To enable the mode button: ap#configure terminal ap(config)#boot mode-button To disable the mode button: ap#configure terminal ap(config)#no boot mode-button Note: on a lightweight AP, you cannot save the IOS configuration to NVRAM (write memory). However, in this case, you don't need to, because the "boot mode-button" setting is saved as a bootloader environmental variable (nvram:env_vars) setting (i.e. as either "MODE_BUTTON=off" or "MODE_BUTTON=on" [if the MODE_BUTTON environmental variable is absent, it is on.]) Note: on a lightweight AP, you are not permitted to enter the "configure terminal" command, unless you have the hidden "debug capwap console cli" (or, in older IOS, "debug lwapp console cli") command in effect. Note: on a lightweight AP that is running pre-6.0 code, you are not permitted to enter the "debug capwap console cli" command in a telnet/ssh session, only in a console session.

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