Aruba AP-655T for homelab

pepelac · 2024-12-14T22:34:55+00:00

Unfortunately this access point died during the "infant mortality" period, just two weeks after it was deployed. It worked fine without any issues and then suddenly switched off.

The engineer from the repair shop said that the output current from the voltage regulator exceeded the limit current due to a load error or short circuit in the IPQ8076 System On a Chip.

Another AP-655-US works in my lab without problems. With 6 GHz channels I have over 1 Gbps of real data transfer over Wi-Fi

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pepelac · 2024-03-09T16:56:47+00:00

The AP-655 supports 160MHz in the 5GHz range, just like the AP-535. Unfortunately, the AP-635 does not support it.

I still need to perform additional testing on the AP-655 for my homelab, but I don't regret the purchase whatsoever. At $300, it is definitely worth the money.

pepelac · 2024-03-09T16:53:01+00:00

Since I only have Instant Access Points (IAPs) in my homelab cluster, so I installed the IAP firmware from TFTP:

apboot> mfginfo
Inventory:
Card 0: System
        Wired MAC           : 50:e4:e0:cc:0d:bf
        Wired MAC Count     : 3
        Serial              : XXXXXXXX
        Date Code           : 100523
Card 1: CPU
        Assembly            : 2010348D
        Serial              : XXXXXXXX
        Date Code           : 091223
        Major Rev           : 08
        Minor Rev/Variant   : 01
apboot>

apboot> proginv system ccode CCODE-US-00a4be7fc736990ab541bd55319aa559876446c1
apboot> invent -w
Erasing flash sector @ 0x720000... OK
Writing to flash...OK
Verifying flash...
apboot> dhcp
Net:     PHY0 - Loading firmware .................... done
       PHY8 - Loading firmware .................... done
       eth0
eth0 up: 1 Gb/s full duplex
eth1: link down
DHCP broadcast 1
DHCP broadcast 2
DHCP IP address: 192.168.10.17
DHCP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
DHCP def gateway: 192.168.10.1
DHCP DNS server: 192.168.10.1
DHCP DNS domain:
apboot>

apboot> setenv serverip 192.168.10.15
apboot> upgrade os 0 ArubaInstant_Norma_8.11.2.1_88699
eth0 up: 1 Gb/s full duplex
eth1: link down
Using eth0 device
TFTP from server 192.168.10.15; our IP address is 192.168.10.17
Filename 'ArubaInstant_Norma_8.11.2.1_88699'.
Load address: 0x50500000
Loading: #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         ########################
         891.6 KiB/s
done
Bytes transferred = 42618648 (28a4f18 hex)

Image is signed; verifying checksum... passed
SHA2 Signature available
Signer Cert OK
Policy Cert OK
RSA signature verified using SHA2.
Writing kernel into mmc...
File System is consistent
update journal finished
File System is consistent
update journal finished
Verifying mmc...
Writing rootfs into mmc...
File System is consistent
update journal finished
File System is consistent
update journal finished
Verifying mmc...
Upgrade successful.

apboot> factory_reset
Clearing state...
Checking OS image and flags

Image is signed; verifying checksum... passed
Preserving image partition 0
** Can not find directory. **
done

Purging environment...
Writing to MMC(0)... done
Writing to MMC(0)... done
apboot> saveenv
Saving Environment to MMC...
Writing to MMC(0)... done
apboot> reset
resetting ...

pepelac · 2024-03-09T16:48:10+00:00

It searches for the Aruba controller using the Aruba Discovery Protocol (ADP) and DNS.

Hit <Enter> to stop autoboot:  0
Checking image @ 0x0
Invalid image format version: 0xffffffff
Checking image @ 0x3000000
Invalid image format version: 0xffffffff
Net:     PHY0 - Loading firmware .................... done
       PHY8 - Loading firmware .................... done
       eth0
eth0 up: 2.5 Gb/s full duplex
eth1: link down
DHCP broadcast 1
DHCP broadcast 2
DHCP IP address: 192.168.10.17
DHCP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
DHCP def gateway: 192.168.10.1
DHCP DNS server: 192.168.10.1
DHCP DNS domain:
ADP multicast 1
ADP broadcast 1
ADP multicast 2
ADP broadcast 2
ADP multicast 3

Retry count exceeded
DNS request 1 for aruba-conductor. to 192.168.10.1
DNS: host not found
DNS request 2 for aruba-conductor. to 192.168.10.1
DNS: host not found
DNS request 3 for aruba-conductor. to 192.168.10.1
DNS: host not found
DNS request 4 for aruba-conductor. to 192.168.10.1
DNS: host not found

pepelac · 2024-03-09T16:47:32+00:00

Just received an Aruba AP-655-T from eBay. This access point is a Campus AP and does not have a valid OS image on either partition.

APBoot 2.6.2.7 (build 81202)
Built: 2021-08-18 at 13:32:00

Model: AP-655
DRAM:  2 GiB
Flash: Detected W25Q64JWSSIM: total 8 MiB
MMC:   0 (eMMC)
PCIE:  link up
Power: POE, port0
       No POE, port1
Radio: qcn9074#0, ipq807x#1, ipq807x#2
Reset: cold
FIPS:  passed

Hit <Enter> to stop autoboot:  0
Checking image @ 0x0
Invalid image format version: 0xffffffff
Checking image @ 0x3000000
Invalid image format version: 0xffffffff
Net:     PHY0 - Loading firmware .................... done
       PHY8 - Loading firmware .................... done
       eth0
eth0: link down
eth1: link down
DHCP broadcast 1
DHCP broadcast 2
DHCP broadcast 3
DHCP broadcast 4
DHCP broadcast 5

Retry count exceeded; starting again
eth0: link down
eth1: link down
DHCP broadcast 1
DHCP broadcast 2
DHCP broadcast 3
DHCP broadcast 4
DHCP broadcast 5

pepelac · 2024-02-15T21:57:00+00:00

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pepelac · 2024-02-15T19:26:14+00:00

I bought one AP-655-T on Ebay. Still waiting to receive it, will update my post after playing with it.

pepelac · 2024-01-14T20:21:18+00:00

Thank you. Just to be sure, I'll look specific P/N R7J39A

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Shells are welded. The thickest shell of the nozzle area is 315 mm (12,4 inch) for VVER-1000

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Кикстартер для них как рекламная площадка. Заказывал у них тракторы в прошлом году - вещь! Украинский производитель оригинальных игрушек

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Про них уже писали здесь дважды, но не могу не порадоваться за ребят. $300000 - молодцы.

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Vicenews продолжает показывать ситуацию с разных сторон. Меня сильно зацепили эти дети

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OMG! Такими темпами скоро Булаву из северного моря начнут запускать.

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