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From: Aaron Leonard on 9 Jul 2010 14:13 on an aIOS AP, flash:env_vars (i.e. the bootloader variables) and nvram:startup-config are pretty much the whole of the config. Don't know why your IP address came back. The most elegant way of cleaning out the static IP address info from env_vars is: ap#write default-config This restores not only the startup-config but also env_vars to the defaults. Hth, Aaron ---- >On Jul 8, 3:42�pm, Uli Link <VonRechts.NachLi...(a)usenet.arcornews.de> >wrote: >> bobneworle...(a)yahoo.com schrieb: >> >> > I'm working with a 1231 AP. �I had addressed the BVI1 interface as >> > 10.1.105.100 as a temporary work-around while DHCP was down. �Now >> > after rebooting the AP, DHCP gives it a valid lease but the AP >> > releases it around 15 seconds later and it goes back to 10.1.105.100. >> > Since I see it in env_vars, I figured I'd delete this file but even >> > after doing so, erasing the startup file and reloading, the value of >> > this variable was restored in the new Env_vars file. �Can you tell me >> > where this info is stored? >> >> A safe and supported/documented way is >> � - to reset the AP using the mode button >> � - to reset via the web interface >> and then a complete reconfigure. >> >> If you update the configuration of interface BVI1 and then store the >> configuration, the addresses in env_var should be updated to the new config. >> >> -- >> ULi > >I reset and downloaded a fresh copy of IOS from tftp at 10.0.0.2. >This solved the problem but in a very inefficient manner. >I had hoped to learn a bit more about where this variable is stored >across reboots when neither env_vars nor the startup config are >present.
From: bobneworleans on 9 Jul 2010 18:07
On Jul 9, 1:13 pm, Aaron Leonard <Aa...(a)Cisco.COM> wrote: > on an aIOS AP, flash:env_vars (i.e. the bootloader variables) > and nvram:startup-config are pretty much the whole of the > config. Don't know why your IP address came back. > > The most elegant way of cleaning out the static IP address > info from env_vars is: > > ap#write default-config > > This restores not only the startup-config but also > env_vars to the defaults. > > Hth, > > Aaron THANKS! This is exactly what I was looking for. I look forward to trying this out next week. Bob |