Table 154: Client Roaming Status

Roaming

Description

Status Type

 

Home Switch/Home

This controller is the home agent for a station and the client is on the VLAN on which it has an

VLAN

IP address.

 

 

Mobile IP Visitor

This controller is not the home agent for a client.

 

 

Mobile IP Binding (away)

This controller is the home agent for a client that is currently away.

 

 

Home Switch/Foreign

This controller is the home agent for a client but the client is currently on a different VLAN than

VLAN

its home VLAN (the VLAN from which it acquired its IP address).

 

 

Stale

The client does not have connectivity in the mobility domain. Either the controller has received a

 

disassociation message for a client but has not received an association or registration request

 

for the client from another controller, or a home agent binding for the station has expired before

 

being refreshed by a foreign agent.

 

 

No Mobility Service

The controller cannot provide mobility service to this client. The mobile client may lose its IP

 

address if it obtains the address via DHCP and has limited connectivity. The mobile client may

 

be using an IP address that cannot be served, or there may be a roaming hole due to improper

 

configuration.

 

 

You can view the roaming status of users on any controller in the mobility domain:

Viewing user roaming status using the CLI

show user

Roaming status can be one of the following:

Table 155: User Roaming status

Status Type

Description

Associated

This client is on its home agent controller and the client is on the VLAN on which it has an IP

 

address.

 

 

Visitor

This client is visiting this controller and the controller is not its home agent.

 

 

Away

This client is currently away from its home agent controller.

 

 

Foreign VLAN

This client is on its home agent controller but the client is currently on a different VLAN than the

 

one on which it has an IP address.

 

 

Stale

This should be a temporary state as the client will either recover connectivity or the client’s

 

entry is deleted when the stale timer expires.

 

 

You can use the following CLI command to view the home agent, foreign agent, and roaming status for a specific mobile client.

Viewing specific client information using the CLI

show ip mobile trace <ip-address><mac-address>

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