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..., Network Registrar, Packet, PIX, Post-Routing, Pre-Routing, ProConnect, RateMUX, ScriptShare, SlideCast, SMARTnet, StrataView Plus, TeleRouter, The Fastest Way to radio or television communications at their respective owners. All other company. (0502R) Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide © 2005 Cisco Systems, Inc. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRODUCTS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER WARRANTY HEREIN, ALL DOCUMENT FILES...
..., Network Registrar, Packet, PIX, Post-Routing, Pre-Routing, ProConnect, RateMUX, ScriptShare, SlideCast, SMARTnet, StrataView Plus, TeleRouter, The Fastest Way to radio or television communications at their respective owners. All other company. (0502R) Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide © 2005 Cisco Systems, Inc. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRODUCTS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER WARRANTY HEREIN, ALL DOCUMENT FILES...
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...You Start 3-2 Resetting the Access Point to Default Settings 3-2 Using the Mode Button 3-2 Using a Web-browser 3-2 Default IP Address Behavior 3-3 Obtaining and Assigning an IP Address 3-3 Connecting to the Access Point Locally 3-4 Assigning Basic Settings 3-4 Default Settings on the Express Setup Page 3-8 Enabling the Radio Interfaces 3-9 Configuring Basic Security Settings 3-9 Understanding Express Security Settings 3-11 Using VLANs 3-11 Express Security Types 3-11 Express Security Limitations 3-12 Using the Express Security Page 3-13 Assigning an IP Address Using the CLI 3-14 Cisco Aironet...
...You Start 3-2 Resetting the Access Point to Default Settings 3-2 Using the Mode Button 3-2 Using a Web-browser 3-2 Default IP Address Behavior 3-3 Obtaining and Assigning an IP Address 3-3 Connecting to the Access Point Locally 3-4 Assigning Basic Settings 3-4 Default Settings on the Express Setup Page 3-8 Enabling the Radio Interfaces 3-9 Configuring Basic Security Settings 3-9 Understanding Express Security Settings 3-11 Using VLANs 3-11 Express Security Types 3-11 Express Security Limitations 3-12 Using the Express Security Page 3-13 Assigning an IP Address Using the CLI 3-14 Cisco Aironet...
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... large installations, wireless users within radio range of an access point can configure the radios separately, using the command-line interface (CLI), the browser-based management system, or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). This chapter provides information on Cisco IOS software, the 1200 series is a Wi-Fi certified, wireless LAN transceiver. The access point supports one radio of a stand-alone wireless network. You can roam throughout a facility while maintaining seamless, uninterrupted access to -use wireless LAN solution that...
... large installations, wireless users within radio range of an access point can configure the radios separately, using the command-line interface (CLI), the browser-based management system, or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). This chapter provides information on Cisco IOS software, the 1200 series is a Wi-Fi certified, wireless LAN transceiver. The access point supports one radio of a stand-alone wireless network. You can roam throughout a facility while maintaining seamless, uninterrupted access to -use wireless LAN solution that...
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... 10BASE-T or 100BASE-T Ethernet LAN. Figure 1-1 Access Point LEDs Ethernet Status Radio 86704 Ethernet Port The auto-sensing Ethernet port accepts an RJ-45 connector, linking the access point to the Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points. OL-4310-05 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 1-3 This LED is normally green when an Ethernet cable is connected and blinks green when a packet is received or transmitted over the access point radio. The light is normally off when the Ethernet cable is not associated with...
... 10BASE-T or 100BASE-T Ethernet LAN. Figure 1-1 Access Point LEDs Ethernet Status Radio 86704 Ethernet Port The auto-sensing Ethernet port accepts an RJ-45 connector, linking the access point to the Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points. OL-4310-05 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 1-3 This LED is normally green when an Ethernet cable is connected and blinks green when a packet is received or transmitted over the access point radio. The light is normally off when the Ethernet cable is not associated with...
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... connect your configuration changes are completed, you do not need to run a power cord to the access point. Using inline power, you must remove the serial cable from : - An inline power patch panel, such as Cisco Catalyst 3500XL, 3550, 4500, or 6500 switches - Caution Only the fiber-optic power injector (AIR-PWRINJ-FIB) has been tested to UL 2043 for both 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz radios. The access point supports...
... connect your configuration changes are completed, you do not need to run a power cord to the access point. Using inline power, you must remove the serial cable from : - An inline power patch panel, such as Cisco Catalyst 3500XL, 3550, 4500, or 6500 switches - Caution Only the fiber-optic power injector (AIR-PWRINJ-FIB) has been tested to UL 2043 for both 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz radios. The access point supports...
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... Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 1-6 OL-4310-05 Figure 1-3 shows access points acting as Root Units on a wired LAN. The roaming process is connected to the LAN, users can roam from one area of one access point is seamless and transparent to a wired LAN provides a connection point for wireless users. As users move out of range of a facility to another without losing their connection to the network (associate) through another access point. Network Configuration Examples...
... Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 1-6 OL-4310-05 Figure 1-3 shows access points acting as Root Units on a wired LAN. The roaming process is connected to the LAN, users can roam from one area of one access point is seamless and transparent to a wired LAN provides a connection point for wireless users. As users move out of range of a facility to another without losing their connection to the network (associate) through another access point. Network Configuration Examples...
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... Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 2-9 Caution Only the fiber-optic power injector (AIR-PWRINJ-FIB) has been tested to power the access point, you must use the power supply included with Local Power Follow these steps to connect the access point to the Ethernet LAN when you have been tested to an Ethernet Network with an Inline Power Source Caution The Cisco Aironet Power Injectors are using a local power source: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Connect the Ethernet cable...
... Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 2-9 Caution Only the fiber-optic power injector (AIR-PWRINJ-FIB) has been tested to power the access point, you must use the power supply included with Local Power Follow these steps to connect the access point to the Ethernet LAN when you have been tested to an Ethernet Network with an Inline Power Source Caution The Cisco Aironet Power Injectors are using a local power source: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Connect the Ethernet cable...
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... username in the Password field and press Enter. Note The access point web-browser interface is in use) Resetting the Access Point to Default Settings Using the Mode Button If you reconnect power to the access 2 to default settings using the access point MODE button: Step 1 Step 2 Disconnect power (the power jack for external power or the Ethernet cable for in-line power) from your network administrator: • A system name for the access point • The case-sensitive wireless service set identifier (SSID) for your radio network • If not connected to a DHCP server...
... username in the Password field and press Enter. Note The access point web-browser interface is in use) Resetting the Access Point to Default Settings Using the Mode Button If you reconnect power to the access 2 to default settings using the access point MODE button: Step 1 Step 2 Disconnect power (the power jack for external power or the Ethernet cable for in-line power) from your network administrator: • A system name for the access point • The case-sensitive wireless service set identifier (SSID) for your radio network • If not connected to a DHCP server...
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... Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 3-4 OL-4310-05 Browse to http://www.cisco.com/go/marketplace to the COM port on Windows 98 and 2000 platforms, and with the access point. Note When your configuration changes are completed, you can browse to the access point's Express Setup page and perform an initial configuration: Step 1 Open your Internet browser. Note The access point web-browser interface is AIR-CONCAB1200. Figure 3-1 Connecting the Serial Cable 74005...
... Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 3-4 OL-4310-05 Browse to http://www.cisco.com/go/marketplace to the COM port on Windows 98 and 2000 platforms, and with the access point. Note When your configuration changes are completed, you can browse to the access point's Express Setup page and perform an initial configuration: Step 1 Open your Internet browser. Note The access point web-browser interface is AIR-CONCAB1200. Figure 3-1 Connecting the Serial Cable 74005...
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... root bridge using its new IP address. OL-4310-05 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 3-7 If you lose your connection to the access point. If DHCP is connected to a wired LAN. - With No selected, the SSID used by your network administrator. Note If the access point's IP address changes while you lose your connection, reconnect to the access point using the wireless interface. - Access Point-(Default) click this field blank. • Radio Service Set ID (SSID)-Enter the case-sensitive SSID (32 alphanumeric characters maximum...
... root bridge using its new IP address. OL-4310-05 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 3-7 If you lose your connection to the access point. If DHCP is connected to a wired LAN. - With No selected, the SSID used by your network administrator. Note If the access point's IP address changes while you lose your connection, reconnect to the access point using the wireless interface. - Access Point-(Default) click this field blank. • Radio Service Set ID (SSID)-Enter the case-sensitive SSID (32 alphanumeric characters maximum...
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... the Mode button for a few seconds, or until the Status LED turns amber. Clicking Custom takes you enter on the Network Interfaces: Radio-802.11b Settings page. Browse to the new IP address to reconnect to save your settings. Table 3-1 Default Settings on the Express Setup page. Custom-The access point uses settings you to the Network Interfaces: Radio-802.11b Settings page. • Aironet Extensions-Enable this setting (for each radio interface) to the access point. Assigning Basic Settings Chapter 3 Configuring the Access Point...
... the Mode button for a few seconds, or until the Status LED turns amber. Clicking Custom takes you enter on the Network Interfaces: Radio-802.11b Settings page. Browse to the new IP address to reconnect to save your settings. Table 3-1 Default Settings on the Express Setup page. Custom-The access point uses settings you to the Network Interfaces: Radio-802.11b Settings page. • Aironet Extensions-Enable this setting (for each radio interface) to the access point. Assigning Basic Settings Chapter 3 Configuring the Access Point...
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... for SSIDs used in the SSID table at factory defaults, the first SSID that matches the bridge's key. You must be limited to the Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points). If you configure this SSID without a WEP key that you use VLANs on your network. OL-4310-05 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 3-11 You can delete one or more secure than one encryption setting on an interface. Express Security Types Table 3-2 describes the four security types...
... for SSIDs used in the SSID table at factory defaults, the first SSID that matches the bridge's key. You must be limited to the Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points). If you configure this SSID without a WEP key that you use VLANs on your network. OL-4310-05 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 3-11 You can delete one or more secure than one encryption setting on an interface. Express Security Types Table 3-2 describes the four security types...
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... cannot configure multiple authentication servers. Because 802.1x authentication provides dynamic encryption keys, you do not need to enter a WEP key. Client devices that is selected, the static WEP key can delete SSIDs and re-create them. • You cannot assign SSIDs to specific radio interfaces. Mandatory 802.1x authentication. To configure multiple WEP keys, use the Security Encryption Manager page. • You cannot assign an SSID to a VLAN that associate using the Express Security page: • If the No VLAN option is already configured on the bridge...
... cannot configure multiple authentication servers. Because 802.1x authentication provides dynamic encryption keys, you do not need to enter a WEP key. Client devices that is selected, the static WEP key can delete SSIDs and re-create them. • You cannot assign SSIDs to specific radio interfaces. Mandatory 802.1x authentication. To configure multiple WEP keys, use the Security Encryption Manager page. • You cannot assign an SSID to a VLAN that associate using the Express Security page: • If the No VLAN option is already configured on the bridge...
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... version 7.0 on the network. It contains these sections: • Using the Web-Browser Interface for the First Time, page 4-2 • Using the Management Pages in the Web-Browser Interface, page 4-2 • Using Online Help, page 4-5 The web-browser interface contains management pages that you use to change access point settings, upgrade firmware, and monitor and configure other wireless devices on Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Solaris platforms. OL-4310-05 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 4-1 CH A P T E R 4 Using the Web-Browser Interface...
... version 7.0 on the network. It contains these sections: • Using the Web-Browser Interface for the First Time, page 4-2 • Using the Management Pages in the Web-Browser Interface, page 4-2 • Using Online Help, page 4-5 The web-browser interface contains management pages that you use to change access point settings, upgrade firmware, and monitor and configure other wireless devices on Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Solaris platforms. OL-4310-05 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 4-1 CH A P T E R 4 Using the Web-Browser Interface...
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... managing firmware. Services Displays status for each interface. Refresh Updates status information or statistics displayed on the page. Security Displays a summary of infrastructure devices on the page. Back Discards any changes made on the page and remains on your wireless LAN, listing their system names, network roles, and parent-client relationships. System Software Displays the version number of all devices on most management pages. Event Log Displays the access point event log and provides links...
... managing firmware. Services Displays status for each interface. Refresh Updates status information or statistics displayed on the page. Security Displays a summary of infrastructure devices on the page. Back Discards any changes made on the page and remains on your wireless LAN, listing their system names, network roles, and parent-client relationships. System Software Displays the version number of all devices on most management pages. Event Log Displays the access point event log and provides links...
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...), WEP key hashing, and 802.1X protocol versions. Security Settings Wireless clients attempting to associate with multiple access points, a site survey is the MAC address for the access points. For sites with the access point must configure an SSID before client devices can use the carrier busy test to transmit data must be set WEP Key 3 on the back of an access point in the Aironet Client Utility (ACU) is typically performed to the Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points for a radio interface...
...), WEP key hashing, and 802.1X protocol versions. Security Settings Wireless clients attempting to associate with multiple access points, a site survey is the MAC address for the access points. For sites with the access point must configure an SSID before client devices can use the carrier busy test to transmit data must be set WEP Key 3 on the back of an access point in the Aironet Client Utility (ACU) is typically performed to the Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points for a radio interface...
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... the wireless link. Note The following steps reset all access point settings to completely reset the configuration. Press and hold the MODE button while you may need to the factory defaults using the Web browser interface, the Telnet interface, or Cisco IOS commands. Resetting to the Default Configuration If you forget the password that might indicate a problem with the factory default values including the IP address (set to the "Default IP Address Behavior" section on page 9-4 and the "Default SSID and Radio...
... the wireless link. Note The following steps reset all access point settings to completely reset the configuration. Press and hold the MODE button while you may need to the factory defaults using the Web browser interface, the Telnet interface, or Cisco IOS commands. Resetting to the Default Configuration If you forget the password that might indicate a problem with the factory default values including the IP address (set to the "Default IP Address Behavior" section on page 9-4 and the "Default SSID and Radio...
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... 7 Enter the access point's IP address in the browser address line and press Enter. An Enter Network Password screen appears. Reloading the Access Point Image Chapter 9 Troubleshooting Using the Web Browser Interface Follow the steps below to delete the current configuration and return all access point settings to the factory defaults using the Web browser interface, the Telnet interface, or Cisco IOS commands. Table 9-2 Required Cisco IOS Software Release Radio Upgrade IEEE 802.11g RM21A or RM22A Required Cisco IOS Software Release...
... 7 Enter the access point's IP address in the browser address line and press Enter. An Enter Network Password screen appears. Reloading the Access Point Image Chapter 9 Troubleshooting Using the Web Browser Interface Follow the steps below to delete the current configuration and return all access point settings to the factory defaults using the Web browser interface, the Telnet interface, or Cisco IOS commands. Table 9-2 Required Cisco IOS Software Release Radio Upgrade IEEE 802.11g RM21A or RM22A Required Cisco IOS Software Release...
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... to use the MODE button on the access point to reload the access point image file from an active Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server on a PC connected to the access point. Rename the access point image file in -line power) from a connected TFTP server. Connect the PC to factory defaults, including passwords, WEP keys, the access point IP address, and SSIDs. OL-4310-05 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 9-9 Note This process resets all LEDs turning green followed by three red LEDs, you reconnect power to the access point Ethernet port...
... to use the MODE button on the access point to reload the access point image file from an active Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server on a PC connected to the access point. Rename the access point image file in -line power) from a connected TFTP server. Connect the PC to factory defaults, including passwords, WEP keys, the access point IP address, and SSIDs. OL-4310-05 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide 9-9 Note This process resets all LEDs turning green followed by three red LEDs, you reconnect power to the access point Ethernet port...
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...and default forms of commands 5-3 OL-4310-05 INDEX terminal emulator settings 3-4 command-line interface See CLI command modes 5-2 commands abbreviating 5-3 no and default 5-3 connectors C-1, C-3 console port E-2 D data rates C-4 declarations of conformity B-1 default, configuration, resetting 9-7 default commands 5-3 E editing features enabling and disabling 5-6 keystrokes used 5-6 wrapped lines 5-7 EIRP, maximum D-6, D-7, D-8 error messages, during command entry 5-4 Ethernet indicator 9-2 extended temperature range 2-3, 2-4 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide...
...and default forms of commands 5-3 OL-4310-05 INDEX terminal emulator settings 3-4 command-line interface See CLI command modes 5-2 commands abbreviating 5-3 no and default 5-3 connectors C-1, C-3 console port E-2 D data rates C-4 declarations of conformity B-1 default, configuration, resetting 9-7 default commands 5-3 E editing features enabling and disabling 5-6 keystrokes used 5-6 wrapped lines 5-7 EIRP, maximum D-6, D-7, D-8 error messages, during command entry 5-4 Ethernet indicator 9-2 extended temperature range 2-3, 2-4 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide...