topic Re: Access point issues in Wireless

Access point issues

daren4444@googlemail.com — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:29:59 GMT

Gi.

Can someone help please? I am a complete novice.

I have purchased four second hand air-lap1142n-e-k9

I have one plugged into my British telecom router and I can see it on the router device map. I have tried to copy and paste the IP address into my URL bar so that I can be taken to the CISCO UI site to set it up.

However the the ip address will not take me to the CISCO UI. Can anybody advise how to get there through an alternative route.

Re: Access point issues

Vince — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 14:44:42 GMT

correct me if I'm wrong, but I think air-LAP will require a wireless controller.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/aironet-1200-series/70278-lap-faq.html

Re: Access point issues

Ambuj M — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 16:48:38 GMT

Can you console into it and send the output for show version ?

Re: Access point issues

pieterh — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:07:33 GMT

As Vince stated the LAP (Lightweight Access Point) cannot function as stand-alone device.

the firmware is small and is just enough to register itself at a Wireless controller and load operational OS and config from there.

of course there is a way to convert LAP to AP , but you should not do this without proper licensing.

Re: Access point issues

daren4444@googlemail.com — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:27:29 GMT

Hi.

Thanks for coming back to me. However I have no idea what you mean.

Re: Access point issues

Ambuj M — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:09:45 GMT

well I wanted to check if you are running an Autonomous image (where an AP can run standalone) or lightweight image (where AP must be managed by a wireless controller), depending on that i can suggest what you need to do to make it work.

Re: Access point issues

pieterh — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 07:49:23 GMT

Can anybody advise how to get there through an alternative route

the AP has a serial console port (colour coded blue)

1) you need a computer with a serial (COM:) port or a usb-to serial adapter

2) you need the Cisco Blue console cable (RJ-45 to DB9)

(2a) if your computer has a 25-pin serial port you need a converter cable from db9 to db25)

3) you need a terminal emulator like hypertem, terraterm, putty etc.

connect the computer to the AP console port and follow the instructions in the getting started guide

you may not have an autonomous firmware in the AP, but the lightweight image

which needs an wireless controller to build a working environment

but you can still check the version using the console connection described above