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Cisco Aironet 1815i Configuration

thehumi12 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:09:23 GMT

Hi All,

I purchased a Cisco Aironet 1815i at the suggestion of the pre-sales team at Cisco. I am using it meerly as a wireless access point in my office where I have between 10 and 25 users using wifi. The issue I have is that is does not have any default configuration. My question is simply this: Is there a built-in web app to configure this product, or do I need a CIsco Support Contract in order to download the software required to configure this product?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks!

Hi

johnmedcraft — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 15:19:15 GMT

yes the 1815i supports the mobility express solution. If you power the AP and from your laptop do you see an SSID of CiscoAirProvision. You can connect to this And use the IP address 192.168.1.1 which will open the web GUI. If not can you check the code you are running Via the console.

John

John,

thehumi12 — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 15:25:52 GMT

John,

I had the device powered for a few hours and I did not see an SSID for this at all. I read that for security reasons, there is no default SSID for these wireless access points. If I connect to the console port, I should be able to connect via telnet to the 192.168.1.1 IP address?

Thanks for the quick reply!

Andrew

Hi

johnmedcraft — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 15:35:14 GMT

the AP is not preconfigured with any networks that are accessible to you network there is a wizard for this. The AP can support 2 modes lightweight and standalone/mobility express if you have the code for light weight you need a Cisco Wireless LAN controller to be able to support it. Mobility express has a virtual controller built on to the AP so not other hardware hardware needed to control it.

Do you have a console cable that you can connect to the console port and use the command show version to view the OS code that has loaded we should be able to tell if you support mobility express via this solution.

John

Thanks John,

thehumi12 — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 15:44:28 GMT

Thanks John,

Re: I have a Cisco 851 router at the head of the office network. I do not have a Cisco controller to run the new Cisco 1815i Wireless Access Point. It appears I cannot use the lightweight AP. I would need to run this as stand alone. Do I require the Mobility Express software to configure the 1815i? (requires a CIsco Service Contract)

Or can I manually configure it using command line via telnet and the console port? If so, is the 192.168.1.1 the default IP for this?

Thanks,

Andrew

Hi Andrew -

johnmedcraft — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 15:59:09 GMT

Hi Andrew -

You will need the Mobility Express Software if you want to configure it as a standalone AP. A lightweight AP can only be configured with wireless configuration via a controller so you wont be able to configure wireless networks directly on the AP.

If your AP has the Lightweight code convert to use the mobility express code then once it boots up you should be able to see that SSID CiscoAirProvision and run the web interface.

Thanks

John

John,

thehumi12 — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 16:27:10 GMT

John,

Sorry for the confusion. Is there no way to directly configure this using the console port with a command line interface, without using any special software? I do not have a Cisco Support Contract, and so I am currently unable to obtain the software.

Hi Andrew,

johnmedcraft — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 16:31:13 GMT

Hi Andrew,

Unfortunately not.

If you want to configure the networks on the AP you need the mobility Express Code.

If you have the Lightweight Code you need a controller to provide the Administration.

Thanks

John

John,

thehumi12 — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 14:45:30 GMT

John,

Cisco Tech Support has sent me the files required to convert my AP to use Mobility Express. How do I perform this conversion?

Hi Andrew

johnmedcraft — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:05:30 GMT

Hi Andrew

here is a link to the conversion process for you. the section to follow is the "converting a CAPWAP AP into a Mobility Express AP"

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/technotes/8-2/b_Mobility_Express_Deployment_guide/b_Mobility_Express_Deployment_guide_chapter_01100.html

Thanks

John

Thank you! This helps a lot.

thehumi12 — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:28:15 GMT

Thank you! This helps a lot.

I believe this is the last question... If the AP is set up as Lightweight, how do I access the AP CLI. This was my problem to begin with. Is there a default IP I connect to via ssh? Or do I need a special cable to connect to the console port?

Hi Andrew

johnmedcraft — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:35:53 GMT

Hi Andrew

if you want to connect to the CLI with no configuration then you need a console cable. Now you have converted that AP to a mobility express AP you should see the SSID I mentioned once it powers up.

If you have more questions please post 🙂

john

Hi John,

thehumi12 — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:38:40 GMT

Hi John,

Thanks for all the help. This installation is finished with help from Cisco Tech support, who graciously gave me an hour and a half of their time for free. This info may help someone else...

The blue Cisco serial console cable is required to complete this. Once physically connected, you must connect a computer or laptop to the device using a Serial Console client such as PuTTY. Once connected, you can continue with the walk through that John linked to in the above post.

Thanks,

Andrew

Hi,can someone share to me

Jed Mk — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 06:35:52 GMT

Hi,

can someone share to me AIR-AP1815-K9-ME-8-5-103-0.zip Mobility Express Software please?

Jed

Re: Cisco Aironet 1815i Configuration

callen1048@aol.com — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 01:41:36 GMT

I have a similar issue -- trying to bring up an 1815i with Mobility Express (ultimately I will have 7 of them working together on a small campus of a non-profit).

Cisco Support granted me a download of the ME software, however when I load it up to the AP via tftp, I ultimately receive the following message:

"Image downloaded, writing to flash...
do CHECK_ME, part1 is active part
ERROR: INVALID COMMAND PASSED TO capwap-upgrade.sh
Error: Image update failed.

Any ideas how to overcome this? I'd like to avoid buying yet another piece of hardware....

Re: Cisco Aironet 1815i Configuration

MVacho — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 09:09:33 GMT

I have same Problem. I have purchased 2 x Cisco Aironet 1815i becuse it should works as standalone. I bought 2x AIR-AP1815I-E-K9
I am new in Cisco. I have spent many time to bring the AP to live. But, it is not possible 😞 .
Now I know, I need the AP configure to Mobility Express. Can anybody help me? Is this the right image: AIR-AP1815-K9-ME-8-5-103-0.tar ?
I cant download it, I have no contract with cisco, what should I do?

That is my AP:

BOOTLDR: U-Boot boot loader Version 30

AP1880.90CD.B4C0 uptime is 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes
Last reload time   : Fri Jun 23 04:33:12 UTC 2017
Last reload reason : Capwap Discovery Failed

cisco AIR-AP1815I-E-K9 ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l) with 1015956/834592K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FCW2125JBUV
AP Running Image     : 8.3.111.0
Primary Boot Image   : 8.3.111.0
Backup Boot Image    : 0.0.0.0
1 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
2 802.11 Radios
Radio FW version : 8edf74e05d634a962e683454e8fc1be2
NSS FW version : not available

Base ethernet MAC Address            : 18:80:90:CD:B4:C0
Part Number                          : 0-0000-00
PCA Assembly Number                  : 074-105850-02
PCA Revision Number                  : 0
PCB Serial Number                    : FOC21242REU
Top Assembly Part Number             : 074-114245-02
Top Assembly Serial Number           : FCW2125JBUV
Top Revision Number                  : C0
Product/Model Number                 : AIR-AP1815I-E-K9

I will need more APs, what wersion of AIR-AP1815 has the Mobility Express? Is itCisco AIR-AP1815I-E-K9C ?

Thanks for your answers

Martin

Re: Cisco Aironet 1815i Configuration

f.hayeck — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:47:12 GMT

Hello

How did you solved this issue

am facing the same problem right now

thanks for sharing the solution if any

Re: Cisco Aironet 1815i Configuration

MVacho — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:49:14 GMT

read it:
https://supportforums.cisco.com/t5/getting-started-with-wireless/cisco-aironet-1815i-image-download/m-p/3192399#M93235

And may be you can try contact Mr. Manchur - rmanchur@cisco.com

Re: Cisco Aironet 1815i Configuration

georges — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 18:48:53 GMT

i already have the image

but after i copied the image via tftp got this error message similar of the one mentioned above i a comment earlier :

"Image downloaded, writing to flash...
do CHECK_ME, part1 is active part
ERROR: INVALID COMMAND PASSED TO capwap-upgrade.sh
Error: Image update failed."

Any feedback on this?

Re: Cisco Aironet 1815i Configuration

Vengatesa Prasath — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 10:16:24 GMT

Are you trying to convert ap to mobility express? Please share "show version"

Which image you tried pushing to the Ap?(.Zip file or.tar file)