topic 1142 Initial Configuration without a switch in Wireless

1142 Initial Configuration without a switch

Tricon — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 23:01:53 GMT

Hi Folks, I am trying to configure an AIR-LAP1142N-S-K9. From what I can see it has a Autonomous boot image.

Secondary bootloader Ethernet not enabled, skip ether_init
Unable to locate IOS image with name **xx**.
Boot CMD: 'boot flash:/c1140-k9w7-mx.153-3.JD16/c1140-k9w7-xx.153-3.JD16'
Loading "flash:/c1140-k9w7-mx.153-3.JD16/c1140-k9w7-xx.153-3.JD16"...####################################
File "flash:/c1140-k9w7-mx.153-3.JD16/c1140-k9w7-xx.153-3.JD16" uncompressed and installed, entry point: 0x4000
executing...

I have set an IP address on the local gigabit interface (through the CLI):

Interface                  IP-Address      OK? Method Status                Protocol
BVI1                       unassigned      YES DHCP   up                    up
Dot11Radio0                unassigned      YES unset  administratively down down
Dot11Radio1                unassigned      YES unset  administratively down down
GigabitEthernet0           192.168.110.2   YES manual up                    up

The device is powered using an external power adapter and (currently) all I am using is the console cable into the device.

From the CLI I can ping 192.168.110.2.

If I plug a computer into the 1142's Ethernet port and that computer is on the same subnet (/24) I am unable to ping the 1142 from the computer.

Do I need to have a switch to perform any initial configuration (for example the 1142 relies on the BVI or VLAN information)? I assumed that I could "just" plug a computer in and at the very least "see" the 1142.

Any guidance is appreciated.

Re: 1142 Initial Configuration without a switch

Mark Elsen — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 06:56:27 GMT

- I think you may need to configure BVI1 instead and or check this thread for hints :

https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/setting-up-air-ap1141n-a-k9/td-p/1619818

Re: 1142 Initial Configuration without a switch

Tricon — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 22:20:38 GMT

Thank you, Marce.

With BV1 configured I was able to access the access point through a computer Ethernet interface.

Interface                  IP-Address      OK? Method Status                Protocol
BVI1                       192.168.110.2   YES manual up                    up
Dot11Radio0                unassigned      YES unset  administratively down down
Dot11Radio0.10             unassigned      YES unset  administratively down down
Dot11Radio0.101            unassigned      YES unset  administratively down down
Dot11Radio1                unassigned      YES unset  administratively down down
Dot11Radio1.10             unassigned      YES unset  administratively down down
GigabitEthernet0           192.168.110.2   YES manual up                    up
GigabitEthernet0.10        unassigned      YES unset  up                    up
GigabitEthernet0.101       unassigned      YES unset  up                    up