Hello, we have a couple of AP1262N-E-K9 APs with firmware version 12.4(25d)JA1 operating in autonmous mode. One AP is setup as repeater while all others are in root mode. The repeater has setup one parent MAC address so it associates every time to the same parent root AP. Given this setting, I am logging into the repeater via SSH and start the antenna-alignment scan: "dot11 dot11Radio 0 antenna-alignment timeout 4" During this scan, the repeater disconnects from its parent to perform the scan so no output is visible at the SSH console. After the scan is finished, the repeater re-associates to its parent and some output appears on the SSH console. Further information is provided in the previous post: https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3829096#3829096 The problem: 8 of 10 times this procedure works fine: the scan is finished and I can continue entering commands on the SSH console. However, in some cases the repeater is not reachable any more for about 7 minutes. I.e. pings to the repeater's IP address are unsuccessful and the SSH connection hangs until it is automatically disconnected after a timeout. Also, the web configuration interface is not reachable. After about 7 minutes everything works fine. Does anyone have an idea what the cause for this problem is and why it only occurs sporadically? What can be done to solve or at least mitigate this problem? Thank you for your support! Any idea is appreciated. ... View more

Hello, we have a couple of AP1262N-E-K9 access point with firmware version 12.4(25d)JA1 operating in autonmous mode. I attempted to measure the signal quality between the APs by setting one device to repeater mode while all others are in root mode. Then, I execute the following command: dot11 Dot11Radio 0 antenna-alignment Being connected via console cable the following output appears: AP#dot11 dot11Radio 0 antenna-alignment Type escape sequence "Control ^" to abort. Response from 64d8.1486.f000  Signal -24 dBm [...] Response from 64d8.1486.f000  Signal -25 dBm *Mar  1 05:13:59.953: %DOT11-4-UPLINK_ESTABLISHED: Interface Dot11Radio0, Associated To AP AP03 64d8.1486.f000 [None WPAv2 PSK] However, when being connected via SSH: AP#dot11 dot11Radio 0 antenna-alignment timeout 2 Type escape sequence "Control ^" to abort. Type escape sequence "Control ^" to abort. Timeout in 1 seconds. Obviously, there are no measurements displayed during the scan. Thus, we have to use the "show antenna-alignment" command afterwards to get the measured signal strength values: AP00#sh dot11 antenna-alignment Response from 64d8.1486.f000  Signal 25 % 0   dBm [...] Response from 64d8.1486.f000  Signal 22 % 0   dBm There are two problems: 1. The output of "show dot11 antenna-alignment" is incorrect, the % value represents the signal strength in dBm without the - (minus). E.g. "-25 dBm" is displayed as "Signal 25% 0 dBm". Now, I know that is only a display error but still this is not clean. Is this a known issue? 2. Why are the measured signal strength values not displayed on the SSH console during the antenna-alignment test? Is it obligatory to use the console to see these values? Or is it also a known bug which might be fixed in later firmware versions? Thank you for your support. ... View more