Cisco Aironet 700i standalone configuration

[sagarshaha]

Hi,

I'm relevantly new to Cisco products. So, please pardon my basic questions.

I have Cisco Aironet 700 series AP(AIR-SAP702I-Q-K9). I dont have controller. I need to configure this as standalone access point.

I tried all the basic steps and tried activating on both the radios but no luck. Can someone please guide me on how to configure this as AP.

I'm using web access to configure the AP.

Please help

Thanks,

Sagar

[sagarshaha]

Hi Sandeep,

Here is the Topology

ISP->Router-> and from router 1 cable goes to Cisco 2960 switch and 1 cable goes to Cisco Access point

Yes, i already configured DHCP on router. The problem is, now i have 2 DHCP pools configured in network. One on router and other on accesspoint.

Please help

[Sandeep Choudhary]

Remove pool from AP by using these commands: no ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.1.11 ! no ip dhcp pool ADKPOOL Regards

[sagarshaha]

Hi Sandeep,

Sorry for delay in response as I was away for couple of days.

So, after removing DHCP pool from AP users are able to connect and use the wifi but some of the users are still unable to connect saying "Unable to connect to the network"

I also seen that only 2.4GHz band is active and not 5GHz. Will that be the problem?

Can you please help me in re-configuring the same

Appreciate all your help !!

Thanks,

Sagar

[sagarshaha]

Hi,

Anybody can help? I can connet to only windows laptop now. Macbooks are unable to connect to wireless.

Appreciate the help

Thanks

[Scott Fella · Accepted solution]

Maybe you should change the encryption from WPA/TKIP to WPA2/AES. 

dot11 ssid Adknowledgeasia

 authentication key-management wpa version 2

interface Dot11Radio0

 encryption vlan 1 mode ciphers aes-ccm

Let us know if that helps.

-Scott

[sagarshaha]

Nope not working. Here is the config for your reference

Current configuration : 1990 bytes
!
! Last configuration change at 21:24:07 UTC Mon Jun 14 1993
version 15.2
no service pad
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
service password-encryption
!
hostname ciscoAP
!
!
logging rate-limit console 9
enable secret 5 XXXXXXXX
!
no aaa new-model
no ip cef
!
!
!
!
dot11 syslog
dot11 ssid Adknowledgeasia
   vlan 1
   authentication open
   authentication key-management wpa version 2
   guest-mode
   wpa-psk ascii 7 XXXXXX
!         
!         
dot11 guest
!         
!         
!         
username Cisco password 7 XXXXXX
!         
!         
!         
interface Dot11Radio0
 no ip address
 !        
 encryption vlan 1 mode ciphers aes-ccm
 !        
 ssid Adknowledgeasia
 !        
 antenna gain 0
 packet retries 64 drop-packet
 station-role root
!         
interface Dot11Radio0.1
 encapsulation dot1Q 1 native
 bridge-group 1
 bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
 bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
 bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
 no bridge-group 1 source-learning
 no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
!         
interface Dot11Radio1
 no ip address
 shutdown
 antenna gain 0
 peakdetect
 no dfs band block
 packet retries 64 drop-packet
 station-role root
 bridge-group 1
 bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
 bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
 bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
 no bridge-group 1 source-learning
 no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
!         
interface GigabitEthernet0
 no ip address
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!         
interface GigabitEthernet0.1
 encapsulation dot1Q 1 native
 bridge-group 1
 bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
 no bridge-group 1 source-learning
!         
interface BVI1
 ip address 192.168.106.8 255.255.255.0
 ipv6 address dhcp
 ipv6 address autoconfig
 ipv6 enable
!         
ip default-gateway 192.168.106.254
ip forward-protocol nd
ip http server
no ip http secure-server
!         
bridge 1 route ip
!         
!         
!         
line con 0
line vty 0 4
 password 7 XXXXXX
 login    
 transport input all
!         
end 

ciscoAP#

[Scott Fella]

Can you remove the profile from the MacBooks and try again?  Windows works fine, but how about iPhones and or any other Apple devices?

-Scott

[sagarshaha]

Hi Scott,

It did worked after removing the profiles from macbooks. It's working fine now on everything.

Many thanks for your help. I think the encryption change the removing profile worked out.

Just curious to know, why this could have happened ?

Again thanks for all your help.

Cheers

[Scott Fella]

Many times a profile could of been created wrong. Windows and Apple have different ways a profile is created. For example, Windows 7 and earlier versions allowed you to use a mix of WPA/WPA2/TKIP/AES and Apple uses either WPA/TKIP or WPA2/AES. So what can happen is that maybe you had connected with a different encryption and the device stuck with that but in the end, was the wrong encryption to use. 

Best way to troubleshoot is to always delete a profile and create a new one. This is the same for smartphones and tablets alike. 

Glad that worked out for you!

-Scott

[mohanak]

Refer the configuration guide : http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/access_point/15-3-3-JB/configuration/guide/cg_book/cg-chap1-overview.html